Austin-Healey Sprite, the Glossary

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1. 55 relations: Abingdon-on-Thames, Alpine Rally, Alternator, Austin 7, Austin A35, Austin Motor Company, Austin-Healey, BMC A-series engine, British Leyland, British Motor Corporation, British Motor Museum, Carrozzeria Ghia, Caving, Crosley, Donald Healey, Donald Healey Motor Company, Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, Enfield, New South Wales, Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Fiat 850, Gaydon, Haynes Manual, Innocenti, Isle of Wight, John Sprinzel, Knock-down kit, London Motorfair, Lotus Elan, MG cars, MG MGB, MG Midget, MG T-type, Monaco Grand Prix, Monocoque, Monte Carlo, Morris Minor, Mulsanne Straight, New South Wales, Officine Stampaggi Industriali, Porsche 928, Powertrain layout, Rebadging, Roadster (car), Sergio Sartorelli, Speedwell Motor Car Company, Sports car, Sprite Car Club of Australia, Straight-four engine, SU carburettor, The Motor, ... Expand index (5 more) »

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Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames, commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.

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Alpine Rally

The Alpine Rally, also known by its official name Coupe des Alpes, was a rally competition based in Marseille and held from 1932 to 1971.

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Alternator

An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

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Austin 7

The Austin 7 is an economy car that was produced from 1923 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin.

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Austin A35

The Austin A35 is a small family car that was sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968. Austin-Healey Sprite and Austin A35 are 1960s cars.

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Austin Motor Company

The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge.

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Austin-Healey

Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker established in 1952 through a joint venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and the Donald Healey Motor Company (Healey), a renowned automotive engineering and design firm. Austin-Healey Sprite and Austin-Healey are 1960s cars.

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BMC A-series engine

The Austin Motor Company A-series is a British small straight-4 automobile engine.

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British Leyland

British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings.

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British Motor Corporation

The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC) was a UK-based vehicle manufacturer, formed in early 1952 to give effect to an agreed merger of the Morris and Austin businesses.

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British Motor Museum

The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.

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Carrozzeria Ghia

Carrozzeria Ghia SpA (established 1916 in Turin) is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm, established by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as "Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio".

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Caving

Caving, also known as spelunking (United States and Canada) and potholing (United Kingdom and Ireland), is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves).

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Crosley

Crosley was a small, independent American manufacturer of economy cars or subcompact cars, bordering on microcars.

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Donald Healey

Donald Mitchell Healey CBE (3 July 1898 – 13 January 1988) was a noted English car designer, rally driver and speed record holder.

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Donald Healey Motor Company

Donald Healey Motor Company Limited was a British car manufacturer.

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Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes

Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes (22 March 1914 – 21 July 2008) was an English industrialist.

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Enfield, New South Wales

Enfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Fiat 124 Sport Spider

The Fiat 124 Sport Spider is a convertible sports car marketed by Fiat for model years 1966–1985. Austin-Healey Sprite and Fiat 124 Sport Spider are 1960s cars and 1970s cars.

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Fiat 850

The Fiat 850 (Tipo 100G) is a small rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car manufactured and marketed by Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1964 to 1973. Austin-Healey Sprite and Fiat 850 are 1970s cars.

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Gaydon

Gaydon is a civil parish and village in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England, situated between Leamington Spa and Banbury.

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Haynes Manual

Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) is a series of manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group.

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Innocenti

Innocenti was an Italian machinery works, originally established by Ferdinando Innocenti in 1933 in Lambrate, a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Milan.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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John Sprinzel

John Sprinzel (October 25, 1930 – May 2021) was an English motor racing driver renowned for competing in saloon and sports car races in addition to his main career in rallying.

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Knock-down kit

A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product.

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London Motorfair

London Motor Show, formerly the London Motorfair, was a motor show in England.

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Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars. Austin-Healey Sprite and Lotus Elan are 1970s cars.

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MG cars

MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, and M.G. Car Company Limited was the British sports car manufacturer existing between 1930 and 1972 that made the marque well known.

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MG MGB

The MGB is a two-door sports car manufactured and marketed from 1962 until 1980 by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), later the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland, as a four-cylinder, soft-top sports car. Austin-Healey Sprite and mG MGB are 1970s cars.

