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What happened to all these British Classics at Copart?

Why this South Florida Copart is "flooded" with popular British Classics.

Is this the only Austin-Healey 100S ever exported to Switzerland? | Car Catcher

Restored by specialist Steve Pike, this one-of-only-50 Austin-Healey 100S may be the only one ever exported to Switzerland.

Well-cared-for Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII | Car Catcher

A well-maintained Austin-Healey 3000 with a BMIHT heritage certificate–what's not to like?

Car Catcher: Numbers-Matching Austin-Healey 100-6

Said to have been owned by its previous owner for 17 years.

Car Catcher: A Red and White Mark I Austin-Healey 3000

An earlier example accompanied by a binder with documentation and receipts pertaining to the car’s restoration.

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Buyer's Guides: Austin-Healey 3000: Buy one now? | Buyer's Guide

Prices for the Austin-Healey 3000 have fallen recently. Before you buy one, though, there are a few things you should know about maintaining and modifying a "Big Healey."

Buyer's Guides: 10 common mistakes Austin-Healey Sprite and MG Midget owners make

10 dont's for the Austin-Healey Sprite and MG Midget.

Features: A pink Austin-Healey with an unusual history

Don't be fooled by the unlikely livery: This one-off show car was also a Healey works racer.

Features: 50 years later, two brothers finish a Bugeye Sprite

The once panned, oddly protruding lights have become the Bugeye’s most endearing feature. It took more than 50 years to return this smile to service.

Buyer's Guides: Austin-Healey 3000: Expert tips on buying, maintenance and more

What does it take to keep a Big Healey on the road? We ask the experts.

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Austin-Healey project cars

1960 Sprite

Restoring a Bugeye Sprite while converting it back from race car to street car. 

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Video: Making our Sprite a hotrod with a Moss Motors supercharger

One way to add some much-needed spice to an Austin-Healey Sprite? A supercharger.

For our Bugeye Sprite, we went with a Moss Motors supercharger system. Why? Classic Motorsports Publisher …

One year later on our Bugeye Sprite: fresh oil, fresh transmission

As is perhaps a bit too common here at Classic Motorsports, we finish a project car and, rather than celebrate our achievements, go right into the next project car. In …

Don’t miss these steps when installing an early Sprite dashboard

With the gauges, switches, lights, wiring and the grab handle installed on our dashboard, it was time to bolt it to the car.

Mounting a dashboard on an early Sprite  …

Why a Bugeye Sprite should be your next project

A platform ready to be turned into a hot street car? The humble Austin-Healey Sprite.


Watch the video to learn how we turned this tired former racer into a …

Success: We turned a tired racer into a show-ready Sprite

We faced a big undertaking: turning a tired, worn-out Sprite into something that could be shown on the national stage. We figure that we spent about three years and close …

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Austin-Healey Readers' Rides

Mar 15, 2025 by JLee
1956 None 100

SBF Nasty Boy

Jul 03, 2024 by gsarahs
1967 None 3000 Late Phase 2 BJ8

Healey Blue over Old English White with dark blue interior. Restored with new paint, interior, chrome and top.

Jan 07, 2024 by DIYCustoms
1960 None Bugeye Sprite

1960 AH bugeye sprite. Full restoration

Jan 19, 2023 by dberube
1967 None 3000 MKIII

It's a solid 3 car.

Nov 27, 2022 by classicJackets (FS)
1958 None Bugeye Sprite

1958(?) Austin Healey Bugeye sprite, bought with an SBC swap, unknown transmission and unknown (but definitely swapped) rear-end. Rusty and crusty, mistmatched, and on stock drum brakes in the front …

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Austin-Healey Ran When Parked

Found a Austin-Healey in Conway, Ar on July 25, 2016

This Bugeye is parked in a ‘sports car’ salvage yard outside of Conway, Arkansas. Looks like it at least has transmission, and perhaps engine. Interior is one folding chair…

Found a Austin-Healey in Prospect, Ky on April 26, 2013

Spyker C8 & Healey 3000 at the 2012 Mission Driven Car Show.

Found a Austin-Healey in Prospect, Ky on April 26, 2013

Spyker C8 & Healey 3000 at the 2012 Mission Driven Car Show.

Found a Austin-Healey in Carbondale, CO on Jan. 5, 2013

Spotted this Healey 3000 “backyard find” when driving through my Carbondale, CO neighborhood. Had resided in it’s yard there for 5+ years. Little rust due to dry climate, floors cut out but looks complete. …

Found a Austin-Healey in York, PA on Nov. 23, 2011

Peaking and grinning, these Bug Eye or Frog Eye Sprite front clips await a new life.

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