In my experience no Sprite used this arrangement but some Tr****hs did.
Peter
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> From: Larry & Sandi Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Original Bugeye SU's
> Date: Thursday, 28 October 1999 12:08
>
> In the manual and in early advertisements for the Bugeye they show the
fuel
> line coming into a "T" in front of the carbs with a lines running from
the
> "T" across in front of the air cleaner's to each carb. These lines are
then
> clamped with a bolt in the center of the air cleaner's.
>
> My question is this, did they ever actually produce a car with this
setup?
>
> I have never seen one. On my '59 that I bought in '66, the "T" was
located
> next to the front carb bowl and the line crossed in back of the carbs and
> was bolted to the heat shield.
>
> Most of the early ones that you see have the front bowl cover with dual
> pipes, one for in and one to the feed the rear carb, thus no "T" at all.
>
> Inquiring minds wonder....
>
> Larry Miller
>
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