In a message dated 3/6/03 6:06:37 AM, PilotRob@webtv.net writes:
<< And, I didn't hear any remarks about overheating either, the fact Bob
was
smart enough to have the application
"dialed in" at Judson's PA facility, not-
withstanding. >>
I keep telling you guys that I didn't know Sprites were supposed to
overheat--with or without Judsons--until I read about it on the list. I
drove mine regularly 183 miles into the desert to Yuma, over a small range of
mountains (4000' or so at the passes) in temperatures over 100. My folks
were living out there at the time. However. . .
As a seasoned desert rat, I absolutely never ventured out there without a
gallon bleach bottle full of water in the boot. Just in case. It was the
kind of water I could drink in an emergency, too. On one occasion I was
driving to work and ran across a guy stranded in his Triumph. He said he was
overheated, so I pulled out the bleach bottle and gave it to him, then took
off. (Plastic bleach bottles were free.)
A couple of days later, the guy walks into Bob's lab with the bottle and a
story about Bob's girl friend saving his engine and the least he could do was
return the spare radiator.
Annice & Bob
1960 Bugeye (Mk. IV in disguise) "The Sprite"
1966 Sprite Mk. III (Still in Boxes) "Trevor"
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