Austin-Healey Sprite (1959)

Sale price: US $5,000.00 Make an Offer

Condition: Used Year: 1959
VIN : AN5L9195 Mileage: 25,119
Interior Color: Black Make: Austin-Healey
Number of Cylinders: 4 Model: Sprite
Transmission: Manual Trim: Ashley Lightweight body and top
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty Engine: austin
Vehicle Title: Clear Drive Type: RWD
Fuel Type: Gasoline For Sale By: owner
Exterior Color: Red Drive Side: Left-hand drive

Lebanon, Missouri, United States

Vehicle description

You are looking at a 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite that has been upfitted with the Ashley Lightweight body kit, a roll bar, and everything you need to go racing.
Joe Kelly purchased this car in 1965, and upgraded it for racing. Kelly was a very successful Porsche racer, and won several Championships, and at least one SCCA HP National Championship.
The car was built with the Ashley Lightweight Body kit including the front "bonnet" (no bugeyes!) and the light weight hardtop. It has a roll bar, racing type seat belts, special aluminum American Racing Lemans wheels, and new Pirelli tires.
It was restored around 2007, and has not been raced since that time. It has spent the last few years in a private collection of very rare and unique automobiles.
It comes with a variety of extra parts, including the wind wings, and a BIG stack of documentation and receipts from the 60"s on up.
If you are looking to get started in racing, this is an inexpensive place to start. It would also be superb for that special son, daughter, or wife that wants to play as well.
It is not perfect, and will need some love and caring to put it back on the track. Most everything functions, but you should plan on a full sorting before you go far. It runs and drives fine. No smoke. Decent brakes. The radio looks original but does not work. The horn did not work when I drove it last week. It IS guaranteed to make you feel like a kid!
I reserve the right to end the auction at any time, and I reserve the right to NOT sell it to someone that won"t love it for what it is.