DSTONE writes >>
John Steczkowski writes \
the plate in my Europa, and my numbers match.
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>>Typo Phil, you forgot to say Nyaahhh-nyahhhh<<
Well EXCUSE ME!
Still using that joke, huh Daren? Everybody else goes out for coffee on their
breaks here. I crack up at my desk when I trip over stuff like this.
\This has spoke rims.
Certainly not original.
>> Whoops, hold it ! Yes, wire wheels
>> WERE available on the Bugeye, as the Le Mans option, if
>> my memory serves me correct. Also included an oil
>> cooler and a different rear-end ratio I believe.
No kidding? Never heard of these. Were they the same wheels later offered on
the Spridgets? I have heard of Sebring Sprites, but they were quite different:
Fastback coupes with special bodywork. And they had steel disk wheels, I
believe. To be a Le Mans car, I would assume a longer gear ratio for top end.
I never knew of anything longer than the 4.22:1 standard gears until the 1275
Spridgets started using the 3.90:1 gears (1969? I don't know).
>> I'm sure that this car has been retrofitted, as a Le Mans
>> Bugeye would command much more $$ than that.<<
How would the seller know it is a "Le Mans Bugeye"? For that matter, how can
John find out? Are there serial numbers? I just don't remember ever hearing
about these things. Where did you find out about them?
>>addendum courtesy of dstone@sc9.intel.com, driver of
>>Bugeyes, luster of Loti .......<<
Well, my Lotus is not that lustrous, but someday in the future...
Phil Ethier, THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans Street, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676
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