Subject: [Bmcu] Mystery Sprite - any one missing one ?

From: "Steve Masefield" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:24:53 -0600

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Further to looking into this Sprite...

I went digging for the =E2=80=98hidden=E2=80=99 numbers ..

The door posts revealed screws holes on both sides where a plate had =
been ... but no numbers
Floor cross member on right  is rusted =E2=80=93 I couldn=E2=80=99t see =
anything but will take a closer look.
The right suspension plate =E2=80=93 after much crude removal =E2=80=93 =
reveal HAN XXXXX where someone had carefully and methodically =
obliterated the numbers ...
But the final place =E2=80=93 under the electrical cables tucked under =
the right fender/wing revealed as clean as day =E2=80=9C57700=E2=80=9D =
=E2=80=93 is that a body number or part of the VIN ?=20

So to the cognoscenti out there,  would the original VIN have been HAN   =
57700 ?

Closer examination of the plate welded to left chassis leg directly =
under the carbs shows it was very poor job, on thick plate and clearly =
not factory, taken from something but I doubt a Sprite.=20

The Engine is an MGB 1.8 (18 is stamped on the rear of the casting, and =
it appears an MGB gear box was used to =E2=80=93 hence the expanded =
tunnel metal work. The engine mountings up front are sitting on crude =
but effective  I beams about 4=E2=80=9D deep - to get the lift required =
from the Sprite mount to MGB mount ...(Compression was reasonable at =
150,132,132 138)=20

So anyone missing a Sprite Mk II ? =E2=80=93 probably red to begin with, =
then yellow and now metallic blue...
Steve
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<DIV>Further to looking into this Sprite...</DIV>
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<DIV>I went digging for the =E2=80=98hidden=E2=80=99 numbers ..</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The door posts revealed screws holes on both sides where a plate =
had been=20
... but no numbers</DIV>
<DIV>Floor cross member on right&nbsp; is rusted =E2=80=93 I =
couldn=E2=80=99t see anything but=20
will take a closer look.</DIV>
<DIV>The right suspension plate =E2=80=93 after much crude removal =
=E2=80=93 reveal HAN XXXXX=20
where someone had carefully and methodically obliterated the numbers =
...</DIV>
<DIV>But the final place =E2=80=93 under the electrical cables tucked =
under the right=20
fender/wing revealed as clean as day =E2=80=9C57700=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =
is that a body number or part of=20
the VIN ? </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>So to the cognoscenti out there,&nbsp; would the original VIN have =
been=20
HAN&nbsp;&nbsp; 57700 ?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Closer examination of the plate welded to left chassis leg directly =
under=20
the carbs shows it was very poor job, on thick plate and clearly not =
factory,=20
taken from something but I doubt a Sprite. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The Engine is an MGB 1.8 (18 is stamped on the rear of the casting, =
and it=20
appears an MGB gear box was used to =E2=80=93 hence the expanded tunnel =
metal work. The=20
engine mountings up front are sitting on crude but effective&nbsp; I =
beams about=20
4=E2=80=9D deep - to get the lift required from the Sprite mount to MGB =
mount=20
...(Compression was reasonable at 150,132,132 138) </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>So anyone missing a Sprite Mk II ? =E2=80=93 probably red to begin =
with, then=20
yellow and now metallic blue...</DIV>
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