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Lucas Defroster Bar Review

theleisure wrote 19 hours ago: So after a few days driving with the defroster bar i can safely say that it’s a huge success. … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, MG, Midget, Lucas

Lucas Defroster Installed

theleisure wrote 5 days ago: Today I installed the defroster bar.  I got power from a terminal on the solenoid (power always on) … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, MG, Midget, Lucas

My Sprite2 comments

Jane Wells wrote 1 week ago: I crashed my car (a ‘95 red Honda Civic hatchback) almost two weeks ago and the accident total … more →

Tags: Personal, accident, Car, sprite

Passed PA State Inspection

theleisure wrote 1 week ago: The Sprite passed its first annual Pennsylvania State Inspection.  I’m relieved. It breezed ri … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, MG, Midget

Lucas Defroster, WH1 or WH2?

theleisure wrote 1 week ago: I just bought  a Lucas Defroster on eBay.  Now, how to install it… How will this apply to a sp … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, Electric, Lucas

Headlight Dipswitch Swap

theleisure wrote 1 week ago: Today I swapped out the dipswitch, I hadn’t been able to change between high and low beams sin … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, MG, Midget, Electric

Head Removal, Seized 1275cc A-Series

theleisure wrote 2 weeks ago: So I go the head off of the seized 1275.  Unfortunately, the head itself seems to be stock– I … more →

Tags: sprite, British, Classic, MG, 1275cc, British Leyland, Midget, cylinder head

New Rear Brake Cylinders

theleisure wrote 2 weeks ago: Frank and I installed new rear brake cylinders and shoes on the Sprite yesterday.  Toughest part of … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, MG, Brakes, Midget, wheel cylinders, brake shoes

1275 Rebuild

theleisure wrote 2 weeks ago: I picked up two new (to me) motors in Port St. Lucie on my way from Key West to Pittsburgh. One of t … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, British, Classic, MG, 1275cc, British Leyland, engine rebuild

Sprite on a Car Carrier

theleisure wrote 3 weeks ago: What a soggy day! The Keys are getting pummeled by rain today, enough that the streets are flooding. … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, British, MG, trailer, Uhaul, car-carrier, towing

Another scheduled improvement: Tube Shock Conversion

theleisure wrote 1 month ago: I picked up a set of monroe gas shocks at Advanced Auto Parts yesterday (monroe part number 5877). T … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, suspension, Tube Shock Conversion

F1 stars raise funds for NSPCC Child's Voice appeal

chrishf1 wrote 1 month ago: Ex-Formula 1 drivers Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mark Blundell, Derek Warwick and Perry McCarthy we … more →

Tags: F1, Formula 1, Formula One, top gear, Ex-Formula 1, drivers, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mark Blundell

Driveway Clearance

theleisure wrote 2 months ago: So my car is really low.  So low that I usually scrape the exhaust pipe on the way in and out of the … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, exhaust, suspension

Imitation is...

calvininjax wrote 3 months ago: Cavaliere 3000Z kit based on the 1967 Austin Healey , Brunswick, Georgia. ©Calvin Palmer 2009. Zeiss … more →

Tags: Photography, Georgia, canon, Carl Zeiss, Planar T*, Brunswick, cavaliere

Autocross Bugeye

theleisure wrote 3 months ago: Here are some more pix of the bugeye at the autocross: … more →

Tags: sprite, Ecurie Vitesse, bugeye

autocross at fkcc

theleisure wrote 3 months ago: i was riding my bike up the keys today when i saw some cars on trailers heading south. That could on … more →

Tags: sprite, Autocross

1967, a very good year4 comments

leicaman wrote 4 months ago: Forty two years ago the most popular show on television was the Andy Griffith Show, closely followed … more →

Tags: Daddy Bub, 1967, High School

Classic Austin-Healey Cars: 3000 MkI, MkII, MkIII, 100/4, 100-Six, 100S

artofwheels wrote 4 months ago: Is The Austin Healey Your Favorite Car? Austin-Healey This is one of many illustrated classic car gu … more →

Tags: Classic Cars, 3000 MkI, MKII, MKIII, 10.04, 100-Six, 100s

Big Changes in the Works

theleisure wrote 4 months ago: I’ve slowly been accumulating parts to rebuild the back half of the Sprite.  Here’s the … more →

Tags: 1966, sprite, suspension, Brakes, sway bar, Bearings, seals


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