I can send you a roll of duct tape. ;-) With that, and a case of beer, you
can fix anything.
Allen Hefner
Norristown, PA
*Current:*
2006 Chebbie
*Former:*
1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
1964 VW Type I
1967 VW Type II
1967 Rover 2000TC
1977 MG Midget
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com>wrote:
> (The saga of Gift Sprite can be found in the archives. For those who are
> "new" here, it was a very generous gift to me supported by list members, and
> assembled by Frank Clarici with significant help from Ron Soave)
>
> Four years ago, while attempting to teach my daughter the ins and outs of
> driving a stick on the back roads, there was a minor gearbox explosion, I
> thought. The chassis was pretty rotten and many friends suggested that I
> shouldn't be driving it at all. (It was resurrected from a rat infested
> warehouse in NY and, suffered for it.) Thinking that the transmission was
> toast, and having a "new" fun car (64 Mini), it got pushed to the back of
> the list of things-to-do. (including building a proper shed garage which
> doubled as a graduation party site for my daughter's graduation).
>
> With Frank's passing I thought it important to re-visit Gift Sprite, and
> evaluate better the state of things. I pulled the axles, hoping that was the
> problem, it wasn't, they were fine. So Saturday, I pulled the engine and
> transmission. The clutch had exploded. Nothing but a hub, which explains why
> I could shift gears without needing to depress the pedal, not that the car
> moved.
>
> Thinking of what Frank had said, that the car wont last very long, knowing
> that the chassis was rotten, I rolled around under it for a while. It IS
> rotten. The 2 front triangular gussets are unattached. The reason the bumper
> would wiggle was that the frame horns are rusted through. The RH aframe
> attachment rail is, ahh, flexible. Frank's patchwork floor boards were
> intact, but not supported by any pre-existing steel. The glued-on carpet was
> doing a lot of the work.
>
> The paint looks great, though!
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> Peter C.
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