> Bid on a new one!
>
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/events/scottsdale/vehicles/cardetail_list.asp?id=183125
>
> Dave Camp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
> To: "Guy R Day" <grday@btinternet.com>
> Cc: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: 1275 vs 1500 in a RB Midget
>
>
> > Guy, and all,
> >
> > I can understand why a Sprite owner would dismiss RB Midgets. But from
> > the MG side of things, RB Midgets account for something like 2/5 of
> > production, and more than a third of the Midgets still on the road (or
> > available for sale). I'm guessing, but that seems right. So it's a bit
> > too much of a luxury to treat them as abominations.
> >
> > A less than favorable comparison can be made between RB Midgets and
> > earlier chrome spridgets. But is that the fair comparison? How about
> > comparing them to Ford Escorts of the era, instead. Or anything from
> > AMC. Or a contemporary Corolla. In that crowd, they looked pretty good
> > at the time, and they still do. The '70s were tough on everybody.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2006, at 1:35 AM, Guy R Day wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sorry if it upsets folk but I find the rubber bumper Midgets to be
> > > an abomination of nature. <smile> A true product of the BL years.
> > > <bigger smile>
> > >
> > > Guy R Day
> > > A-H Sprite MkIV
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