A look that inspires 2 - Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 - 'Frog Eye'

I found this image of a car I used to own - the actual car, 629 CDE. The Mk1 Austin Healey Sprite was known affectionately, for obvious reasons, as a 'frog-eye' (or 'bug-eye' in the US). They were tiny cars with no opening boot (you accessed that behind the seats) and, I think, an 850cc engine.

It was a precursor to the Austin Healey Sprite Mk2, which also appeared as the MG Midget (I owned one of those too, but that's another story). It was great fun and took me back to the days when a man could work on a car without having to be a computer scientist. He would also sport a moustache, cravat and have a pipe clenched between his teeth.

If I was to buy another old car now, it would be one of these.