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I think i can shed some light on why this particular Sprint has raised interest in its bidding.
I did not wish to comment whilst it was live but did try to message Shaun separately to make him aware.
According to my records this Sprint is significant as it is VA2090 and if it has its original Engine it will be (VA 2069HE) it was registered on the 3rd August 1973 and effectively the 35th Sprint that was in a colour other then Mimosa after the 1st batch, (Up to VA2054) i believe unless anyone knows any different that this may be the earliest surviving Sprint left in the UK that is not Mimosa and is certainly worth saving.
Hello mate - tried to open your message but I think it was empty!
Unfortunately, I'm going to debunk a little of what has been said here...certainly the registration is correct as I always remember it was an August reg.
I bought the car off Patrick Canty in Beckenham in Kent in 1989....pretty sure he was the original owner.
I was working for Saxon Sanbec in Sandbach at the time who made Fire Engines, as an apprentice Design Draughtsman. I had access to excellent spaying facilities and cost price paint, so I had the car bare metal resprayed in Post Office Red which is the same colour as the London Fire Brigade Fire Engines of the time - the same ones that appeared in London's Burning which were built by Saxon.
I had the engine rebuilt by Oselli, the ahem 'Specialists' in Oxford - they had no idea what they were doing, made a right balls of it, and the headgasket failed a few hundred miles in so I had the head skimmed and the engine rebuilt by the then WGT in Northwich who were actually Sprint specialists. I changed the seats for ones with Head rests and put an OD box and coin tray in, put an electric fuel pump in and put circuit breakers in to immobilise it as was the fashion of the day!
All the body work was carried out by Trevor Farrington in his garden shed, who was still working at Pochins at the time...times have changed a bit for him too now!
https://www.trevorfarrington.co.uk/
The reason for me being so keen to buy it back was I felt I owed a debt of honour to return it to back the original Mimosa that it was when I bought it.
I haven't got any pictures of it Yellow as I gave a very large file of pictures and receipts away with the car when I sold it in 1996...for £650.....nobody wanted 'old' cars then!
When I bought it it was 16 years old - in 1989 there was tons and tons of 'em about with all the panels and spares available, so I know that I felt comfortable adulterating it as it just wasn't that remarkable.
Move forward 35 years and it's a whole different situation!
I see it's gone for £3100 - that's a reasonable price for a car that has been made to rot like it has - I haven't bought it as I'm still restoring VA138 and UUW will need a sh*t load spending on it, around 20k probably, as a very conservative estimate, so I just haven't got the time or energy to do it right now....
I really hope the new owner is honourable and gets in touch somehow, would love to see it again!