Check out the Mk1 Mini brake test at 1m.47s :)
http://www.britishpa...o/caravan-rally
Sprite 400 MkI caravan - an affordable family caravan
"Sam Alper of Sprite Caravans saw the launch of the new Mini Minor as an ideal way to introduce more families to caravanning. These affordable vehicles, the Mini and the Sprite caravan, were made for each other, it seemed, so, a family caravan, capable of being towed by the new Mini, was designed and launched, unusually in mid-season, in 1960. The Sprite 400 MkI – 3m in length, 400kg in weight – retailed at £220, and replaced the Aerial (the Aerial name was to reappear in 1976). The 400 was so-called because of its 400kg weight. The four-berth 400 followed the same lines and layout as the Aerial, but was tweaked outside and in. Two models were made available: the MkII had a sprung mattress and glass windows, and the MkI had foam-filled mattress, and Perspex windows, and weighed 30kg less."
Sprite 400 caravan and the Mini Minor UK tour
"To show off his new model as an easy-to-tow family caravan, Sam organised a tour that generated massive PR. Towing the 400 with the Mini Minor, the UK tour consisted of 825 miles covered in 38 hours and 54 minutes, at an average speed of 29mph, in June 1960. The caravan and motoring press was amazed at how well the outfit coped, and the tour proved that the Sprite 400 was an ideal first caravan for a family with a small car. Ian Mantle and Graham Hoare were the drivers, visiting five capital cities in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Eire."
http://www.shieldtot...400-mk1-caravan
In 1961 Mini and Sprite 400 covered 1083 miles in 24 hours around the Snetterton Race Circuit averaging 45mph.
In 1973 Sprite Founder and then Chairman, Sam Alper, drove a Mini and Sprite 400 outfit over 10,000 feet above sea level, in the Sierra Nevada.
Edited by mab01uk, 31 March 2012 - 07:03 PM.
