Seller split shipping with me - they said they liked the idea of someone getting it going and sharing the experience with someone younger, but they seemed to be on the verge of taking on the shipping cost to Florida if it didn't sell. I'd like to get my son in on helping with some of this, as he's expressed curiosity about the odd collection of cars in the garage (he's about 3 years until he can get a license). 20 years back, he had an idea of restoring this with his son, as it sounded like they'd done some other British cars, but that time has passed. (I know there are nationwide searches out there, but I find just checking major cities gets more results for some reason.) The seller was moving to Florida (retirement move, I'm guessing), and didn't want to have to pay to move this car with him, just to try selling again in Florida. Started searching for Healey Sprite, and just walked the search around the country, city by major city. The bugeye sheetmetal seems fairly good - something fell on the left fender just above the wheel, and there's a little rust through on the right side just forward of the wheel.įound this on Craigslist after selling the Studebaker. There's rust through in the left rear fender at the bottom behind the wheel, a little paint bubbling at the base of the cowl on each side (just forward of the doors), and surface rust along the bottom edge of the passenger door.
Compared with some of the Sprite restorations out there, this one seems to be fairly low rust. Whoever stored it seems like they did a somewhat proper job - the gas tank and radiator are drained. Looks like the seller to me may have bought it about 20 years ago (didn't change over title/registration to themselves, so it hasn't run for the past 20 years). This car has history in Indiana, but I'm not sure how far back. Trying to avoid taking it completely apart just to get it running. Near-term objectives are to replace what needs to be replaced to get it running and driving. Compared with '58-'61, this '64 comes with the slightly larger engine, a separate trunk opening, front disk brakes, and more substantial seats, among other things I may discover.
It doesn't look like it requires much in the way of parts to make this conversion, and I like the style of the earlier nose. I did run across at least one like this on AHEXP, and I'm sure there are more. The '64 wasn't the Bugeye style, but this one has had the forward sheetmetal switched over to the '58-'61. So I'll put the story of this Sprite here.įor those who know, you'll question the Bugeye. I may get more specific advice and feedback by posting this car on one of those forums, but if you've followed what I've done here, you've seen 3 Buicks, a Studebaker, a Miata, and a Ford Model A. I know there are a million threads about this car on and other sites.
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