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To: "'spridgets@autox.team.net'" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: frame measurements
From: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:30:06 -0400
Reply-to: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Listers:

I am reaching a critical stage in the rebuild of my Bugeye's bodyshell and need 
some help. As we all know (!), the front frame members on all the spridgets are 
not perfectly level; they "curve" upwards at the front. (I think the curve 
starts just after the big square crossmember). Anyway, my front frame members 
(or extensions, if you prefer), are pretty banged up and the DPO did the 
classic error of assuming the "curve" was not original ie. he hammered them 
until he got them straight level with the ground.

I need to know two things which all the manuals don't tell me. First, what 
angle should the frame members be at? How far off the (level) floor should the 
very end of the frame extensions be when the shell is lying flat (in inches)? 
Second: assuming the frame extensions are set up properly, are the radiator 
support brackets supposed to be at a 90 degree angle to the floor or at a 90 
degree angle to the frame extensions (and therefore lying at a "backwards 
angle").

Thanks in advance for any help!

Daniel
AN5 612


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