My mistake, did not mean the Spridgets but on other types of cars.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition
On Aug 25, 2008, at 10:11 AM, CosmicMag1380 wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> The reason for going to the cross flow was to lower the bonnet line
> was the
> claim. --
> Probably not... The bonnet line is the same on the later cars. The
> crossflow
> came about with the pollution cars. The air recirculation pump
> hangs off the
> T-stat housing and won't fit with a T-stat housing that points to the
> passenger side as the 67 and earlier cars did. There were other
> changes at
> the same time too. They went to the plastic fan, alternator,
> collapsing
> steering column, headrests, padded dash, Rostyle wheels, thinner
> bumpers, etc., in a general update along with federally mandated
> safety and
> pollution measures.
>
>
> --
> Kent
> 1960 Bugeye
> 1973 Midget - donor card signed in front of a notary!
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