Rick,
I don't know if anyone else gave you a response. We drove south last
Wednesday to race at the CSRG Thunderhill event and just got back this
afternoon. Anyway, my memory may be a bit fuzzy, but I believe that the
Q.x numbers referred to the BMC competition part numbers. I'm not sure
whether those were numbers from the factory or from the BMC Competition
Department in the US.
The original 1962 "G Production" 948 Sprites were either Sebring cars or
Sebring replicas and the disc brakes were special brake calipers and were
produced in limited quantities. The G Production cars also had the 1 1/4"
SUs. In 1964 or 65, the H Production cars were permitted front disc brakes
and 1 1/4" SUs, both of which were procured from the standard square body
Spridgets of the time.
Perhaps someone else can shed light as to whether the "Q" number stood for
Kjell Qvale, the San Francisco dealer and initital sponsor of the BMC
Competition Department in the US under the direction of Joe Huffaker Sr.
Myles Winbigler
Mad Mollusk Racing
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Snover <rsnover@toyshop-resto.com>
To: Myles Winbigler <mwinbigler@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: Gt6steve@aol.com <Gt6steve@aol.com>; Vintage-race@autox.team.net
<Vintage-race@autox.team.net>; FOT@autox.team.net <FOT@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: SCCA Production Car Specs
>At 08:30 AM 11/7/2001, Myles Winbigler wrote:
>>Specs for the GT6 and GT6+ for 1969 are at the SOVREN web site
>>(www.SOVREN.org) under the Rules button, 1969 Production Car Specs sub
menu.
>
>I got curious and looked up the '62 PCS for "Austin Healey Sprite (thru
>1961)" at
><http://www.sovren.org/competition/rules/pcs/pcs62/PCS62%20Austin%20Healey%
20Sprite%20(thru%201961).htm>,
>and under "APPROVED OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (Class G only -- prohibited in class
>H)" I found (among a bunch of other interesting goodies):
>
> "Disc brakes (Q.2337, Q.2549, Q.2552)"
>
>Can anybody tell me what the Q.x numbers refer to, and where I can find
>their meanings?
>
>Thanks
>Rick
>
>--
>Rick Snover, San Diego, CA
>Blue '59 Speedwell Sprite, VARA F Prod. #17
><http://people.qualcomm.com/rsnover>
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