Description
This factory manual gives a detailed help to keep your car on the road in top condition. With sections on general specifications, regular attentions, instruments and controls, cooling system, fuel system, engine, clutch, gearbox, overdrive, propeller shaft, front hubs and front suspension, steering, rear axle and rear suspension, brakes, wheels and tyres, electrical equipment, bodywork, service facilities and lubrication. Covering the Austin-Healey Sprite MK1 Frog-eye, AKD 4884.
With a total of 260 fully illustrated pages. SB.
MK 1 Sprite History:
The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 until 1971
The Sprite quickly became affectionately known as the “frogeye” in the UK and the “bugeye” in the US, because its headlights were prominently mounted on top of the bonnet, inboard of the front wings.The car’s distinctive frontal styling bore a strong resemblance to the defunct American 1951 Crosley Super Sport. A total of 48,987 “frogeye” Sprites were made.The Sprite’s chassis design was the world’s first volume-production sports car to use unitary construction, where the sheet metal body panels (apart from the bonnet) take many of the structural stresses.The front suspension was a coil spring and wishbone arrangement, with the arm of the Armstrong lever shock absorber serving as the top suspension link. The rear axle was both located and sprung by quarter-elliptic leaf springs, again with lever-arm shock absorbers and top links. The 43 bhp, 948 cc OHV engine (coded 9CC) was derived from the Austin A35 and Morris Minor 1000 models, also BMC products, but upgraded with twin 11⁄8 inch SU carburettors.
