Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:59 am
I've not seen Vita described as BVR before, the firm was latterly BVRT (formerly BRT) which stood for Barham-Varley-Ratcliffe & Taylor.smithyrc30 wrote:BVR = British Vita Racing
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Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:08 pm
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:14 pm
Found on the net 
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:25 pm
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.
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.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:31 am
So Downton tuned, great 
Kees.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:45 am
For sale in the Netherlands, never seen this one 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MINI-C ... 0022.m2048
Kees.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:55 am
That is one ugly sprint!
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:03 am
Ohh that bootlid .......wonder if the number plate light hits the bumper
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:24 pm
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.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:15 pm
Lined up in Japan
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:39 pm
UHR850 wrote:
Kees.
Short answer : No
Long answer : I'm 99.9% sure it's a No
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:03 am
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 carmk1coopers wrote:UHR850 wrote:
Kees.
Short answer : No
Long answer : I'm 99.9% sure it's a No
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:16 pm
Looks like a S&A Minisprint on the right on this Seiko brochure...
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:34 pm
Well Spotted!
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:19 pm
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.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:35 pm
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
http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/group/history/index.html
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:55 am
Cheers Stu 
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:17 am
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.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:39 pm
Kees.
Re: Mini Sprint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:19 pm
Full page ad below for the 'Wiginton Sprint' in the latest October 2018 issue of Miniworld magazine.
https://www.paulwigintonclassicvehicles ... conversion
https://www.paulwigintonclassicvehicles ... conversion