Toby,
Sorry to hear of your colleague's death.
There were at least two of these built by the Healeys. In one of
Geoff Healey's books ("More Healeys : Frog Eyes, Sprites and
Midgets"?) there are photographs. My dim recollection is that one of
them was a bid to BMC on the Sprite II. The other was a prototype
promulgated after the squarebody Sprite2/Midget1 was already in
production. It was supposed to be a down-market car. I guess the
lidless rear was cheaper to make. BTW, this book is a great read.
Other cool might-have-beens include several different front ends for
the Sprite2 and some protoypes with various engines, including a
Coventry Climax.
Jeff
At 12:34 PM -0800 11/6/00, Toby Atwater wrote:
>Speaking of wheel arches, anybody have a square body front with a bugeye
>rear? Me thinks it would look very Healeyish... might look very nice.
>
>Just wandering around here at work, co-worker died over the weekend in a car
>accident... Drive safe everyone, we take driving so much for granted.
>
>Toby
>
>
> >
> >
> >Wm,
> >
> >Thanks. I guess we could run tests. We'll need five pre-RWA SWA, five
> >RWA, and five post-RWA SWA cars from listers. Please send them all to
> >Emory Eye Center, c/o Jeff Boatright. I promise to give them all back
> >when we're done and I'll even co-author you on the final report.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >At 1:48 PM -0600 11/6/00, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> >>I suspect both. I did ask him the question...as the RWA looked so much
> >>better than the front and rear "fighting each other" in the
> >original design
> >>(since they were designed by 2 separate teams and merged together...
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> >>To: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> >>Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >>Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:37 PM
> >>Subject: Re: another dumb newbie question
> >>
> >>
> >> > WST,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks, now I know- sort of. Was it that he thought it was
> >> > structurally weaker with real-world ramifications, or was it just a
> >> > standards issue that may or may not have had relevant
> >consequences in
> >> > an accident?
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >> >
> >> > At 1:17 PM -0600 11/6/00, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> >> > >According to Geoff Healey (yes, that Geoff, name dropper
> >that I am...)
> >>there
> >> > >indeed was a measurable structural deficiency in the RWA
> >for standards
> >> > >purposes...
> >> > >
> >> > >WST
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > _____________________________________________________________
> >> > Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> >> > Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
> >> > Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> >> > mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
> >> >
> >
> >
> >_____________________________________________________________
> >Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> >Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
> >Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> >mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
_____________________________________________________________
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
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