Man, that must have been a long and very boring drive ;-)
Cheers!!
Jim
On 11/13/07, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com> wrote:
> Whilst driving my Midget back to Chicagoland from Mobile, AL on Sunday I was
> thinking about Spridgets and started trying to come up with a list of parts
> that are the same on my RWA Midget as they were on a Bugeye. I am not
> talking about similar or interchangeable, I am talking identical... It is a
> very short list so far.
>
> The engine is larger
> The trans was changed
> The front brakes went to disks
> The rear brakes went to double-acting cylinders
> The diff ratio is different as well as the semi-elliptic housing and the
> hardened axles
> Most of the exterior sheet metal has changed
> Bumpers are different
> Dash is different
> Most of the instruments have changed as well as the switches
> Seats have changed
> Top has changed
> Steering column and wheel are different
> Wiring diagrams bear very little similarity to each other
> Wheels are different
> Front suspension is similar, but there are significant differences in
> kingpins and a-arms
>
> I suppose the wheel bearings and the rear brake shoes are pretty much the
> same?
>
> I guess that if I were trying to create a concours Bugeye, there would not
> be many parts of an RWA that I could use...
> David Lieb
> 1972 RWA Midget
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Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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