Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 1960 Bugeye

From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 16:56:15 -0400

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Every time I try to rent an auto transport trailer from U-Haul their compute=
r tells me a Spridget won't fit and refuses to rent to me.  And I use a Subu=
rban for towing, so that's not the issue.  Maybe they fixed their software b=
ecause as we all know a Spridget does fit.  :-)

I have a trailer especially made for Spridgets for hauling my Bugeye vintage=
 racer and I use a cheapie HF winch for loading and unloading.  Much easier o=
n this old guy's back.

Rick

> On May 30, 2021, at 4:34 PM, Kent McLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
am.net> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFRick Fisk wrote:
>> Woohoo Kent!  What did you tell U-Haul you were moving on their auto tran=
sporter?  I usually tell them I'm moving a '99 Ford Escort.  :-)
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>> If you sell your 100 as cheaply as Linda sold the Bugeye I'm interested.
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> I was honest with them and told them (their web site) a 1960 Sprite and th=
ey said it would fit. =46rom this list, I knew the tires would squeeze the i=
nside edges of the carrier rails. I did not know the ramps up to the rails w=
ere a bit wider, so only 1/2 the tire would ride the ramp. But, you can move=
 the toes of the ramps in towards the middle, so the tires start off entirel=
y on the ramp. One highly recommended tool I used was a Warn PullzAll winch,=
 along with some ratcheting straps and motorcycle tie-down straps. Getting t=
he Bugeye up the ramps and onto the rails was a matter of pushing a button. T=
hey also make a battery powered one, which may be better than relying on hav=
ing an outlet nearby.
> https://www.warn.com/pullzall-portable-electric-winch-885000
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> As for the 100, I'm trying to talk one of my kids into taking it, just to m=
ake room in the barn for the Bugeye restoration. I've owned the 100 since 19=
74. It needs a new frame; $8K and more for shipping. The Bugeye, it needs fl=
oors, sills, doglegs, and more. But that's still less than $1K in sheet meta=
l.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">Every time I try to rent a=
n auto transport trailer from U-Haul their computer tells me a Spridget won'=
t fit and refuses to rent to me. &nbsp;And I use a Suburban for towing, so t=
hat's not the issue. &nbsp;Maybe they fixed their software because as we all=
 know a Spridget does fit. &nbsp;:-)</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">I have a trailer especially made for Spridgets for hauling my Buge=
ye vintage racer and I use a cheapie HF winch for loading and unloading. &nb=
sp;Much easier on this old guy's back.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">Rick</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On May 3=
0, 2021, at 4:34 PM, Kent McLean via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&=
gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"l=
tr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=
=3Dus-ascii">Rick Fisk wrote:<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" c=
lass=3D""><div class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fam=
ily: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps:=
 normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; tex=
t-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;=
 -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display=
: inline !important;" class=3D"">Woohoo Kent! &nbsp;What did you tell U-Haul=
 you were moving on their auto transporter? &nbsp;I usually tell them I'm mo=
ving a '99 Ford Escort. &nbsp;:-)</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-va=
riant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align:=
 start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-sp=
acing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D=
""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font=
-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: nor=
mal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-trans=
form: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-widt=
h: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0=
, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; f=
ont-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-=
align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; w=
ord-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; flo=
at: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">If you sell your 100 as ch=
eaply as Linda sold the Bugeye I'm interested.</span><br style=3D"caret-colo=
r: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: n=
ormal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: norma=
l; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: n=
ormal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: n=
one;" class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">I w=
as honest with them and told them (their web site) a 1960 Sprite and they sa=
id it would fit. =46rom this list, I knew the tires would squeeze the inside=
 edges of the carrier rails. I did not know the ramps up to the rails were a=
 bit wider, so only 1/2 the tire would ride the ramp. But, you can move the t=
oes of the ramps in towards the middle, so the tires start off entirely on t=
he ramp. One highly recommended tool I used was a Warn PullzAll winch, along=
 with some ratcheting straps and motorcycle tie-down straps. Getting the Bug=
eye up the ramps and onto the rails was a matter of pushing a button. They a=
lso make a battery powered one, which may be better than relying on having a=
n outlet nearby.</div><div class=3D""><a href=3D"https://www.warn.com/pullza=
ll-portable-electric-winch-885000" class=3D"">https://www.warn.com/pullzall-=
portable-electric-winch-885000</a></div><div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div><div cla=
ss=3D"">As for the 100, I'm trying to talk one of my kids into taking it, ju=
st to make room in the barn for the Bugeye restoration. I've owned the 100 s=
ince 1974. It needs a new frame; $8K and more for shipping. The Bugeye, it n=
eeds floors, sills, doglegs, and more. But that's still less than $1K in she=
et metal.</div><span>------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><sp=
an>[email-masked]</span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: http://=
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