I actually used a 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 as a daily driver while I was in college, so I do have some relevant experience with this one. Unusually for a big Healey, there’s not a tremendous amount of corrosion, which may explain why bidding has risen $3,000 while I’ve been looking the car over! It’s up for sale here on eBay and is located in Dade City, Florida. Either there wasn’t a reserve or it’s quickly been met; bidding is hot and heavy and is up to $14,200.

There can’t be many shapes in this world that scream “SPORTS CAR” more than the Austin Healey 100/3000 line. There are very small rear seats behind the front buckets, but apart from very small legless children consider this a two-seater. Trivia: I think that’s a Triumph TR250 magnetic gas cap rather than the smaller Healey one.

The car comes with a pair of side curtains (that don’t work very well at drive-through windows!) and an aftermarket fiberglass hardtop. However, the hardtop doesn’t have a rear window. You can make one from Lexan, as I had to replace the windshield on the Marina recently with, but it’s not as easy as you’d think.

See what I mean about legless children? And I think this is with the front seats pushed forward. That’s not the factory dash, and I don’t think it’s factory upholstery either. Nonetheless, this looks like a great car if you want to drive it a lot and not be petrified to park in a regular parking lot. I’m amazed at the lack of corrosion where the steel fenders meet the aluminum shrouds. Even in a good Healey, those areas can be problematic.

This version of the C-Series inline six cylinder is only 2,639 cc and sports less carburetion than the later 3000 series. The white dryer hose subbing for the original, once-polished brass radiator and aftermarket hoses and fuel filter also lend to the idea of a driver rather than a show car. The seller says it’s a barn find–I’m betting it’s really a garage find. There is a picture of what look like credentials from a series of cruise-ins in Kissimmee, Florida, but no dates, so we’ll take the owner at their word that it hasn’t run in over ten years. Wouldn’t you like to change that? I sure would.