1959 AUSTIN HEALEY FROGEYE SPRITE

Mileage: Please refer to the video for the mileage showing
Make: AUSTIN HEALEY
Registration: PDR 371
Engine Size (cc): 948
Year of Manufacture: 1959
Date First Registered: 02/01/1959
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Saturday 15 August 2026 - Tuesday 18 August 2026

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate, body number plaque, printed photos, DVLA correspondence, and invoices.

The vendor has provided the following:

• Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite MK 1
• Built 25 November 1958, sent to dealer in Plymouth, first registered January 1959
• Acquired by the current owner in January 1977, from friend whose wife wanted a washing machine
• Run as second car for three years but then was laid up between 1980 and 2016 due to renovating houses, having children and then went abroad for work
• March – August 2016Restoration work (Greetham Garage)
• Bodywork (acid dipped), New AH Spares rear wing panels
• Resprayed Speedwell Blue
• Engine overhaul, refurbishment of ancillaries and pipework
• Gearbox overhaul, Brakes, bearings
• Windscreen and side windows
• Wiring
• Fuel tank & pipework
• New steering wheel (AH Spares)
• Rebuild of twin SU carbs, tuning
• Seats stripped, frames shot blasted, reassembly with new foam and new covers
• New carpets and vinyl trims to interior
• Hood refitted
• Heating
• Lights
• New tyres
• Waxoil
• May 2018
• Spare wheel refurbished, new tyre
• April 2019
• Refit exhaust, repair horn September 2021
• Electronic ignition (Project Heaven Peterborough)
• Due to health reasons it barely been used since 2022 and It has been in storage since moving house in 2025
• It will now require re-commissioning but runs and drives
• Supplied with period hardtop, sidescreens, hood, hood frame, tonneau and original steering wheel
• There is a history file containing Heritage certificate and invoices for the restoration work.