[Vintage-race] Speedwell Sprite for sale

[Brian Mertz]

FYI, during its West Coast career this was a seriously fast car. At  
that time it had highly modified motor and a very good driver  
(currently kicking VARA ass in a Colby-built Spridget), but as I  
recall it's a very well prepared chassis that handles well and can  
manage a lot more power. "How fast do you want to go? How much do you  
want to spend?"

Brian Mertz
Alfa Giulia Spider Veloce, VARA #82
Alfa Giulia Sprint GTV, SOVREN #82


On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:

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> [mailto:vintage-race-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wm. Severin
> Thompson
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:31 PM
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> Subject: [Vintage-race] Speedwell Sprite for sale
>
> To all,
>
>
>
> I am selling my 1960 Austin Healey Speedwell Sprite. I purchased  
> this car
> from Tom Colby out at Speedwell Engineering about 10 years ago. This  
> is a
> California car, never wrecked and never rusted. It was vintage raced  
> out on
> the West Coast.
>
>
>
> The car has a Speedwell Monza bonnet with alloy shrouding to the  
> radiator.
> It has an extremely well crafted roll bar, with side intrusion bars,  
> but
> still can fit a soft or hard top to the car. It is, for the most part,
> street legal, although wipers will need to be fitted to the car. It  
> has a
> Fuel Safe cell built into a stock Sprite tank in the original  
> location. It
> has a central fire extinguisher system installed. The car sits on  
> Panasport
> wheels. It needs new tires, and they are included with the sale. It  
> has a
> Mota Lita steering wheel. A soft top and side curtains are included.  
> A very
> solid, restorable Bugeye bonnet is included with the car. A factory  
> hard top
> is also offered for an additional cost.
>
>
>
> Current motor is a fresh 948, with flat top piston, a 295 casting  
> head, and
> a BMC factory "649" cam, with a cast header, with the exhaust tucked  
> up in
> the pan, exiting through a Super Trap muffler.
>
>
>
> The car is priced to sell. See
> http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r165/wmseverin/Red%20Arse%20Austin%20Heal
> ey%20Speedwell%20Sprite/
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>
>
> If you are (very) interested, please contact me off list for further
> details.
>
>
>
> WST
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