Random # 92: Austin Healey Mk I 'Frog-eye' Sprite
The images shown here pushed the HDR facility on the UMPH iPhone to their limits, leaving some badly blown-out highlights. The garage in which the photos were taken was tight, too. Nonetheless, the car depicted - a Mk I Frog-eye or, for American readers, Bug-eye , Sprite - was just too fabulous not to photograph. UMPH has known of the car for over 15 years, having struck up a conversation with its owner, Nigel, many moons ago whilst he was admiring one his other classics - an Austin Healey 100-4 . Back then, Nigel said the Sprite had belonged to his brother, who crashed it at the Baskerville racetrack, and that it had bee in a shed ever since, awaiting restoration. Now that the restoration's been completed, it would be hard to imagine a better looking Frog-eye , especially with its lovely Minilites and very stylish fibre-glass hardtop. According to Nigel, the bolt-on roof is Australian-made and has been on the car almost since it was new. Nigel's mate Vic, wh