History: 3 owners including myself. Original owner changed colour from white to red, and had vehicle for 10 years. Second owner purchased in 1971, and drove...
I'm probably dreamin' but send the photos anyway! (please) Mark Jacobson, Queensland. (Midget owner and one-time Sprite IIa owner.) ... From: "Corinne Gosling"...
Mark Jacobson
jacoma@...
Nov 1, 2006 11:49 pm
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A couple of questions: 1) How does one remove the chrome trim from the side of a midget. I can remove the nuts that keep the middle section in, but the ends...
Hi Greg, I have removed and replaced one of mine, but it was easy to see how it fitted as it was falling off! To take off, you pull the underside of the strip...
The sights you see! From the comfort of a Japanese wagon (equipped with a roof and heater) at Scottsdale in Tasmania's North East on Monday, I witnessed a...
Kieran, as an expat Tasmanian, who went that way in December 1970 in his Mk2A sprite, with the hood down, in the rain, I am green with envy!! It's enough to...
Mark Jacobson
jacoma@...
Nov 8, 2006 3:07 am
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Mark, I agree! They were heading for many kms of fabulous winding road up the Weldborough pass, but would have had brilliant sun once they got to St Helens and...
Greg, all the usual fonts of knowledge appear to be in Tassie so here is my 2 cents on flywheel lightening Lightening the flywheel will not make you any more...
Should be Tuesday 14th at 7:00 am. Regards, Kieran. ... From: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of toxicbugman ...
To all Sprite Car Club members I have reluctantly decided to terminate a long relationship with a 'bugeye' restoration project. Fact is, there has been little...
Paul Radin
paulradin@...
Nov 12, 2006 10:33 am
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G'day Paul Just respondibg to your MkI project message. How much are you looking for (I need to convince the wife) & where are you? Regards, Geoff ... This...
rhollands@...
Nov 12, 2006 8:28 pm
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G'day all I have just posted a few pre-restoration photos of my 1962 race Midget (see album 'Gidget the Midget', and a couple of the finished result. Does...
maybe the full stop should have been a comma and he was referring to the hood bows being in immaculate condition. ... From: robo551 To:...
Alan Hill
ashill@...
Nov 15, 2006 7:49 am
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Have just joined the Group and will rejoin the SCCA! I was one of the original members of the SCCA back in 1960; the Club was actually formed in the Double Bay...
Hi Kieran, Why didn't you stop us and say Hello! I was only one of many having a great time and lots of fun despite encountering the rain and wind on day one...
Bert Thanks for a great summary. Pity we all couldn't go - but we were hard at work paying taxes. Well done JAS Canberra _____ From:...
John Smith
johnasmith@...
Nov 15, 2006 10:16 am
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Hi James Great to hear from a founding member! We used to see a lot of the 'original members' - we even organised an annual wine & cheese night at the January...
Chris, A quick one - assessing postgrad students 12 hours a day - will follow up in more depth later. But, I just had to tell you that Joe Dawson was the...
James, At our AGM and Christmas Party last December, we celebrated the club's 45th Anniversary. Robert Owers was in attendance and we are in contact with Bob...
The last I heard of David Hooker, he was operating the seaplane service from Palm Beach to Sydney, plus tourist flights. But that was many years ago. (David...
David Healy
d_healy@...
Nov 15, 2006 11:54 pm
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Hi Kieran, Why didn't you stop us and say Hello! I was only one of many having a great time and lots of fun despite encountering the rain and wind on day one...
David, I helped him with the seaplanes, there were 3 Cessna 172's on floats; kept one at home near The Spit -but that was in the 70's just before I left for ...
Hi Brett! I don't remember Bob or Robert; were they members between 1960 - 1963? The SCCA was originally founded as an Eastern Suburbs [Sydney] social club ...
Tuesday at 7.00am ... From: Bruce Pearce To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [spridgets-aus] Tassie...
If you have something Spridget-related to buy or sell, put a free advertisment in the next edition of 'Sprite Torque', the magazine of the NSW-based Sprite Car...
I have just fitted a rear disc brake conversion to my Bugeye and need some guidance on how to set up a handbrake for road use. Does anyone on the list have any...
