Sweety Nasty

I have to admit, I've been kind of a purist when it comes to our beloved big Healeys. This car however could really change my mind, well engineered, appears to be well exicuted and built. Just need some cash and its mine.....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Hea...ash=item2a85951060:g:h-8AAOSwSzRZScPV&vxp=mtr

I agree it has been very well done, I particularly like the 100/8 badge! Unfortunately it was an expensive engineering exercise and it will be difficult to sell at that price simply because it is no longer an Austin Healey.

Beautifully done. Hopefully, an enthusiast with deep pockets will see the value in all that time, engineering and skill.

Wow, it is rather gorgeous. I was wondering the other day how often nasty boy type cars come onto the market and what their values would be? I hate seeing cars with new bulges or protrusions through the hood, so if I was to ever go down that route it would have to be for a car like this one.

With rare exceptions, nasty boys probably sell from 1/2 to 2/3 the price of a stock restored model. Some of the professionally done ones are best compared to the hot rod/street rod market where they can bring big money at an auction if they catch the eye of the right buyer. On the low end of the scale, you can probably pick one up for about $5k if it was a really shoddy job done back in the day. They appeal to a rather small market and face stiff competition from kit Cobras for someone who wants a V8 in a small British car. I think the days of big fender flares and holes in the hood are, for the most part, past as the newer builds seem to trend toward keeping the exterior looking stock while modifying the driveline and suspension. One of the problems with increasing horsepower is getting enough tire on the rear to harness it. The old way was to flare the rear fenders to fit wider wheels, but some of the new cars like the one posted here, widen the whole fender making a smoother appearance.

Why '3000 Leather?'

Be interesting to see what it goes for. I'd be surprised if they got much more than $50K USD. My (casual) following of the auction shows indicates the hotrod/restomod mania has cooled somewhat.

Certainly the nicest nasty in quite a while!

Needs the conical rear reflectors, but I wouldn't kick it out of the garage for leaking oil...

Looks like a no-sale.

I wonder if it didn't sell or he sold it outside of eBay?

aero3113 said:

I wonder if it didn't sell or he sold it outside of eBay?

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Me too. IIRC, eBay notes 'Seller has removed this listing,' or similar, when the seller does this (or otherwise cancels the listing). This listing expired on time, so I'm inclined to believe it just didn't sell. I've got no problem with Nasty Boys, but it seems to me the fun would be in building one yourself. For what this guy was asking, you can get some pretty good performance cars from the factory (Tesla S?).

aero3113 said:

I wonder if it didn't sell or he sold it outside of eBay?

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Naw he just heard about Scotsdale-----LOL

LoL,that could be true!