ARKLEY SS
Roger & Maggie Byford's Arkley on the Midget and Sprite Club stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show 13-15 November 2009.
John Britten 1931-2009It is with great sadness that we report the passing of John Britten, creator of the Arkley SS, peacefully at his Surrey home on 24th November 2009 after a long illness. He leaves his wife Diana and three daughters, Sophie, Chloe and Fleur to whom we extend our deepest sympathy.
An excellent tribute to John Britten by Jonathan Palmer can be found on the Motorsport Vision website >>HERE
Arkley History
 The Arkley SS was designed by John Britten in 1969 as a fibreglass front-end and rear-end body conversion to be fitted to the MG Midget or Austin-Healey Sprite. The fibreglass sections were manufactured by the Lenham Motor Company at Harrietsham in Kent and conversions done in John Britten's Arkley Engineering workshop at Arkley in Hertfordshire or they were sold as DIY kits. The retro design was inspired by the Morgan. A performance gain was made from the standard Sprite or Midget through weight reduction and the obligatory wide wheels and tyres. Around 900 Arkley kits were sold through the production period.
Enquiries from these advertisements in the 1970's received a small 8-page monochrome brochure.
Complete scan of the Arkley SS brochure
Today, Arkley front and rear body sections are still produced and are available from Peter May Engineering.
This ArkleySS.com website is maintained by Andy Gibson, current owner of Arkley MHX 783C, one of the Arkleys that appear in the Arkley SS brochure.
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