Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while John was on a brief visit to Australia. What brings you to Australia, John? Sprinzel: 2008 is the 50th birthday of the Austin-Healey Sprite, and I was invited by the Victorian Sprite Club to come and help celebrate the occasion. As I am also the patron of the Sprite club in New South Wales, it would have been remiss of…

The victory by Sprinzel and Willy Cave on the 1958 Alpine Rally represented Sprite's first class win on an International Rally