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The increasingly rare Three-Toed Tree Sprite, spotted in Friston Forest, England, 2004.
Photography, airbrush, inspiring walks in the countryside...
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Features
• First UK book dedicated to one caravan brand
• Rare archive photos of US Sprites from the '60s & '70s
• Explains why Sprite was so successful
• Author knew Sprite founder Sam Alper OBE
• Access to Sam Alper’s archive granted to author
• Explains how the Sprite brand achieved massive sales
• Factory shots of Sprites being produced in '50s/'60s
• Rare archive photos of Sprites
• Explains how Sprite brought innovations to the rest of industry
• Written by UK caravan expert
Description
This book tells of the story of Sprite caravans, from early primitive designs to the sophisticated Sprite of today. It describes how one man – Sam Alper OBE – was driven to provide the caravanning public with cheap affordable holidays, by bringing the VW/Ford mass-production ethos to the caravan industry.
A drag racer that uses its 'flaps' to slow down when under intense speeds in straightaway races. Any pilot using the Sprite class racer has tried other racers before and knows plenty about repairs, and drifting as this racer is common to break down after racers while cooling down and any type of turning on this racer could end disastrously.
See an aditional image of the opposite side.
Inspired after seeing gIadius' RayFly.
A bead sprite of the TARDIS from Doctor Who.
This bead sprite was flat ironed with a border of clear beads that were cut off after ironing to give the squared-off pixel look.
Bead count: 1350
Parts of this sprite look weird to me, namely the back legs. Until you realize how they are positioned, they look a bit off. I spent a good while browsing images of Persian in order to get the shades for things like the ears looking just right. I most remember Persian as Meowth's rival and Giovanni's hand coming out of the shadows to stroke Persain's head. Persian wasn't that good from what I heard from my friends with Blue Version so he was just another boxed Pokémon in my PC.
SEA SPRITE 23. 1979 full keel Carl Alberg designed sloop. Draws only 2.5 ft. Great looking, great sailing, comfortable daysailer or weekender. Main, genoa and working jib in good shape. No motor. MD 7902 BC
A bead sprite of Cloud from the game series "Final Fantasy" made by teens at the 8-Bit Pixel Art library craft program. Original Cloud Strife FFTA style sprite sheet designed by Desgardes.
There seem to be more wild geraniums this year than I ever remember seeing. We've had plenty of rain and early warm temperatures (though lately it's been cool again). Maybe all of that is just a good combination for these spritely flowers.
Your ever intrepid NoJuan reflected on a rainy bonnet of an Austin-Healy Bug Eyed Sprite.
Fenders on Front St, Issaquah, WA
Olympus E-P5 + 12-50mm + Olympus Art Filter
Raiden from Mortal Kombat II. This is his victory pose after winning.
Made by using perler fuse beads.
Illustration of a rainbow soot sprite
Hand embroidered in cotton thread on calico.
Original one of a kind artwork not from a pattern.
Ready to hang on a handspun wool loop
Framed in a 3" hoop
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A water sprite, down by the water.
I wish I had a real TS lens instead of faking a lame blur, it would have been epic.
The Ilford Sprite is a very basic 127 film camera introduced in 1962. It takes 12 square photos on a roll, each negative is 4cm x 4cm.
I will be using it in 2012 to mark the centenary of the introduction of 127 film by Kodak in 1912.
The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven. The Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, with production being undertaken at the MG factory at Abingdon. It first went on sale at a price of £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down.
In 1961 the Sprite was joined by a badge-engineered MG version, the Midget, reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950s. Enthusiasts often refer to Sprites and the later Midgets collectively as "Spridgets."
The little Sprite quickly became affectionately known as the Frogeye in the UK and the Bugeye in the US, because its headlights were prominently mounted on top of the bonnet, inboard of the front wings. The car's designers had intended that the headlights could be retracted, with the lenses facing skyward when not in use; a similar arrangement was used many years later on the Porsche 928. But cost cutting by BMC led to the flip-up mechanism being deleted, therefore the headlights were simply fixed in a permanently upright position, giving the car its most distinctive feature. The body was styled by Gerry Coker, with subsequent alterations by Les Ireland following Coker's emigration to the US in 1957. The car's distinctive frontal styling bore a strong resemblance to the defunct American 1951 Crosley Super Sport. 48,987 "Frogeye" Spriters were made.
The problem of providing a rigid structure to an open-topped sports car was resolved by Barry Bilbie, Healey's chassis designer, who adapted the idea provided by the Jaguar D-type, with rear suspension forces routed through the bodyshell's floor pan. The Sprite's chassis design was the world's first volume-production sports car to use unitary construction, where the sheet metal body panels (apart from the bonnet) take many of the structural stresses. The original metal gauge (thickness of steel) of the rear structure specified by Bilbie was reduced by the Austin Design Office during prototype build, however during testing at M.I.R.A. (Motor Industry Research Association) distortion and deformation of the rear structure occurred and the original specification was reinstated. The two front chassis legs projecting forward from the passenger compartment mean the shell is not a full monocoque. The front sheet-metal assembly, including the bonnet (hood) and wings, was a one-piece unit, hinged from the back, that swung up to allow access to the engine compartment.
The 43 bhp, 948 cc OHV engine (coded 9CC) was derived from the Austin A35 & Morris Minor 1000 models, also BMC products, but upgraded with twin 11⁄8" inch SU carburettors. The rack and pinion steering was derived from the Morris Minor 1000 and the front suspension from the Austin A35. The front suspension was a coil spring and wishbone arrangement, with the arm of the Armstrong lever shock absorber serving as the top suspension link. The rear axle was both located and sprung by quarter-elliptic leaf springs, again with lever-arm shock absorbers and top links. There were no exterior door handles; the driver and passenger were required to reach inside to open the door. There was also no boot lid, owing to the need to retain as much structural integrity as possible, and access to the spare wheel and luggage compartment was achieved by tilting the seat-backs forward and reaching under the rear deck, a process likened to potholing by many owners, but which resulted in a large space available to store soft baggage.