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

Kees

TDJ 931G
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 1 March 1988
MOT No results returned
Vehicle Details
Vehicle make MORRIS
Date of first registration October 1968
Year of manufacture 1968
Cylinder capacity 998 cc
Export marker No
Vehicle status Untaxed
Vehicle colour BLUE
Vehicle type approval
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 27 September 1989

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.

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.

Who is that stood in the picture next to it? Michael Kearon?

Rubber Sprung wrote:Who is that stood in the picture next to it? Michael Kearon?

No thats Geoff.

Wilf Ashman’s ex Trickett racer, late 60s...

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...

Matteo Sgarlata and Joe Anastasi on the 1972 Targa Florio

Found this shot of the VITA Sprint at Oliver's Mount in 1969/70

One Off Minisprint - Oct 2020 Mini Magazine

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.

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!! Never understood that.

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

Something abit different, a sprinted Riley Elf!

I agree the car is a work of art..
D

I left the roof alone as its the only panel that hasn't been altered in any way

A great advertisement for your brilliant work Paul!