Available for Acquisition
Two Cars. One Extraordinary Story.
The last two Austin Healey Works Sprite prototypes. Rich racing history. Restored to perfection. Available together or separately — for the right collector or vintage racer.
1968 Austin Healey Prototype
The Ring Free Car
The final Austin Healey Coupe Sprite Factory Prototype. Built for the 1968 24 hrs of Le Mans as the first Fuel Injected Sprite (DNR). Presented in its winning livery from the 1970 12 hours of Sebring. Driven by Janet Guthrie — one of motorsport's great trailblazers — she led a team of women drivers to a P2 class victory. Its history extends beyond that single race, carrying provenance through the golden era of endurance racing.
1969 Healey Sprite Prototype
TFR-7 The Last Sprite
The final Austin Healey Sprite factory prototype — TFR7, the seventh car built specifically for the Targa Florio. Sent to the United States after completion, it began its competition life at Sebring in 1970, carrying the same mechanical fuel injection and dry-sump engineering that made these prototypes extraordinary for their era.
Provenance
A Record Written on some of the World's Greatest Circuits
Factory Construction
Both prototypes built at the Donald Healey Motor Company in Warwick, England — the last factory racing Healey sprites ever constructed.
Competition Debut
The Ring Free car makes its race debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, finishing 20th overall and 5th in class. TFR7, Last Sprite prototype joins the Coupe at Sebring the following year.
Watkins Glen & Daytona
The Ring Free car competes at the Glen and Daytona, building a race record across three of America's most storied endurance circuits.
Sebring Class Victory
Austin Healey racing ends. These two prototypes are the last small bore cars to carry the Healey name in competition.
Return to Sebring
The Ring Free car returns to Sebring 40 years on, winning its class again in vintage competition — a testament to the integrity of its restoration.
Acquire One or Both
HAN9-R-238 and HAN9-R-250 are available together as a collection, or separately to individual caretakers and vintage racers. Serious enquiries welcomed.
Two Cars Available
HAN9-R-238 and HAN9-R-250 are among the surviving streamliners — the last works coupé and the last prototype. Available together as a collection, or separately to individual caretakers or vintage racers. Also available separately or with either car: an unmolested XSP fuel-injected Le Mans engine with its matching dated 1968 Le Mans 5-speed gearbox — never run as a pair.