Didn't the early cars have the one piece vinyl side curtains? Maybe the
sliding plexiglass model was the option over the base model...
Also, it was common to title a left over as the year it was sold back then.
Kent
Subject: RE: 1959 or 1960?
> Listers,
>
> I found out my Sprite was built on 7 october 1959, and shipped to the US
on
> 9 October 1959... and the car was first registered by the DMV in
California
> in 1959... So it's a 1959, right?
>
> My VARA log book for the same car says it's a 1960. Is this a mistake?
>
> I also found out my car was built with "heater, less sliding sidescreens".
> Does not seem to make much sense- if I wanted the heater, I would
certainly
> want the screens to keep the heat in...right?..
>
> Jacques Le Clainche
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