Do you remember the rusted out red bugeye that shows up on e-bay ever few
years, it has the trunk conversion. The owner wanted $10.000 at one time,
because of this rare/find option! The news editor of the Austin Healey Club
of America, sent the photo of this rare find world wide. I contacted the
editor of the A.H.C. and asked if anyone had any info on the prototype trunk
lid, he said no information can foreword.
Greg Higgins
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Osbourne
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 9:44 PM
To: Spridgets
Subject: [Spridgets] anyone ever hear of a factory Mk I Sprite,w/boot/trunk
lid?
At a local trolley museum anniversary celebration (50 years), yesterday.
The museum had a classic car display and asked our local Triumph club to get
some cars out. Yeah, mine was the only MG there, but that's fine, too.
Anyway, there was a guy there with a Mk I Sprite, which was fitted with a
boot/trunk lid. He says he's the second owner and the original owner was a
good friend of his. He claims the he was told (he really didn't know much
about Brit cars and didn't claim to, either) that his car is one of six
Sprites built with boot/trunk lids.
Anyone ever hear of the factory doing anything like this? I thought it
could possibly have been some sort of prototype/design study done late in
the Mk I production run, when BMC was looking for ways to "freshen" the
design, to compete against the soon to be introduced Spitfire. Thoughts?
And, no, unfortunately, I didn't have my camera along with me.
Thanks, guys.
Bud
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