CASTROL ACHIEVEMENTS 1961
A few pages from a little booklet
(loaned to me by John Baggott)
showing some Sprinzel and Sprite successes
Dave Marriott has provided us with an article I’ve not seen before which appeared in Kit Car magazine back in 1993. The suggested build cost of a Sebring replica as well as the phone numbers have changed a bit since those early days.
Ralph Zbarsky’s unusual Lenham GT in Vancouver
Ralph’s other car, LBL591E
a works MGB GT driven by Hedges v& Hopkirk on the ’68 Targa Florio
The Late Mike Sutton’s Replica realised £12,320, at the H & H Classic Car Auction, for the RSPB
Fancy building a Sebring Sprite to Historic standard?
Craig Chapman is now offering this Frogeye bodyshell complete with aluminium rear end, hardtop and doors.
He can be contacted on: 01456 415382 or by email
International MG spares day at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
Brian Wheeler’s bodyshell
WSM Sanction 2
1.8 supercharged Midget with 6 speed box
Dennis Wharf (centre)
Jonathan W-B
Mark Turner’s Sebring hybrid in the car park
€63,000 (£55,000) was (I am told) achieved for the Sebring replica of Didier Marty, at Retromobile. Now with alloy roof it took 2 years to obtain its FIA HTPapers
“Mitch” has kindly informed me that the Lenham GT which I photographed at Gaydon in 2008 belongs to Ton Blankespoor who races and rallies it in Holland
photo courtesy of Laurent Derancourt of Amicale Spridget
Gaydon 2008
A 13 page interview with the late Andrew Hedges.
(Sent in by Jonathan Whitehouse-Bird and courtesy of Charles Harbord, editor of “Cars for the Connoisseur”)
Nicolas Billion-Rey has discovered another photo (left) of Ray Parsons in the 1964 Coupe de Paris. It would appear to be a fairly standard Mark 2 with W & P Sebring bonnet
The John Milne Midget Coupe in 1964/5
Never seen one, have you?
Tim Halket has turned up this advert (above) for a Targa-topped Lenham in the Dec 1966 edition of Motorsport.
Didier Marty’s Coupé had its Sebring bonnet back on for the Retromobile Show where it was for sale.
Ashley bodied Sprite for sale in Germany € 351 offered so far (looks like it needs a little work!) Ctsy of Sven Eckhardt
David Jambouillie’s Fastback for sale at € 17,000
ANDREW HEDGES
Tony Giordano has kindly supplied me with some photos of Andrew Hedges, who died in 2005 (seen here with Paddy Hopkirk). I am putting a web page together about this popular BMC works driver who campaigned EAO and also drove one of the Jacobs Midgets – the text will follow shortly.
As you will see from the news clip, right, from “Rev Counter” magazine, the late Mike Sutton’s Sebring replica, and his Mini, are to be auctioned by H & H on 26th February. Mike is pictured above with Brian Archer, sadly neither of them is still with us.
Having been recently asked for a copy of the drawing showing the dimensions of the Sebring Sprite front hub I thought I would add it to the website (above). [Archers had a number of these re-made by Orson Equipment Ltd of Dudley]
David Markham tells me there is an article in the back of the current “Classic Cars” mag about the Speedwell GT which Peter Smith has owned from new ~ XWW 2 (right)
BEFORE (above) and
AFTER, right:
Peter Fletcher’s Sebring Fastback with Speedwell Monza bonnet is now nearing completion with its 1330cc engine installed
and its handsome red paint with white dipped nose. He hopes this will inspire other Sebring builders. More photos can be seen on: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1703354@N21
