1958 Austin Healey

⭕ THE SALE

1958 Austin-Healey Frog-Eye Sprite (Mk1) is for sale on our website, Trade Classics. The price listed here is our guide price. Please view Trade Classics to read more about the car with more photos of the car that will show you the full condition, with the option to directly ask the seller any questions you may have.

⭕ VEHICLE SUMMARY

Best of British motoring in the iconic Frog-Eye Sprite.

An astute piece of engineering and marketing by racing driver Donald Healey, the Austin-Healey Sprite was a true thoroughbred in the Healey stable. Healey had been watching the low-cost market of cheap (and not always cheerful) kit cars and recognised the potential for an affordable, easy-to-maintain open-top roadster with a strong monocoque body and race-type suspension. Released in 1958, the Sprite became a formidable performer on track and rally stages, and was equally adored on both sides of the Atlantic. Healey's connection with Austin meant the car was mechanically proven and offered plenty of scope for tuning. However, it was the distinctive styling—earning it the nickname 'Frog-Eye Sprite'—that remains so memorable. It proved to be a tremendous success thanks to this charismatic appearance and its lean, no-frills philosophy, dispensing with luxuries such as door handles, winding windows, and a boot lid. None of this mattered, of course, because on the road, the Austin-Healey Sprite is simply a joy to drive.

This car comes to market from 6 year ownership, and has been beautifully restored by the vendor just 18 months ago. The car has been in long term ownership prior to that, with just 4 former keepers registered, and our vendor actually first seeing and working on the car 30 years ago. Presented in an ever popular "Old English White" over red interior, the body restoration is to a very high standard as you'll see in the detail below.

⭕ VEHICLE DETAIL

We've written a longer and detailed description about this vehicle on our website that will have all of your burning questions answered. To see the car on our site then just click the 'Website' link on this listing - it will take you directly to the car without searching, or you can search for us, Trade Classics, on Google.

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