Beschreibung
Craner classics is offering this stunning Austin Healy sprite this little Austin has been restored to a very high standard it has flawless red paintwork professionally resprayed it has chrome wired wheels to complement with excellent tyres all-round it has a freshly fitted interior including door cards and carpets underneath the engine bay is spotless with all new comments fitted its also been fitted with a brand new mohair roof not the cheap plastic roof the car has literally had thousands spent on it to bring it to this very high standard and clearly shows with all the paperwork provided with the car gre3at fun to drive with the roof down and wind in your hair.
The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 until 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, two days after that year’s Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that “a chap could keep in his bike shed”, yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven. The Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, with production being undertaken at the MG factory at Abingdon. It first went on sale at a price of £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down.
When the Mk. II Sprite was introduced in 1961 it was joined by a badge-engineered MG version, the Midget, reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950s. Enthusiasts often refer to these later Sprites and Midgets collectively as “Spridgets.” The MG-badged version of the car continued in production for several years after the Austin-Healey brand ceased to exist.
