Banham Frogeye Sprite (Austin Healey Frogeye replica)

1988 Rover Mini Mayfair based Banham Sprint in the style of the classic 1958-61 Austin Healey ‘Frogeye’ sprite.

• MOT until September 2023
• 13inch Austin Healey wheels with hub caps
• 998cc (carb) petrol engine with manual gearbox
• Rosso Red paintwork
• 88k miles

Banham conversions (Banmoco) was a maker of kit cars from the late 1970’s until 2004. The company was based in Rochester Kent & was founded by Paul Banham, who started off building convertible conversions on commission. He made convertible versions of the Ferrari 400, Aston Martin DBS &V8 &the Rolls Royce cornice. By the 1980’s he was marketing a kit to rebody the Jaguar XJS. He also offered convertible conversions for the XJS & Jaguar XJ6.
This particular car is a Banham Sprite, which was a 1990’s replica based predominantly on a Classic Mini. The kit uses the original chassis floor, sub-frame’s, engine & other mechanicals, so is classified as a ‘re- body’ which enables the vehicle to retain the original vin & the body style was changed on the V5c at the time to convertible.