Description
H&H Classics
1969 Austin Healey ‘Sebring’ Sprite
Fresh from build with just 65 miles on the odometer
Registration No: VIG 343
Chassis No: HAN979179G
MOT: Exempt
Estimate: £18, 000 - £20, 000
Motor Car Location: Peeblesshire
Fresh from build with just 65 miles covered since completion and a show win to its credit
Powered by a tuned 1310cc A-Series engine mated to four-speed manual transmission
Assembled with a plethora of new parts to ensure it is as structural and mechanically sound
Rated by the vendor as being in ‘excellent’ order with regards to its engine, gearbox, electrical equipment, interior trim, bodywork and paintwork
Numerous upgrades including Frontline front and rear telescopic shock absorber kits
The somewhat convoluted story of the Sebring Sprite has been well documented in the past, from the class-winning trio of cars prepared by Donald Healey for the 1959 Sebring 12 Hours Grand Prix d'Endurance. (prototype Dunlop disc brakes, wire wheels, larger SU carbs, twin-plate racing clutches and straight-cut close-ratio gearboxes) through Stirling Moss’ success in the separate four-hour race for GT cars of under one litre at Sebring in 1960, John Sprinzel’s arrival at Austin-Healey with his Frank Costin-designed Speedwell GT and the legendary success of the 5 ‘Works’ and 2 Sprinzel cars at Sebring in 1961, through to the mid-sixties when over a dozen small firms were building their own streamlined bonnet, fastback versions of the Speedwell GT and Sprinzel Sebring utilising Mk1 and 2 Sprites (latterly the MG Midget) and marketing them as ‘Sebring Sprites’.
Based upon a 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite, the ‘Sebring’ offered was completed earlier this year and has already received a show win to its credit at a large classic car show in Scotland. Finished in Dark Blue paintwork with complementing Dark Blue (with White piping) interior upholstery, the ‘Sebring’ has covered just 65 miles since completion. Powered by a tuned 1310cc four-cylinder A-Series engine mated to four-speed manual transmission, the vendor rates ‘VIG 343’ as being in ‘excellent’ order with regards to its engine, gearbox, electrical equipment, interior trim, bodywork and paintwork, having been assembled with a plethora of new parts to ensure structural and mechanical soundness.
The extensive specification comprises new Frontline telescopic shock system front and rear; new Frontline anti-roll bar; new Frontline lowered springs; new Frontline poly suspension bushes; new Maniflow complete exhaust system; new uprated clutch; new Facet cube fuel electric fuel pump; new petrol tank and new fuel lines; new vented front discs and callipers; new cloth covered wiring loom; new Lucas battery with kill switch; new alloy radiator; new electric fan; new Dynamotor alternator; new Powerlite slimline starter motor; new Mangoletsi throttle linkage; new Smiths fuel gauge and temperature gauge; refurbished tachometer gauge; refurbished balanced prop shaft.
Only for sale now due to ill health, this is a scarce opportunity to purchase a freshly built Sebring Sprite with just running in miles on the car!
