Hey! I resemble that remark.
adrian,
with an extra set of rubber bumpers, because you never know!
Jeff Church wrote:
> Yeah, right bumper boy! ;7)
>
> Jeff
> AN5 (and loving it) 11627
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Adrian Barnes <adrian@icx.net>
> To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Can't we all just get along?
>
> >Figured I'd jump in here and solve this for everybody: the rubber bumper
> >Midgets got 'em all beat! heh heh
> >
> >adrian,
> >stirring up more trouble
> >
> >Editors, Molecular Vision wrote:
> >
> >> Fred, Fred, Fred...
> >>
> >> The Sprite Mk2 was introduced a month before the Midget Mk1. Sprites are
> >> the real deal. OK, the two are the same car except for all that tacky
> >> chrome on the Midgets. I personally could never own a Midget; it would
> just
> >> be too confusing. My nickname for my wife is "Midget" because she's one
> of
> >> the few people who is shorter than me!
> >>
> >> Actually, as many on the list know, the back end of the spridget body was
> >> designed by BMC/MG, while the front end was designed by Healey. The two
> >> cars of course were manufactured by BMC at the MG Abingdon works on
> >> side-by-side assembly lines. I've always thought that the front was very
> >> curvy and evoked a 50s response, while the back, with it's straighter
> >> lines, was 60s all the way.
> >> ---
> >>
> >> At 12:40 PM -0500 9/11/98, Fred Krampits wrote:
> >> > Well:
> >> > I've been very kind to Sprite owners in the past, however I know and
> >> > they know that the Midget starting in 1961 is the same car as the
> >> > Sprite, however just like my old Olds Firenza when compared to a Chevy
> >> > Cavalier, it is a fancier, more luxurious version of the same car. The
> >> > Midget has more chrome, better interior, and superior gauges. Overall
> >> > the Sprite/Midget introduced in 1961 was a better car than the Bugeye,
> >> > especially in 1962 when the Ribcase Tranny was introduced. Bugeye
> >> > Sprites do have their charm, but God help if you ever lose anything in
> >> > the boot. The only way their owners make their car livable nowadays is
> >> > to put in Japanese transmissions and basically change the character of
> >> > the car. Something I don't have to do in my Midget MK I 109CG. But when
> >> > compared to each other, on any model, the Midget always wins on style
> >> > points.
> >> > --
> >> > Deflector shields at full strength.
> >>
> >> > Frank Clarici wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > The difference between a Sprite and a Midget is obvious!!!
> >> > > The Sprite is just better.
> >> > > (flame sheilds up)
> >> > > --
> >>
> >> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> >> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> >> http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> >> Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
> >> 404-778-4113
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >-----------------------------------
> >J. Adrian Barnes
> >adrian@icx.net
> >
> >icq: 5121878
> >http://www.ravineware.com
> >http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget/
> >-----------------------------------
> >
> >
>
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adrian@icx.net
http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
http://www.ravineware.com
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