1961 Nice original early Mk2 Sprite 948cc For Sale

Wonderfully original early Mk2 Austin Healey Sprite(1961) with Heritage Certificate.

The Mk2 Austin Healey Sprite was a development of the ultra successful Mk1 ‘frogeye’ Sprite. A car that caught the imagination of the world with it’s affordable yet exciting driving experience and cute looks. The main problem with the Mk1 centered around it’s lack of luggage space, making touring or long journeys a bit of a problem. With the Mk2 Sprite these problems were addressed whilst still retaining the pure driving experience the Mk1 had built it’s reputation around. The peppy little 948cc BMC A series engine remained but now featured a few little tweaks to improve both power and torque, there were also a few detail changes to the gearbox and brakes. What changed dramatically was the shape of the car, with a much more conventional shape being very obvious to all. Those who looked closer would now notice that the car had a boot, vital for those longer journeys! One small but critical detail that didn’t change from the Mk1 to the first batch for Mk2 Sprite’s were the doors. This car is one of very few first batch Mk2 Sprites left on the roads and features much cleaner lines than all subsequent Sprite’s and Midget’s that followed due to it having a lack of external door handles.

This particular car is highly original and was subject to a restoration in circa 2007. During the restoration the majority of the original components were retained and the car re-sprayed in her original colour of ‘Signal Red’. Since the restoration the car has gained a nice patina but with a good polish she can still be made to look like a show queen (if required). During our ownership the car has been maintained by Mr Big Healey himself – John Chatham. In the past twelve months the car has had a full brake overhaul by John Chatham and has been treated to a new battery, coil, spark plugs, dynamo and voltage regulator. The MOT runs until July 2015 and she is of course tax free.

This sale has sadly been forced upon us by a surprisingly rapidly progressing house purchase that is going to demand all of our time and available funds! Due to this there are a couple of outstanding jobs that I may not get round to doing. Both the rev counter and speedometer have ceased to operate. I have a new cable ready to fit to the speedometer and am in the process of repairing the rev counter drive.

Please feel free to call Pat the details below) or Lisa the details below) for any further information. She will be very much missed by us but a new house purchase forces this reluctant sale. 

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