Mini Sprint

[surfblue63]

Car 14 could be from the GP Paris 1970

http://www.racingsportscars.com/results ... 05-24.html

[Pete]

BVR = British Vita Racing

I've not seen Vita described as BVR before, the firm was latterly BVRT (formerly BRT) which stood for Barham-Varley-Ratcliffe & Taylor.

[UHR850]

Found on the net

[graeme1293]

Its Tony Gilbertsons in New Zealand in 1966. He imported it from Neville and Geoff Thomas as a shell. Beautiful car which I tried to find here for about 30 years! I first rang Tony (still around) about it in 1985!

It was really fast too - he still has the letters from Daniel Richmond about tuning it. I bought an 8 port engined Minisprint off Tony - but that was a later NZ built one.

[UHR850]

So Downton tuned, great

Kees.

[UHR850]

For sale in the Netherlands, never seen this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MINI-C ... 0022.m2048

Kees.

[mk1]

That is one ugly sprint!

[nick@dunsdale]

Ohh that bootlid .......wonder if the number plate light hits the bumper

[UHR850]

BUT is it an original Sprint If so, what is the problem
I tought these Sprints where rare I think well done it is differend

Kees.

[mab01uk]

Lined up in Japan

[mk1coopers]

BUT is it an original Sprint

Kees.

Short answer : No

Long answer : I'm 99.9% sure it's a No

[rich@minispares.com]

BUT is it an original Sprint

Kees.

Short answer : No

Long answer : I'm 99.9% sure it's a No

I think the fact that its in a later mk3 shell and has had too much taken out of the roof tells you that its a home built car

[WMU 211G]

Looks like a S&A Minisprint on the right on this Seiko brochure...

SEIKO MINISPRINT z0Ki4Eo.jpg

[mk1]

Well Spotted!

[WMU 211G]

Had the image for ages but only spotted the 'Sprint this morning! Car behind it looks like an early Mk3 so it could be a '70s brochure.

[surfblue63]

It's pre 1983. K. Hattori & Co LTD changed their name to Hattori Seiko Co LTD in 1983.

http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/group/history/index.html

[WMU 211G]

Cheers Stu

[graeme1293]

There is a blue Sprint like that in one of those cool Japanese Neko Mini picture books from the late 70's. They show it being restored in one of the books (1978?) and I think completed in the next one.

[UHR850]

Kees.

[mab01uk]

Full page ad below for the 'Wiginton Sprint' in the latest October 2018 issue of Miniworld magazine.
https://www.paulwigintonclassicvehicles ... conversion