Richard J. Moses II wrote:
> As I muse over all the Spridget e-mails day-in and day-out there has been
> a strange urge to ask you all this question. It must be that the stress
> of preparing for Sprite-Rush '98 has finally taken its toll now that is
> only a couple of weeks away. My sanity is surly fleeing!
>
> I find strange satisfaction in buying AN5 plinths (one to a car, only @
> 50,0000 made and they haven't been reproduced yet) and what/why
> enthusiasts nickname their cars.
>
> So.... please quench this yen .... how in the world did all your LBC pets
> get their sobriquets???
>
> My 1st AN5 aka... Hidin (can't find him in a shoping mall parking lot)
> 1st HAN9 aka... Buckey (hey what did you expect I am a dentist?
> No.... he has a chrome bumper bar attached to his lower front dentition)
>
> So.... what about your LBC's Sobriquet.... James, Bubbles, Chuckles,
> Pieces, Helium, etc., etc., etc.???
>
> Keep smiling,
> Rick Moses
Hi Rick
You hit the nail on the head with "preparing for Sprite rush" at least for me.
I have to get 4 cars out there all in one piece! I have decided that all 4 will
make it even if I have to push them out there with what ever is running the day
I leave.
As for naming cars, I only have one Sprite with a name. PIECES simply because
the car was made from all parts. 73 Midget chassis, Bugeye nose, right hand
drive (your steering rack)
doors from 2 different cars, chassis ID from my first Sprite (67 AN9) even the
engine was made from a mix and match bunch of spare parts out of buckets of
spares laying around in my garage. My other cars are called by color if I have
more then 1 or by model (green, yellow)
The other cars (non Sprites) are called by model, Mini, A40, Jaguar or truck.
Frank
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