[Healeys] For Sprites Only

[HealeyRick]

Hi Joe,

Here's an advertisement for a bugeye boot conversion that was offered in
period.

Regards,
Rick

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:57 AM, J. Armour <sebring3000 at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Some time back there was discussion on the question of MK.1 Sprites fitted
> with a BOOT LID ( trunk to those north of the equator)
>
> Ray English of the great 'MARQUE ONE ' magazine has included in histhird
> qtr 2015 issue an article I had previously read most of in the UK
> 'Collectors Car' from July 1981 but had obviously forgotten the following
> comments from no other than Peter Browning.
> When he became secretary of the Austin – Healey Club ( yes with a hyphen)
> his car purchased from the Works was a MK.1 Sprite which he had that Healey
> collaborator Douglas Wilson-Spratt fit an opening boot.
> Wilson-Spratt was one half of WSM who built several special bodied
> Sprites, one 3000 and an MGB. Douglas's son is still involved with WSM in
> UK.
>
> So maybe not a full Works mod but how much closer can you get than, owned
> and requested by the AH Club secretary and carried out by a close after
> market organisation who successfully modified and raced Healeys under the
> nose of the Healey family.
> Therefore I find it quite feaseable that others followed the lead of such
> a high profile owner and Healey builder.
>
> Joe
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