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MG Midget

The MG Midget is a small two-seater lightweight sports car produced by MG from 1961 to 1979. Austin-Healey Sprite and MG Midget are 1970s cars.

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MG T-type

The MG T-Type is a series of body-on-frame open two-seater sports cars that were produced by MG from 1936 to 1955. Austin-Healey Sprite and MG T-type are 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars.

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Monaco Grand Prix

The Monaco Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world, and is one of the races—along with the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans—that form the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

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Monocoque

Monocoque, also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell.

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Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo (Monte-Carlo,; or colloquially Monte-Carl,; Munte Carlu) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located.

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Morris Minor

The Morris Minor is an economy car produced by British marque Morris Motors between 1948 and 1971. Austin-Healey Sprite and Morris Minor are 1960s cars and 1970s cars.

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Mulsanne Straight

The Mulsanne Straight ("Straight Line of Les Hunaudières") is the name used in English for a formerly long straight of the Circuit de la Sarthe around which the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race takes place.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Officine Stampaggi Industriali

OSI, acronym for Officine Stampaggi Industriali (literally "Industrial Stampings Workshops") was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former Ghia president Luigi Segre (1919–63) and Arrigo Olivetti (1889–1977) from the Fergat company, a manufacturer of automotive components.

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Porsche 928

The Porsche 928 is a grand touring car with a 2+2 seating layout manufactured by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 to 1995.

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Powertrain layout

The powertrain layout of a motorised vehicle such as a car is often defined by the location of the engine or motors and the drive wheels.

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Rebadging

In the automotive industry, rebadging is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world.

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Roadster (car)

A roadster (also spider, spyder) is an open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character.

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Sergio Sartorelli

Sergio Sartorelli (Alessandria, 7 May 1928 – Torino, 28 November 2009) was a noted Italian automotive designer and engineer.

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Speedwell Motor Car Company

The Speedwell Motor Car Company was a Brass Era American automobile manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914.

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Sports car

A sports car is a type of car that is designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and racing capability. Austin-Healey Sprite and sports car are sports cars.

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Sprite Car Club of Australia

The Sprite Car Club of Australia is a club founded in 1960 for owners and enthusiasts of Austin-Healey Sprites and MG Midget cars. Austin-Healey Sprite and Sprite Car Club of Australia are Austin-Healey vehicles.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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SU carburettor

The SU carburettor was a constant-depression carburettor made by a British manufacturer of that name or its licensees in various designs spanning most of the twentieth century.

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The Motor

The Motor (later, just Motor) was a British weekly car magazine founded on 28 January 1903 and published by Temple Press.

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Thrust2

Thrust2 is a British-designed and -built jet-propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 4 October 1983 to 25 September 1997.

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Tom Tjaarda

Tom Tjaarda (born Stevens Thompson Tjaarda van Starkenburg; July 23, 1934 – June 2, 2017) was an American automobile designer noted for his work on a broad range of automobiles — estimated at over eighty — from exotic sports cars including the Ferrari 365 California and De Tomaso Pantera to high-volume popular cars including the first generation Ford Fiesta (1972) and the Fiat 124 Spider (1966).

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Transmission (mechanical device)

A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/reduction in a machine.

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Triumph Spitfire

The Triumph Spitfire is a British sports car manufactured over five production iterations between 1962 and 1980. Austin-Healey Sprite and Triumph Spitfire are 1970s cars and 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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See also

Austin-Healey vehicles

• Austin-Healey 100
• Austin-Healey 100-6
• Austin-Healey 3000
• Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
• Austin-Healey Sprite
• Sprite Car Club of Australia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin-Healey_Sprite

Also known as Austin Healey Sprite, Austin Sprite, Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans, Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1, Austin-Healey Sprite Mark IIa, Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I, BMC ADO13, Bugeye Sprite, Frog-eye Sprite, Frogeye Sprite, Innocenti C, Innocenti Spider, Spridget.

, Thrust2, Tom Tjaarda, Transmission (mechanical device), Triumph Spitfire, United Kingdom.