No leave the plate there, it looks cool, prolly won't run cool tho ;-)
Congrats on getting a running Pinky! Have fun for the summer, do the
suspension in the wnter.
Larry
On Jun 28, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Linda Grunthaner wrote:
> Yes it's true Pinky is street legal and I drove her yesterday and
> will again
> today after some tweaking with the blinkers, my arms are getting
> tired of
> hand signals, don't know how they did it in our grand parents day.
> Well this
> is what I think of my first extended road test/drive. I love the
> engine real
> spunky, yes that's the best way to describe it, spunky. Although I
> know
> Frank said I need a new front passenger side shock I still didn't
> feel the
> car stick to the curves like I did on my 68 Spitfire. Now the tires
> I have
> are new 8yr olds but no Michelin's which is what I put on my
> Spitfire so
> perhaps new rubber like the Michelin's will make her stick to the
> corners
> better. Plus I had the Spitfire suspension completely redone
> costing me a
> small fortune so perhaps I'll start looking into doing the same but
> this
> time I'll do it myself. Other than that I felt like that gal on the
> cover of
> Jay's book (which I have a copy too) who is racing her red MKII
> against a
> guy in a green Bugeye. http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/ (see
> picture on
> bottom). When I get to work I'll scan the cover and post it on my
> web site
> so you see what I mean. BTW she was winning ; )
>
> Check out my update pics and yes yes I'm removing the licence plate
> from the
> front of the radiator so she won't over heat : )
> Linda
> 62 California Sprite "Pinky"
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/lgrunthaner/
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