Peter- where did you get the 8" drums from? What kind of interference
problems occur using these? Inquiring minds want to Know.
Mark Haynes
'62 HAN6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott [SMTP:toobmany@bigpond.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:40 AM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Inquiring Minds Want To Know
>
> Two cars -
> 1/ standard spec MkII with following diversions; rib case gearbox(for
> better ratios and reversing light switch), 1275 clutch (std slips in
> competition), 4.5" rostyles (strength), 4.55:1 diff (for climbing hills),
> extractors (came with the car), specially made high strength axles, 1.5"
> lowered, 1.5 degrees neg camber, front discs and 8" rear drums (period
> mods), tandem master cylinder from a late Midget (comp regs), electric
> fuel
> pump with cutout switch (period mod), Halda and stopwatch. This is
> Angela's everyday transport which I lightly modified for Targa Tasmania
> and
> got second in class to a Mini which was built to win. The only trouble we
> have is fuel vaporisation in heavy traffic.
>
> 2/ standard MkI with following diversions; rib case gearbox (see above),
> 8"
> front brakes with finned aloy drums (period mod), Mk4 exhaust manifold
> (too
> many broken flanges), 1275 clutch (see above), Halda and stopwatch,
> voltmeter, uprated cable drive dynamo and control box, Morris Minor fuel
> pump (period mod), 4.55:1 diff (see above). This isn't a daily driver but
> I use it on rallies (it's the sideways dirty one with the fastback hardtop
> in the screensaver) and other comp events as well as touring. The only
> trouble is a dicky needle and seat in one of the carbs. This 80,000 mile
> car was found in a carport where it'd been stored under a tarp for twenty
> years. The only thing missing was the original horn which used to perish
> quickly anyway. It still retains things like the heatshield for the fuel
> pump and all the boot trim. Some of this has been put into storage to
> prevent damage.
>
> The only 'modern' things I use on both cars are Hylomar sealant (developed
> in the 60's anyway) and synthetic oils in engine, gearbox and diff. And
> both cars have had an extra standard fuse box added. The MkI has no
> engine
> mods (it's still got original size bores, pistons and crank) and the MkII
> is up to 997 Cooper spec.
>
> It might seem they're not 'standard' standard but I tried to build them as
> they would have been in their heydays. The events I do are generally
> endurance events (and Donald Healy was expert at this kind of thing) so
> the
> cars have to be reliable and easy to drive over long distances.
>
> Peter Westcott
> ----------
> From: TYPE79@ix.netcom.com
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Inquiring Minds Want To Know
> Date: Wednesday, 28 April 1999 16:07
>
> Yo,
> (That's Philly Talk). With all due respect to those owners that constantly
> seek to modify and improve their Sprites for daily use, are there any
> owners "lurking" out there that maintain their cars as they were run in
> "their day"?
>
> How are you owners coping without extra fuses, without Permatex, without
> dual-line braking systems, etc. etc. etc. etc.?
>
> Are you still running SU's on a stock manifold? An Austin ribcase on a
> 1275
> or an Austin smoothcase on a 948?
>
> What are your experiences with the "factory issue"?
>
> Are you running in the pink? I know I am?
>
> Again, please don't take this as a slight on mods, mods are great, but
> what
> about the plain vanilla users?
>
> Jay Fishbein
> Mk 1/2 Bugeye
> Mk 2 aka HAN-6
> Innocenti-S (It's in your Sprite books, look it up.)
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