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Archers Garage is located near Birmingham, England and is owned by long-time Sprite enthusiast Brian Archer, seen left in the above photo. Alongside him is his partner in the business, Andrew Forster, and Clive Bradley who works with them part-time. They also now have an apprentice, Charlie Mulholland. Their work includes routine servicing of customers' cars, restoration of - mainly British - sports-cars and production and assembly of Sebring Sprite body sections and, occasionally, complete cars. Brian had wanted to re-produce John Sprinzel's very pretty streamlined bodied Sebring Sprite for some years and was finally able to do so in the early 1990's. The hardtop from the original WJB 707 and a good Sebring bonnet were the basis for the creation of moulds, and from these fibreglass replica parts have been produced and marketed for some 14 years to date. Some 50 or 60 kits have been sold and despatched to all parts of the globe. A fastback version, as well as Speedwell Monza bonnets, is now on stream to add to the collection. As you will see from the price list, a number of other parts have been sourced and are now available. Others can be made to order.

Original Brochure K-Series Demonstrator (now in Japan)

I built my own car in 1993 from the remains of a 1960 ex-works (Morris Motor Co) Frogeye 946 JJO. Brian Archer cut out all the rusty metal from the bodyshell leaving only the front "H" frame, scuttle and transmission tunnel, then welding in new panels to re-create the original Frogeye shell. He then fitted the Sebring Coupe top and bonnet and re-sprayed the whole in Ford Aqua Jade. I then completed the car doing the mechanical assembly and preparing the car for regular use in UK and continental rallies. Fitted with a Shorrock supercharger I, and my co-driver Martin Brazil, had a number of successes on long distance events, including class wins on both the Classic Marathon and the Monte Carlo Challenge, in 1994 and 5. The car was used in many later events before being fitted with a full-race engine for hill-climbs and sprints. It is shown below right:

Click below for photo galleries of these replicas recently built or under construction:


Former Mike Youles' Coupé	Mike Sutton's Coupé	Kai Eriksen's Coupé	Stephen Bowen's Rally Car

Richard Pugh's Fastback	Mike Youles' Fastback	Martin Ingall's Coupé

For full price list of parts available from Archers Garage click here

If you are interested in building your own Sprinzel Sebring Sprite, or have any queries, please send a message via my feedback page and I will relay it to Archers Garage or Wheeler & Davies for a prompt reply.

Gallery of some of the Sebring Replicas below: