Street Legal Competition Prepared Open Track Car
1960 Austin Healey Sprite
DETAILS:
-I bought this beauty as a fun car and worked on it quite a bit to upgrade it and make it street legal.
-I have remedied excessive caretaking with a pile of fun. Very little, asy maintenance.
-Beautiful, rofessional, onstruction with attention to details - see photos.
-Miles ??? Odometer and all gauges replaced during custom build.
-The motor uses no oil.
-The transmission leaks a little from the rear seal. It's a C, B&M" Performance built . How much? Not enough for me to care or worry about. I think it's from being overfilled because I've never had to add fluid.
-Steel body is all in good shape. Solid with no rust.
-Custom front flip-up fiberglass hood/fenders fits perfectly and in excellent condition - no cracks.
-Starts fine and runs strong.
-Tranny and shifting linkage operate perfectly.
-Custom center-zip tonneau cover.
-Ford 8-inch narrowed rear end with big Ford drum brakes.
-Big radiator with manual control 15" electric pusher fan.
-Auxiliary tranny radiator/cooler.
-High-output alternator (new/rebuilt).
-Edelbrock Performer intake manifold with big (600cfm) manual-choke Holly 4-barrel.
-K&N Air Filter.
-Hi-performance cam - "lopey" at idle, nstant go-power.
-Fresh rebuilt starter motor.
-New battery.
-Manual adjustable front-rear brake bias valve.
-Sprite quarter-elliptic rear leaf springs with extra leaves (16 leaves - very stiff).
-Drilled front disk rotors with freshly rebuilt calipers, ads, nd new braided steel lines/hoses.
-Front suspension and steering freshly rebuilt, ncluding:
-New spring pans
-New heavy-duty coil springs
-New heavy-duty anti-sway bar
-All new wheel bearings
-New offset negative camber bushings
-All new poly suspension bushings
-Rebuilt FAST steering rack (1.25 turns center-to-lock)
-Rebuilt lever-action shocks
-All new Sumitomo HTR200 Steel Belted Radials:
-215/50 R13 on Ford rear wheels
-185/60 R13 on matching Sprite front wheels
-If you have SERIOUS GUTS and consider zipping around in all weather as an excuse to have fun. If your left leg is not what it used to be, s mine isn’t, hen: THIS IS YOUR MINI-COBRA ROAD ROCKET, O, F YOU PREFER, UNBEAM TIGER ROAD ROCKET.
This car is sold 'As Is, o Warranty' and is listed locally. Please have your Funds in order prior to bidding. If you have no intentions on completing transaction, lease do not bid. I encourage the Car to be inspected, nd by all means, lease email me with questions. Buyer will be responsible for shipping arrangements. I can also help with that.
- Condition: Used
- Make: Austin Healey
- Model: Sprite
- Trim: Competition
- Year: 1960
- VIN: DRF9 143 1
- Color: Yellow
- Engine size: 5.0 Ford
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: Rear Wheel
- Interior color: Black
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!