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Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite T-Shirt — "Life's a Beach!" | Mk1 Bugeye Classic Car Gift

Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite T-Shirt — "Life's a Beach!" | Mk1 Bugeye Classic Car Gift

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Few cars have ever smiled quite like the Frogeye Sprite — and few have ever suited a coastal road quite as well.

Launched at the 1958 Geneva Motor Show at just £669, the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk1 was the car that made open-top British motoring genuinely affordable. Designed by Geoffrey Healey and built at the MG factory in Abingdon alongside the MGA, its famous frog-eye headlamps were a glorious accident — the planned pop-up lights proved too expensive, so they were fixed in a raised position instead, giving the car a permanently cheerful expression that became its defining feature. Americans called it the Bugeye. The British called it the Frogeye. Everyone who drove one called it unforgettable.

This vintage poster tee captures the Sprite in its natural habitat — top down, sun out, somewhere coastal, "Life's a Beach!" — in original illustrated artwork that wears as well as the car's own reputation has. Available in navy, red, black, white, and dark heather on a premium softstyle cotton tee that's soft from the first wear.

The ideal gift for Frogeye and Bugeye Sprite owners, Austin-Healey club members, Abingdon enthusiasts, and anyone who knows that the best sports cars grin back at you. Pairs perfectly with the Belchampian Frogeye Sprite "Life's a Beach!" mug — available separately in the Vintage British Motoring collection.

  • Celebrates the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk1 Frogeye/Bugeye — Geneva 1958, built at Abingdon
  • Original "Life's a Beach!" vintage coastal poster artwork — not a photograph
  • 100% ring-spun cotton, Oeko-Tex certified — a classic British sports car gift or everyday wear

The little car with a big personality. Now on a shirt.


Product features
- 100% ring-spun cotton (lightweight 153 g/m²) for a soft, breathable feel
- Tubular knit without side seams for a clean silhouette and reduced fabric waste
- Ribbed collar with shoulder tape to keep shape and resist stretching
- DTG front print with optional DTF sleeve/neck label printing for crisp, durable graphics
- Pearlized tear-away label and Oeko-Tex certified materials; meets EU safety standards

Care instructions
- Do not dryclean
- Do not bleach
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Iron, steam or dry: low heat
- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), with similar colors

  S M L XL 2XL 3XL
Width, in 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 26.00 28.00
Length, in 28.00 29.00 30.00 31.00 32.00 33.00
Sleeve length, in 8.23 8.50 8.74 9.02 9.25 9.49
Size tolerance, in 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50

 



EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Gildan 64000, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: For adults, Made in Bangladesh

Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), with similar colors , Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean

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