Chuck,
I found a short article entitled "Fashion Show - unusual 'bonnets' for
the pampered Sprite" from Road & Track Feb 1961 reprinted in Brooklands
Books "Road & Track on Austin Healey 1953-1970", ISBN 0 946 489 106
(available from AHCUSA). It includes pictures of five after-market
bonnets, including one made by J. Geddes of Manhattan Beach, Calif. that
has a slight peak down the middle and "...uses standard hardware but
carries a special grille." The grille is full-width, and appears to
consist of five horizontal bars or slats.
cfchrist wrote:
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> i have visited all of the available web sites you shared with me. thank
> you for your input. rats foiled again still no positive identification of
> it. a friend has a scanner and as soon as i can get it photographed i will
> attempt to share it with you. i spoke with speedwell on the phone and they
> say it is not theirs, due to the slightly raised peak running down the
> center of the hood to top of grille opening. it uses stock bugeye headlamp
> buckets and stock bugeye turn signals. but not the bugeye grille....
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Rick Snover, San Diego, CA
http://www.netcom.com/~rsnover/
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