Ugg Eye: 1960 Austin Healey Sprite

This next car comes as a tip from JB1025 who writes: How dare you hit my Bug eye sprite with the ugly stick!  I sorta dig the SP311 style taillight treatment, but the front end just looks sad.  Like a bugeye sprite that has lost its friends.  Find this 1960 Austin Healey Sprite offered for $7250 in Puyallup, WA via craigslist.

Lots of Fun in 60s: 1960 Austin Healey 3000 V8 Swap

This next car is a strange combination of seriously low price for an Austin Healey and moderately high price for something with a small block chevy swap.  But you don't stumble onto Austin Healey 3000s for anything less than $30k nowadays (burnt out hulks or kit car versions notwithstanding) and I'm going to give this a two thumbs up. Find this 1960 Austin Healey 3000 V8 Swap offered for $17000 in Kuna, ID via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.

In Over His Head: 1962 Austin Healey Sprite Mark II, Datsun Power, Bugeye Look

When we had a discussion about sellers in over their heads, the collective bargain hunters/tippers around the world really stepped up their game.  This next one comes from Zach Z and looks like Exhibits A, B and C in a divorce proceeding.  Find this 1962 Austin-Healey Sprite with Datsun 510 engine offered for $2,500 in Lake Stevens, WA. Tip from Zach Z.

289 V8 Powered: 1959 Austin-Healey 3000

The Austin-Healey 3000 was an inline-6 powered sportscar built in Britain and known as the last of the line for the Big Healeys.  Bodywork was custom fabricated by Jensen Motors and final assembly was done by craftsmen at the Abingdon Works, and today they are worth quite a bit when in good shape.  Find this 1959 Austin-Healey 3000 with Ford V8 offered for $16,548 located in Tucson, AZ via craigslist.  Tip from JAS.

Passed-on Passions: A Mustang, Sprite, MGA, & Greenbrier

This next feature comes from Marve Harwell who put together another Deusy of a comparo. The project car, the epitome of wide-eyed optimism. What fond memories linger of unloading the newly acquired free time eater onto a lovingly cleared patch of garage floor that may never be seen again.  The plan begins with an unrealistic budget, optimistic time table, and a laughable overestimation of our skills, but ends years later as rolling shelf for old tax paperwork and lawn implements.  It takes a big man to take on such a project and a bigger man cave into the wife and finally sell the thing unfinished.  But who is that next wild-eyed dreamer? Who has the guts to take on another man's monument to unfulfilled good intentions?  I have for your consideration unfinished project cars, one tantalizing close the the finish line, others in boxes and bits, and another one not really begun. Which would you take on?

8k: 1 Dollar Per Mile: 1962 Austin Healey Sprite, 7,613 miles

Of all the reasons to not drive a car, none are very convincing. They usually go like this: fear of damaging the car, fear of the car damaging them, sheer forgetfulness, or a plan to hold it for future value. The thought of a greasy Hooters patron with a ponytail and white gloves pushing a British roadster around a humid stage in Arizona gives me the willies, so someone buy this before a collector does. Find this 1962 Austin Healey Sprite with just 7,613 miles for sale in Sacramento, CA for $7,750 via craigslist.

15k: Bug Eyed Racer: 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite

Have you ever wanted to attract groups of middle aged British gentlemen like the ghost of Princess Diana giving out perfectly cooked servings of cottage pie?  The easy way (and free from voodoo) is to pick up a racing liveried Austin-Healey Sprite and cruise around your local pub.  Like this 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite here on eBay currently bidding for $15,100 with a few hours to go, located in Hollidaysburg, PA.