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The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 until 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, two days after that year's Monaco Grand Prix .
Sprite manufactured trials and scrambles frames which were usually available as a kit-form motorcycle to avoid UK Purchase Tax. [2] [4] The first machine was developed as a scrambler with Alpha 246 cc two-stroke engine and a modified Cotton frame, followed by their own Sprite-framed version and a slightly larger frame-only (without engine) option to use a 490 cc Triumph unit construction ...
a 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite [3] a 1967 Shelby GT 350 [ 4 ] Past Classic Motorsports project cars include a 1964 Lotus Elan , a 1969 Triumph TR6 , a 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider , a 1929 Ford Model A and a 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S, among many others.
Triumph used their own engine for the first time, 250 were made, 3 hp Model 474 1908-1909 production up to 3000 in 1909 Model Roadster 500 1910-1913 single speed, optional rear hub clutch as the 'free engine' model Model C 550 1913-1914 Three speed Sturmey Archer rear wheel hub Model TT 500 1909-1914 short wheelbase and no pedals.
In 1963, Mims won the Sports Car Club of America national racing championship driving a pink Austin-Healey 1959 Bugeye Sprite that once had belonged to Dr. Jonas Salk. [1] She won the 1963 Class H championship after competing in ten sanctioned races in her Austin Healey Sprite. She placed first in two of the ten races, placed second three times ...
1991 Triumph 1200 cc Trophy. When Triumph Engineering went into receivership in 1983, John Bloor bought the name and manufacturing rights from the Official Receiver. The former company's manufacturing plant was outdated and unable to compete against the technology from Japanese manufacturers, so Bloor decided against relaunching the brand immediately.
Triumph Motorcycles refers to companies that were founded by German S. Bettmann in the late 1800s, with varying ownership: Triumph (TWN) (Triumph-Werke Nürnberg), a defunct German motorcycle manufacturer (1896-1956) Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer (1885-1951 taken over by BSA, 1972 merged with Norton)
Triumph Spitfire - Midwest 23 4 GP unknown Bob Clemens 33 Triumph Spitfire - Central 23 5 GP unknown Erwin Lorincz 14 Triumph Spitfire - Northeast 23 6 GP unknown Donald Bowman 32 Triumph Spitfire - Central 22 7 GP unknown Walter Bass 42 Austin-Healey Sprite - Midwest 22 8 GP unknown Roy Hopkins 52 Triumph Spitfire - Southwest 21 DNF GP unknown ...