I love the luxury and convenience of my '69 with roll up windows and
padded dash, but I'd KILL for some rear tire clearance. I've looked at
replacing or cutting the fenders sometime in the future. As emissions can be
dealt with more easily, I think you're looking at one of the better models
(IMHO).
Jeff Boatright wrote:
> Actually, many claim that the '67 was the best year in the US. Easy-open
> top, 1275 without emissions, spartan metal instrument panel, etc. There's
> all types of mixing and matching that can be done to get the spridget of
> your dreams.
>
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> On 7/5/99, cliff wrote:
> >Hi - the original FrogEye Spridget had round wheel arches, but the MkII
> >and Midget had 'square' rear wheel arches. The Spridget was gradully
> >improved/developed up 'til '72 when again round rear wheel arches were
> >brought back. Thought to be the best of the 1275's, the round wheel arch
> >Midget was discontinued to meet anticipated US safety regs in 1974 - the
> >arch buckled when rammed from the rear (I suppose it's happened to
> >somebody - anybody?).
> >
> >My advice is if it's rust free go for it - I've had mine 21 years.
> >
> >Cliff
>
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> "Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
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