- 141. Re: Snow !! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 18:42:57 -0800
- Oh, you mean THAT stuff!!!! No thanks, I had my fill. I remember driving in my Frogeye from the Memphis Naval Air Station to friends in town on a Christmas morn. First, I had to clean the white stuf
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00079.html (9,386 bytes)
- 142. Re: JC Whitney - I want to impress my friends! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 21:01:04 -0800
- If you wear the RIGHT sweater from their website, and then go to either Borders, Barnes & Noble, or Tower Records, you will find the thick sucker. Or at least you will around these parts. (Don't kno
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00083.html (9,645 bytes)
- 143. Copyright concerns (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 06:27:00 -0800
- Not long ago, there was quite a discussion about someone reproducing factory parts manuals on CD-ROM. One of the difficulties pointed out was the problem of copyright infringement, and Rover's stern
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00091.html (8,081 bytes)
- 144. Re: Bugeye Engine Compartment Color (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 17:37:49 -0800
- Remember, you have only one person to please when in comes to your Sprite. YOU! If you want to do it, and it would make you feel better to have it closer to the "original", then by all means go to t
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00122.html (8,265 bytes)
- 145. Re: Copyright concerns (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 17:46:00 -0800
- A wise old philosopher once said, "It is one thing to shoot yourself in the foot. But it is really dumb to shoot yourself in the balls."
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00123.html (10,380 bytes)
- 146. Re: A series motor tags (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 20:09:26 -0800
- Frank... I have been racking my brain and searching my files, catalogs and magazines. It wasn't two weeks ago that I saw a note on a source for engine tags and other ID plates. I thought it was a not
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00127.html (8,879 bytes)
- 147. Parts Manuals and reference information (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 09:46:47 -0800
- I have three parts manuals for Sprites, and treasure them. Anyone in Southern California is free to contact me if they need to use them for research. For that matter, I have a fairly good sized libr
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00199.html (8,326 bytes)
- 148. "Good old days..." (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 09:10:43 -0800
- The good old days.... Those were the days when a poor sailor could drive his Frogeye to Stuttgart, Arkansas, take the windshield off, and go SCCA sports car racing with only a toolbox and a couple of
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00273.html (7,005 bytes)
- 149. Sorry... (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:06:01 -0800
- Patton... If that statement came from a "Big Healey" owner, I would respond in this way: I am sorry, my friend, but that type of attitude is just dumb as dog dirt, what promotes an arrogant stereoty
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00313.html (8,094 bytes)
- 150. Re: sorry anyway (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:39:00 -0800
- They FRY their bread! They boil their beef! Bob
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00345.html (9,226 bytes)
- 151. Re: Side Windows (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 16:02:01 -0800
- Interestingly, "Service Parts List AKD 829 (Fifth Edition)" shows ONLY the old style convertible top with windscreen fasteners. It does not show the newer style. It does show the hardtop and the side
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00437.html (12,622 bytes)
- 152. Re: extra lights (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 07:50:49 -0800
- Obviously someone who appreciates and covets the higher quality of styling. Bob Evans
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00532.html (8,187 bytes)
- 153. Re: Sprite Books (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 09:30:35 -0800
- I suspect that I have all of the books and manuals for the Sprites, and while some may be better than others, I beleive they are all worthwhile and have something to offer. There are so few books av
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00602.html (8,187 bytes)
- 154. Re: MKI - MKII Hardtop (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 20:30:59 -0800
- My hardtop came off of a wrecked Midget and fit fine. I don't know what kind of a car it wound up on after it was stolen! Bob Evans Anaheim, California Frogeyes AN 5L/762 AN 5L/6893
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00643.html (8,464 bytes)
- 155. Eat your heart out! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:16:26 -0800
- At Sotheby's September auction at the RAF Mueseum in Hendon, a 1958 Mark I Sprite sold for 12,190 pounds (including a 15% buyer's premium). At the current exchange rate, that is $19,625, and does not
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00695.html (8,294 bytes)
- 156. Re: Eat your heart out! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:39:14 -0800
- Whether it is an 1804 silver dollar, Chippendale original, or a Sprite, an item's "actual value" is exactly what a person is willing to pay for it at any given time and place. While some types of au
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00710.html (8,387 bytes)
- 157. Re: Eat your heart out! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:52:14 -0800
- I don't know anything other than the information reported in "Classic & Sports Cars" monthly summary of auction sales. I am not so sure it was as much a case of "auction fever" as it was a case of t
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00717.html (9,973 bytes)
- 158. Re: Eat your heart out! (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:05:48 -0800
- Ah, but Frank, does yours have its original registration/license plate number? In looking at car prices, we Yanks all too often forget the importance the English place on license plate numbers, or a
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00742.html (10,709 bytes)
- 159. Parts from England (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:26:23 -0800
- If there is one problem or complaint common to all owners of English classic cars, it is the price, quality, and availability of parts in this country. Fortunately, there is an excellent alternative
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00769.html (11,475 bytes)
- 160. Parts from England (score: 1)
- Author: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:28:57 -0800
- Incidently, if anyone has other questions, or would like my list of English suppliers, feel free to ask. After all, there are so few of us in this country that we have to help each other. Bob Evans A
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00770.html (6,936 bytes)
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