Austin-Healey · 1958
Sprite Mk I
Manual · RWD · United Kingdom
AutoIndex value · good UK car
£25,000
Researched from UK sold prices and auction results. How we value cars
Estimated price by condition
Project
£15,000
Restoration candidate
Driver
£25,000
Good usable example
Concours
£37,500
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Indicative condition bands · not a valuation of a particular car
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About the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I
The Sprite of 1958 was BMC’s small, cheap Austin-Healey sports car, using a 948 cc A-series engine with twin SU carburettors. Its headlamps sit on top of the bonnet, which earned it the name Frogeye in Britain and Bugeye in America. About 49,000 were built before the Mk II replaced it in 1961.
What moves the price
- Originality: a steel bonnet is worth more than the common glassfibre replacement.
- Restoration quality: most survivors have been restored, and the standard of the work decides the price.
- Structure: the condition of the floors, inner sills and chassis rails.
Before you buy, check
- The front bulkhead from the engine bay, the crossmember beneath the radiator and the hinges of the one-piece bonnet and wings.
- Under the mats for floor rot from hood leaks, the inner sills, and the chassis rails and inner wings from inside the lidless boot.
- Door fit, since sagging doors can mean rust where the hinges meet the bulkhead, and bent chassis legs from past accidents.
Facts checked against: carandclassic.com · iconicauctioneers.com · classicsworld.co.uk · classiccarsmagazine.co.uk
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Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I: value questions answered
- How much is a Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I worth?
- A good, usable UK example of the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I is worth around £25,000 on the AutoIndex index. A project car that needs restoration is nearer £15,000, and a concours-quality example around £37,500. Condition moves the price more than anything else.
- What makes one Sprite Mk I worth more than another?
- Service history and paperwork — complete, stamped, explained
- Mileage against the norm for the model
- Originality — matching numbers, original paint and trim
- Specification — gearbox, colour, factory options
- UK-supplied versus imported
- Is the Sprite Mk I I'm looking at fairly priced?
- Enter its asking price and condition in the price check above. It compares the price with the index for that condition and tells you what to ask the seller about.
- How many Sprite Mk I cars were built?
- Around 48,987 were built, by our production records.
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