Hey Gerard,
Sounds like you need to write it up! Ray might want to publish it,
but if not then I'm sure one of the various club magazines will.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; "Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Cc: <rayenglish@telstra.easymail.com.au>; <bugeye@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: Bugeye List..... Re: Quest for Historic Info
> Mike, Ray,
>
> I made a cross country (round trip) trip from Detroit - LA - San Francisco
> - Detroit in my Bugeye in the summer of 1969 (about the same time as
> Woodstock). Drove solo via Route 66 (west) and Rt 70 (east) over a 6 week
> period of time. I had several interesting personal (and mechanical)
> encounters along the way. Let me know if this is of interest.
>
> 2. "They Said it Couldn't be Done", 1959 Sebring cars, is reprinted in the
> Clyner Book "Sprite and Midget Handbook and Service Manual" I have the
> paperback version with the green cover.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 8:42 AM +1100 3/6/01, Mike & Kerry Gigante wrote:
> >In Ray English's latest issue of Marque One, he has a
> >couple of articles related to long sprite road trips.
> >
> >He is seeking info on the people or cars involved in the
> >following articles. If you can help, please send him email at
> >rayenglish@telstra.easymail.com.au and please CC me.
> >
> >Reid Trummel's aborted bugeye trip would have been a modern
> >addition had it come off.
> >
> >Ray is a seeking a copy of the article #2 or the actual magazine.
> >
> >1. "A Sprite goes East", John Orr. From Saigon to Singapore -
> >a 2000 mile hourney by Austin Healey Sprite through Vietnam,
> >Cambodia and Malaya. (Safety Fast magazine Feb 1961)
> >
> >2. "They Said it Couldn't be Done", 1959 Sebring cars, an MGA
> >and Mk 1 Sprite cross the USA from Sebring to Los Angeles,
> >a total of 5000 miles including detours. (Sports Cars Illustrated),
> >July 1959. (Ray needs this one)
> >
> >3. "Journeying Sprite" Two Scotsman spend two years and travel
> >60,000 miles around the world in a Mk 1 Sprite (Worldwide,
> >April/May 1962)
> >
> >4. "Return of the Bugeye" by Peter Egan. Peter sells his Sprite, years
> >later he buys it back and drives it back across the USA to his home.
> >A classic tale of a man and his Sprite (Road & Track, June & July 1958)
> >
> >5. "London - Christchurch via Bombay" (Worldwide, April/May 1961)
> >Reprinted in the current uissue of Marque One
> >
> >Do you know of other Healey or Spridget long distance stories in print? If
> >so, please let me know and I will collate for the list and for Ray.
> >
> >If you don't know about Marque One, see
> >http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg/marqueone/ for info and a sample issue.
> >
> >FYI, Bob Lomas is organising a 5,000mi road trip for Sprites here in
Australia
> >later this year. It is a loop around Eastern and Central Australia. Starts
and
> >ends in
> >Melbourne, visits the Gulf of Carpentaria and returns down through Alice
> >Springs
> >and Adelaide. He has organised a support vehicle and currently has 4 Sprites
> >in the convoy.
> >
> >Mike
>
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