Used Austin-Healey Cars Models Austin-Healey Sprite Cars (Mark II, Mk II) Parts 1

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The Austin-Healey Sprite Mark II used the same 948 cc engine (engine code 9CG) but with larger twin 1 1/4 inch SU carburettors increasing power to 46.5 bhp and a close-ratio gearbox. The bodywork was completely revamped, with the headlights migrating to a more conventional position in the wings, either side of a full-width grille. At the rear, styling borrowed from the soon-to-be-announced MG MGB gave a similarly more modern look, with the added advantages of an opening boot lid and conventional rear bumper bar. The result was a much less eccentric-looking sports car, though at the expense of some 100 lbs extra weight. In contrast to the 'frogeye', the later Austin-Healey Cars are often collectively referred to as 'square-bodied' Austin-Healey Sprite by enthusiasts.

An MG Cars version of the Austin-Healey Cars was introduced in May 1961 as, 'the new MG Midget,' reviving a model name which had been a great success for the MG Car Company in the 1930s. The MG Midget was to prove more popular with the public than the Austin-Healey Sprite and by 1972 had completely supplanted it within the BMC range. In October 1962 both Austin-Healey Sprite and MG Midget were given a long-stroke 1098 cc engine (engine code 10CG), which was also fitted in single carburettor form to the Austin A40 and Morris Minor 1000 (which nevertheless remained the Minor 1000). A strengthened gearbox with Porsche Cars (baulk-ring) synchromesh was introduced to cope with the extra power - a heady 56 bhp. Front disc brakes were also introduced at the same time and wire wheels became an option.

Austin-Healey Cars Models Austin-Healey Sprite (Mark I, Mk I) Parts 1

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Austin-Healey Sprite (Mark I, Mark II, Mark III Mark IV) Car Parts 1

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The Austin Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) on 20 May 1958, just before 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, which received a royalty payment from the manufacturers BMC. It first went on sale at a price of £669, using a mildly tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down.

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The Sprite was made at the MG sports car factory at Abingdon, Berkshire (actually now in Oxfordshire) and it was inevitable that the success of the design would spawn an MG version known as the Midget, reviving a popular pre-war model name. Enthusiasts often now refer to Sprites and MG Midgets collectively as 'Spridgets'.

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