Registration No: 553 AABChassis No: AN533432MOT: November 2026

Current ownership since 2020
Large collection of invoices and current V5C
Subject to a previous mechanical and bodywork restoration


Thanks to its prominent, bonnet-mounted headlights, the original Austin-Healey Sprite quickly became known as the ‘Frogeye’.

The little two-seater, designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company and built by BMC at the MG factory in Abingdon, was launched in Monte Carlo immediately prior to the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix.

The unique, one-piece bonnet covered a mildly tuned, twin carburettor, 43bhp 948cc version of the BMC `A’ series engine already found in the Austin A35 and Morris Minor.

The suspension featured coil springs and wishbones up front, quarter elliptic springs to the rear and lever arm dampers all round.

Today, the Sprite is legendary as one of the best-handling Sports Cars of its time and regularly lives up to its reputation with many of them still finding use in competition even...