Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics presents the ultimate Austin Healey Sprite Mark
II! An extraordinary opportunity to own this wonderful AACA Award
winning example and a simply exquisite daily driving and rust free
example of this reportedly original 69K miles and beautifully
restored 1963 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk II Roadster!Recently acquired
from it's most recent Arizona owner and obviously always garaged
and rarely driven since being fully restored! The car has always
been historically rust free and has been correctly repainted in
it's original 'Cardinal Red' paint with a Black interior with White
piping. The car has the 1098 cc CM3 4 cylinder engine with 56HP and
dual SU carburetors. The car boasts a new black soft top with bows
and side curtains and a full weather tonneau cover. The car has
it's stock wheels mounted on new radial tires. All the chrome and
stainless has also been restored. The car has a beautifully
detailed trunk and engine bay.The Healey family's follow up to the
successful collaboration with BMC on the Healey 100 was the
Austin-Healey Sprite beginning in 1958. This new low priced sports
car featured unitized steel construction on tiny overall dimensions
and although there have been other small and some faster sports
cars, few have proved so endearing. The original plan to give the
Sprite hidden headlamps was abandoned for cost reasons which
resulted in fixed lamps that gave the round end a quaintly cute
"frog eye" appearance. The entire front sheet metal section,
including the fenders, was hinged at the front, and lifted up for
superb engine access. There was no trunk and only very modest
storage space behind the front seats. Nevertheless handling was
'sprightly' and fuel economy, obviously, great!Assembled at MG's
Abingdon factory may explain why in 1961 the newly restyled Sprite
Mark II was to resemble the MG Midget so closely. The Sprite II
proved enormously popular with a most respectable top speed of over
84mph and when hotted up could easily top 100mph along with a
trunk! These mechanically simple cars are full of character, very
economical to run with parts easily and affordably available and
very easy to work on and extremely fun to drive with BMC's proven
and rugged and durable A-series four cylinder engine that had been
around since the war, so whats not to like?As stated earlier, this
is a rare opportunity to own a fully restored AACA award winning
1963 Austin-Healey Sprite Mark II which is obviously the perfect
car for the Austin-Healey collector or enthusiast looking for the
best Mark II Sprite available or simply a perfect daily driver for
any British sports car enthusiast or collector!