Personally I don't think the bugeye front looks any good on a later model
spridget. I'd just put a one-piece f/glass squarenose front on you MkIV
sprite...
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Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au
Watsons Creek Vineyard http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
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-----Original Message-----
From: gio@sprynet.com <gio@sprynet.com>
To: PDLJMPR <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 3:54 PM
Subject: New Member's greeting: "Hello, and do you have parts?"
>
>Greetings and Happy New Year.
>
>This is my first post on this Spridget list. I look forward to meeting
>many of you through this great forum as time goes by. I'm a longterm
>British car nut with grease under my fingernails, skinned nuckles and
>moss growing between my toes up here in Seattle, WA.
>
>As fate would have it, last year I became immersed over my head in
>Spridgets and their Bits when I purchased two '59 Bugeye race cars and
>thousands of pounds of parts in a package from a wonderful enthusiast in
>Chicago. Another spridget nut and myself will be racing one in the
>North'wet in 1998, if Murphey allows it. The previous owner loved
>collecting 948 engines, rebuild parts as well as smoothcases,
>differentials, etc. I have way more than I can use of these stock and
>racing parts. Let me know if you need such things or other parts. Unpure
>as this act is, I will be removing said 948cc prime movers and replacing
>with 1275 engines and ribcages and disk brakes from later cars. I need a
>couple sets of these parts in and usable condition. Any leads would be
>appreciated.
>
>To add insult to injury, my recently purchased Sprite MkIV came with a
>welded-together, tilt front end that lost a bumping match with a Ford
>truck. I hope to put a bugeye tilt front end in its stead. Heresy. But it
>will look great. I need two metal bonnets and one fiberglass one for
>racing-again, the plea goes out....I ask too much for our first meeting.
>I'm looking forward to meeting you online.
>
>Warm Regards
>Jim Giordano
>
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