20th May, 2022 17:30
May Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction
98
1959 AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
Sold for £9,500
Estimated at £8,000 - £9,000
Note that some lots may be sold provisionally
PLEASE NOTE : Please be aware that all lots are sold as seen and without any warranty implied or given. You must satisfy yourself as to a lot's description and condition before you decide to bid. We recommend that you inspect the lot in person during the general viewing days held prior to the auction or call us to arrange for an individual appointment.
Make: AUSTIN
Model: HEALEY SPRITE
Registration: PAS 385
Engine Size (cc): 948
Current Speedometer Reading: 4,545
Year of Manufacture: 1959
Date First Registered: 08/06/1959
MOT Expiry Date: 16/03/2023
Current V5: YES
Location: THORNTON DALE
Current V5 present, paperwork includes MOT certificates and invoices.
The vendor has provided the following:
Work carried out by Yorkshire Restorations Baildon, West Yorkshire - carried out in March 2020:
- Full rebuild of 948 engine
- Block rebored
- Block top surface ground
- Camshaft reground all new bearings
- Cam bearings replaced
- New oil pump gaskets and seals
- The timing chain and tensioner rings replaced
- Flywheel refaced
- Cylinder head fully rebuilt
- Full strip down and repaint and re details of the engine bay. New hoses, heater box, brake cylinders, engine mounts, fuel hoses, ignition system
- Full strip-down and rebuild of carburetors
- New gearbox bushes and linkages
- Rebuild of steering rack including new mountings
- New shock absorbers / New Kingpins, new bushes, new brake shows, new wishbone pan and track rods.
- Front suspension completely removed and stripped all parts, sandblasted and painted in 2 pack epoxy primer and 2 coats gloss black paint.
- 4 New Pirelli tyres.
PLEASE NOTE : Please be aware that all lots are sold as seen and without any warranty implied or given. You must satisfy yourself as to a lot's description and condition before you decide to bid. We recommend that you inspect the lot in person during the general viewing days held prior to the auction or call us to arrange for an individual appointment.
Make: AUSTIN
Model: HEALEY SPRITE
Registration: PAS 385
Engine Size (cc): 948
Current Speedometer Reading: 4,545
Year of Manufacture: 1959
Date First Registered: 08/06/1959
MOT Expiry Date: 16/03/2023
Current V5: YES
Location: THORNTON DALE
Current V5 present, paperwork includes MOT certificates and invoices.
The vendor has provided the following:
Work carried out by Yorkshire Restorations Baildon, West Yorkshire - carried out in March 2020:
- Full rebuild of 948 engine
- Block rebored
- Block top surface ground
- Camshaft reground all new bearings
- Cam bearings replaced
- New oil pump gaskets and seals
- The timing chain and tensioner rings replaced
- Flywheel refaced
- Cylinder head fully rebuilt
- Full strip down and repaint and re details of the engine bay. New hoses, heater box, brake cylinders, engine mounts, fuel hoses, ignition system
- Full strip-down and rebuild of carburetors
- New gearbox bushes and linkages
- Rebuild of steering rack including new mountings
- New shock absorbers / New Kingpins, new bushes, new brake shows, new wishbone pan and track rods.
- Front suspension completely removed and stripped all parts, sandblasted and painted in 2 pack epoxy primer and 2 coats gloss black paint.
- 4 New Pirelli tyres.
Auction: May Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction, 20th May, 2022
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