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One of the Works Sprites which raced at Sebring, Florida in 1961
This car is currently (October 2007) for sale in the USA. It is understood to be one of the team cars from Sebring, 1961. Although the engine bears an XSP tag I gather from Butch Gilbert that it turned out to be a fairly standard 948 cc motor. This was then up-graded with 998 rods and pistons, nitrided crankshaft, a re-worked 1100 cylinder head and modified camshaft. It has the correct Girling discs and calipers as well as the 8" rear drums. The rear bodywork and bonnet are in glass fibre (as they were originally) and the doors are aluminium. Butch has looked over the car and says it only needs a few minor things doing to it to make it "concours". Its body number is 45823. I am unclear which of the team cars this is but believe it is, or was, owned by Jeff Brenner and may be that driven at Sebring by Briggs Cunningham. |
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