Our 2010 project car is a 1958 Austin Healey Sprite, usually known as a Frogeye in UK and Bugeye for the USA. Bought from Rawles Motorsport outside Alton in Hampshire in March 2010, the little white terror came with a smartly retrimmed green interior and has already demanded a replacement engine!
A blow-by-blow story is is currently appearing in UK monthly magazine Classic Cars For Sale, and our first account is seen here (I hope!).
Our pretty pictures show the Sprite during the sunny running-in period, whilst the details include the interior as supplied (yes, the gear lever knob has now been replaced!) and the original (red) exchange engine, which was fitted with oversize carburettors and tubular exhaust manifold worth at least 5 more horsepower. Since Sprout started with just 43 showroom horses, we need all the extra we can get, although the light weight (less than a later model Lotus Elise!) did deliver over 85 mph and 37-38 mpg before the rebuild.