No.16 in the Budgie Miniatures collection was a model of a famous 1950's sports car, the Austin-Healey 100. Morris & Stone first issued the Austin-Healey in 1957 as Esso Series No.16 Austin-Healey and it continued in the Budgie range until 1963/4.

The Austin-Healey was a straightforward body & base model held together by a central rivet. The driver was part of the base. The windscreen was represented by two side struts.

The model was always painted red with an off-white or cream base & driver. Silver trim was hand-applied for most of the model's life to the grille, headlights and front & rear bumpers but later when spray trim was used the rear bumper was omitted.

The wheels of No.16 were unpainted metal for much of its life but they were switched to black plastic and the model painted in a darker red for the last few years of production.

No.16 had a shorter life in the Budgie Miniatures range but is not hard to find. After the Esso Series it was issued in 'Morris & Stone' yellow blister packs and later in similar 'Guiterman' ones. It was also sold in both 'Mobile' and 'Modern' (type 1) Vehicle Series boxes, it was one of the cars in Noddy's Garage Set and it was included in Budgie Gift Set No.12.

Late examples of the Austin-Healey can show deterioration in the casting, and both variations are liable to metal fatigue, especially on the base section.

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No.16 was withdrawn in 1964.