Please note this is a rare AUSTIN SPRITE not an Austin Healey Sprite but Auto Trader never gave the option.For sale is a fantastic and very rare 1971 Austin Sprite. Only 1, 022 were built and there are very few left of those on the road. This car is a piece of UK motoring history.The Healy name was dropped, as Donald Stokes, the chairman of BLMC (British Leyland Motoring Company), was not a great believer in the value of traditional brands. Two of the great BLMC successes had been the Mini Cooper and the Austin-Healey. In 1970 the Leyland board decided, on Stokes' recomendations, to terminate these two royalty agreements, and with them, to discontinue both the Mini Cooper and the remaining Austin-Healey model, the Sprite.The last Mini Coopers were made in 1971 and the last Austin-Healy badged Sprite was produced in December 1970. From January 1971 there was a new model in the BMC range - the Austin Sprite (A-AN10 series). Apart from revised badges it was absolutely identical to the Austin-Healey Sprite.One of the most renowned sports car names of the post war period was thus laid to rest, with very little ceremony after 18 successful years.I am helping to sell this car for my friend who has owned it since 1981 and has been his pride and joy. Anyone interested can contact me and I will arrange a viewing. Next MOT due 22/09/2018, Red, 5+ owners, £3,990