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Re: British Car magazine

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: British Car magazine
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:23:26 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Sounds like it!  I have only glanced at the pictures, but noticed the shop
equipment.

Robert D.

-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: British Car magazine


>I think that was the leaf green bugeye we saw at the Palo Alto show.
Supposedly
>the restoration was done by these twin teenage boys, but they couldn't
answer
>any restoration questions about the work done, or where they got their
parts,
>and deferred everything to their dad. I pointed out to them that they had
both
>welded and riveted wheels on the car, which they hadn't noticed, and they
even
>argued with me stating that the paper/foil Air-duct hose in the engine
>compartment was as per original, when we all know it should be a rubberized
>cloth over wire.
>The car was nice though, but it was kind of interesting how they had gone
>through some real pains to make certain things 'original', but then they
had a
>1275 with the original bugeye carb set-up, and also disk brakes installed.
It
>also had one of the nicest sets of green carpeting (not original), and it
had a
>custom green canvas top. So I'm not quite sure what they were shooting for.
>I also understand that thier dad either owns a british car shop, or is a
>seller/distributor for parts, so they did have more than the usual
resources
>available.
>
> - Bryan
>
>>To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: British Car magazine
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>>April/May 2000 has a Sprite resto story.
>>
>>California 'Frogeye' plates.
>>
>>I haven't read it yet.
>>
>>Robert Duquette
>>Ottawa ON Canada
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
>>
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