Lot details Registration No: 875 UYX Chassis No: AN5L11775 Mot Expiry: Exempt
- Delivered new to the West Coast of America
- Clearly benefiting from an extensive restoration
- Upgraded with disc brakes all round
'The Donald Healey-designed Sprite entered production at MG's Abingdon factory in March 1958. Its unitary construction body shell featured a distinctive combined bonnet and wings with the headlights integrated into this panel. From the front this resembled a frog, hence the now familiar nickname - 'frog eye'. The Sprite's chassis design was the world's first volume-production sports car to use unitary construction, where the sheet metal body panels (apart from the bonnet) take many of the structural stresses. Powered by the Austin A35's 948cc A-Series engine topped with twin SU carburetors producing 43bhp. With only 650 kilogrammes to propel, this engine pushed the Sprite onto a maximum speed of 83 mph. With independent front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering the car's handling matched its performance. This particular example was delivered new to the West Coast of America in 1959. Retaining its original steel bonnet, converted to RHD, upgraded with disc brakes all round and clearly benefiting from an extensive restoration, this example represents an opportunity to acquire a good usable car for the 2018 summer.
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