Mini Sprint

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UHR850 wrote::roll: Still around ? I took this picture in 1988 at the Beaulieu MCD

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Date of first registration October 1968
Year of manufacture 1968
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Vehicle colour BLUE
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UKB 8H S&A sprint bought off Mike Kearon in 1970 by Geoff Murray with an 1100 engine. Was meant to go racing but Kearon changed plans and bought a Camaro instead.
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Restored in the 90s and sold to Maruyama bling’d up as a Rob Walker racer. The logbook appeared on Ebay some years later and the reg number now seems to be on a Merc.
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Who is that stood in the picture next to it? Michael Kearon?
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Rubber Sprung wrote:Who is that stood in the picture next to it? Michael Kearon?
No thats Geoff.
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Wilf Ashman’s ex Trickett racer, late 60s...
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Came across this link to the Mini Magazine article from 2014 on the well known '67 S&A W&P Sprint whilst looking for something else...

https://www.pressreader.com/australia/m ... 5238502749

Awesome car... deaseamed / Stewart & Ardern / Wood & Pickett (twice!)... I think the only things I'd change on it would be the arches and the depth of the front valance... ;)
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Matteo Sgarlata and Joe Anastasi on the 1972 Targa Florio
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Found this shot of the VITA Sprint at Oliver's Mount in 1969/70
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One Off Minisprint - Oct 2020 Mini Magazine

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Can't say that I think the way that was done was easier, more stylish or more practical than Neville's original way.

Looks OK though, apart from how the rad fits. Which is hideous.
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One odd thing you see a lot on sprints is they spend all that time reducing the height and trying to keep the scale of the original design so that a really good one looks even better than the original size.... and then bolt a set of massive wheels on it!! :lol: Never understood that.
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10's are as big as they should get on a sprint, 6J wide seems to make them look 'squatter', as has been said in various other threads sadly it's probably not the best idea to have a magazine feature done on a car with such extensive body mods anymore :(
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:roll: Something abit different, a sprinted Riley Elf!
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I agree the car is a work of art..
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I left the roof alone as its the only panel that hasn't been altered in any way
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A great advertisement for your brilliant work Paul!
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