| austinhealeysprites.com Some Basic Structural Differences in the Austin Healey Sprite Bugeye/Frogeye |
| The photo below, courtesy of Pat and Bob Kessler of LaCrosse, Wisconsin was taken from their pre-production Austin Healey Sprite. The gussets are bolted to the wheel arch. This was the way the pre-production, test Sprites were designed. When the test results were in, it was determined that this area was a weak point and the decision was made to weld the gussets to the arch. The only other Sprite known to still exist with this construction is PBL-75 See next stage below. |
| In this photo taken from an early 1958 Sprite, you see the gussets welded to the wheel arch. After October of 1958, the wheel arches were as they say "boxed". See the next photo. |
| And here seen on a 1959 the last method of bracing used on the wheel well of a Bugeye/ Frogeye |
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