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Austin-Healey Sprite - 1969 Sprite

Hello,

I purchased a running 1969 AH Sprite about 1 1/2 yrs ago. It was a complete car sitting since 1979 and had 51,000 miles on it. There were some records that verified this to be original. The car was a rusted mess and there was no hope of saving it. I knew this going into it and knew that it would be for parts. I am an MG/Britsh car guy & could not see passing this up. I kept just about every nut & bolt off of the car & tossed the body bit by bit in a dumpster. ;-(
In terms of body parts, I have the lower driver quarter panel but that is about it. I kept the doors but only to strip the bits & glass out of. It had a lucas sealed beam headlight with I though was unique to find.
The car had all of the manuals & even the metal tag that was in the manual & mounted to the heater box. (Don't know that this is called) I kept all of the body id numbers as well. I could actually throw all the parts, engine/tranny on a new body still have a matching numbers car. Cheating I know.

Any way. I know that MG/AH were virtually the same except for the badges and a few other things.

If anyone here needs an odd nut, bolt or part, that is specific to the AH and not on the MG, let me know & I would be glad to be of assistance, if I still have something leftover. This is not a sales pitch. I just want to see some of these parts go to good use and keep the cars going.

Vinnie
V.W. Piņa

do YOU still have the title?
Al

This thread was discussed between 09/03/2005 and 25/04/2007

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