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Well, it happened again.
After digging out of our biggest snow of the season (just under a foot), I shuffled the cars around the driveway and fired up Baby Blue just to get the motor turning and fluids circulating. After letting the car run for a bit, I put it back in the garage. One of my other neighbors who was digging out saw the car and asked me about it. I explained it was an Austin-Healey Sprite, to which she replied:
"Oh it is so CUTE!"
My neighbor is a nice older lady, so I didn't want to take her to task, so I held my tongue. Let's get one thing clear: Spridgets are not CUTE. They are an extraordinary piece of British engineering. Where else could you have so much fun with 78 cubic inches of motor and 65 horsepower (when it was new...who know what Baby Blue puts out these days)? And this car had features in 1969 that wouldn't show up on American cars until later: Rack and Pinion steering, front disc brakes, four speed transmission, high-back bucket seats...all crammed into a nice and tidy package
After digging out of our biggest snow of the season (just under a foot), I shuffled the cars around the driveway and fired up Baby Blue just to get the motor turning and fluids circulating. After letting the car run for a bit, I put it back in the garage. One of my other neighbors who was digging out saw the car and asked me about it. I explained it was an Austin-Healey Sprite, to which she replied:
"Oh it is so CUTE!"
My neighbor is a nice older lady, so I didn't want to take her to task, so I held my tongue. Let's get one thing clear: Spridgets are not CUTE. They are an extraordinary piece of British engineering. Where else could you have so much fun with 78 cubic inches of motor and 65 horsepower (when it was new...who know what Baby Blue puts out these days)? And this car had features in 1969 that wouldn't show up on American cars until later: Rack and Pinion steering, front disc brakes, four speed transmission, high-back bucket seats...all crammed into a nice and tidy package
