[Spridgets] anyone ever hear of a factory Mk I Sprite, w/boot/trunk lid?

[Jay Fishbein]

Ah yes. Round 17 of "The factory built a Bugeye with a trunk lid" discussion.

Before we embark on those details, can we talk about that lake in Scotland?

Jay Fishbein
61 Innocenti Spider w/factory trunk lid
63 Pink Sprite Mk II with Pink trunk lid

On Jun 24, 2013, at 9:44 PM, "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz at hky.com> wrote:

> At a local trolley museum anniversary celebration (50 years), yesterday.
> The museum had a classic car display and asked our local Triumph club to
get
> some cars out.  Yeah, mine was the only MG there, but that's fine, too.
>
> Anyway, there was a guy there with a Mk I Sprite, which was fitted with a
> boot/trunk lid.  He says he's the second owner and the original owner was a
> good friend of his.  He claims the he was told (he really didn't know much
> about Brit cars and didn't claim to, either) that his car is one of six
> Sprites built with boot/trunk lids.
>
>
>
> Anyone ever hear of the factory doing anything like this?  I thought it
> could possibly have been some sort of prototype/design study done late in
> the Mk I production run, when BMC was looking for ways to "freshen" the
> design, to compete against the soon to be introduced Spitfire.  Thoughts?
>
> And, no, unfortunately, I didn't have my camera along with me.