Original Austin-Healey Sprite factory colour sample booklet, dating from 1961.

An excellent original piece of Austin-Healey sales literature showing the factory colour and trim options available for the Sprite.

The booklet contains genuine colour sample pages together with the corresponding factory colour and trim information, including:

• Cherry Red
• Old English White
• Iris Blue
• Beige
• Leaf Green

Marked Publication No. 1596/A and Printed in England for The Austin Motor Company Limited / Austin Motor Export Corporation Limited, Birmingham.

The front has “1961” handwritten neatly at the top, presumably as a contemporary reference to the year.

Condition: Excellent / near mint vintage condition. Exceptionally clean and well preserved, with the colour sample pages retaining strong, bright colours. Staples and pages are intact. Only very minor signs of age/storage. Please study the photographs as they form part of the description.

Size: approximately 80mm × 105mm.

A particularly attractive original item of period Austin-Healey memorabilia and an ideal reference or display piece for an Austin-Healey Sprite / Frogeye Sprite owner or collector.

Original period item – not a reproduction.

Seller ref O20