1958 Austin Healey 100-6 Convertible

Austin Healey 100-6 Convertible (1958)
for sale

Price: US $11,900.00

Description:

1958 AUSTIN HEALEY 100-6 FOR SALE . Currently selling a 1958 Austin Healey 100-6 matching numbers car. British Motor Heritage Authentication Documents and clear Pennsylvania title accompany vehicle. Excellent candidate for full restoration. Has wire wheels, and have most parts except for seats. Vehicle has factory equipped rare hardtop and new parts including New plexiglass window for top, new bumpers, front and rear, new over riders, new side curtains.
Rocker was replaced on left side needs rocker (included) on driver’s side installed. Have Heritage Documentation Certificate that it is a matching numbers car and documented build date of January 1958. Vehicle comes with numerous boxes of parts removed from vehicle. Vehicle comes with three (3)doors, five (5)rear fenders and three (3)front fenders .
Sheet metal for these cars is readily available and after market pieces are very reasonably priced. It would be well worth the return investment (based on what the restored cars sell for) to replace all the exterior sheet metal except for hood, trunk, front and rear cowls since the fenders are so reasonably priced. Price for the vehicle is $11, 900. Factory equipped Hardtop is valued at $5, 000+ A reproduction one from England is $5, 000. New Parts including factory equipped hardtop are valued at $7402.00+. (see list below) That makes the price of the car realistically selling at around forty five hundred without these parts. I was offered $4500 for the hardtop alone. (The figure of $2000 in the listing section above the photos was an entry error.) Recommend engine be rebuilt due to 30+ year dry storage. I will be available and welcome any buyer who wants to have pre-purchase examination done by him or herself or third party. Frame is overall solid but there are some small pin holes under where floor pans were mounted on top of frame rails. The frame rails side underneath facing the ground are solid and look like the sides of the rails in the photos below (no holes) Floor pans were removed as were fenders and doors to access frame and wheel well panels for restoration. this also will make restoration easier. The floor pans need to be fitted are currently available on Ebay for $150 a pair. Out riggers should be replaced and are readily available and reasonably priced as well. Like any 60 year old unrestored British car it will require some metal patching and repair patch panels. Photos of these areas needing patch panels can be seen in the photos but for more clarification call me to discuss at 215-284-2118. The vehicle shows various sections where sheet metal paint prep was begun, hence the primer color on some sections in the photos. If you have questions regarding vehicle please call 215-284-2118. Please no texts. Email questions are fine. Engine, transmission, rear are in vehicle, instrument cluster dash also included as well as convertible top frame. Drive shaft is missing but readily sourced and reasonably priced. Companies like Victoria British sell the majority of sheet metal as well as most parts for these vehicles. Check restored and unrestored AH 100-6's currently for sale on Ebay. Prices for these vehicles are steadily rising like Jaguar XKE's. Restored, these Healeys bring the price of an XKE but for a limited time are cheaper to purchase and are easier to restore than an EType but the financial return is about the same. Many restored Austin Healeys are selling in the $60, 000-90, 000 dollar range with the occasional 6 figure cars . These cars are definitely worth the restoration investment and most parts are readily available on the internet and reasonably priced compared to other high priced classics. They obviously are not making anymore of these famous British Muscle Cars and every year that passes unrestored examples like this are becoming harder and harder to locate. They are becoming as hard to locate as an unrestored XKE or Sunbeam Tiger. This car is documented as factory black with red interior. (a rarer color). These cars were simply made and are not that complex to restore. New wiring harnesses, trim pieces, sheet metal, mechanical bits are all out there either new or used. We all remember the days when you could buy a an unrestored Jaguar XKE for 12 to 16 thousand dollars. Those days are gone, never to return. They will be soon over also for these Big Healey's as well. We all have the I could have or I should have stories. I have had several calls on this car from Italy and eastern Europe where the restoration rate is 1/5 what it is here in the states and yet the return investment for a restored Big Healey is comparable to the states. For more pictures of frame please email me at makomarine2@cs.com
I have collected and driven British Vehicles for fifty years. I have owned this car since 1989 and it has been in dry storage in my garage since then. I am selling it because I am selling off my collection of restored and unrestored vehicles. I am concentrating my efforts on my early Jaguars. Please no offers or trades considered. Vehicle is realistically priced at $11, 900, considering documented British Motor Heritage build documents, today’s market, vehicle’s condition and included new parts and factory installed hardtop.
New Parts list and prices
Rear Bumper $469
Front Bumper $489
4 Bumper Guards $200
Side Curtains $599
Rear window new plexiglass $700
BN 6 A Reproduction Hardtop from England - -$
4945.00 U.S.
cost (4338 EUROS)
The top with this car is a factory installed original Hardtop.
_ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __Total Costs of these parts
$7402
Even at $2900.00 for the hardtop if you could find one at that price would make the cost of the parts $5402. That would mean the car is selling for $6600 which is a unbelievably low price for a matching numbers 100-6 at today’s prices. At $7402 for these parts this matching numbers Big Healey is theoretically at $4500 considering the value of the included parts especially the factory installed original hardtop.

update: 2019-01-12

Features:

Condition:Seller Notes:
Used
“1958 AUSTIN HEALEY 100-6 FOR SALE . Currently selling a 1958 Austin Healey 100-6 matching numbers car. British Motor Heritage Authentication Documents and clear Pennsylvania title accompany vehicle. Excellent candidate for full restoration. Has wire wheels, and have most parts except for seats. Vehicle has factory equipped rare hardtop and new parts including New plexi-glass window for top, new bumpers, front and rear, new over riders, new side curtains. Rocker was replaced on left side needs rocker (included) on driver’s side installed. Have Heritage Documentation Certificate that it is a matching numbers car and documented build date of January 1958. Vehicle comes with 5 boxes of parts removed from vehicle. Vehicle comes with three (3)doors, five (5)rear fenders and three (3)front fenders . (I have all original bills of sale from seller in 1990. Price is $12,900. Factory equipped Hardtop is valued at $2,000. (what I was offered for it alone). Value of new parts $$1500+”
Year: 1958VIN (Vehicle Identification Number): BN4L54638
Mileage: 88786Number of Cylinders: 6
Make: Austin HealeyTransmission: Manual
Model: 100-6Body Type: Convertible
Trim: ConvertibleWarranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Engine: 6 Cylinder-gasVehicle Title: Clear
Drive Type: RWDFuel Type: Gasoline
For Sale By: Private SellerExterior Color: Silver Blue
Drive Side: Left-hand driveInterior Color: Red

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