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Re: Salvage yards

To: Patton Dickson <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Salvage yards
From: alan b fisher <hello39@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:28:27 -0800
Cc: "Richard D. Arnold" <richard.arnold@juno.com>, Sprite List <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
References: <Pine.LNX.3.93.971113104103.28650C-100000@soli.inav.net> <19971113.131404.9487.0.richard.arnold@juno.com> <346B5712.AB5C4E91@worldnet.att.net>
Reply-to: alan b fisher <hello39@idt.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Patton Dickson wrote:



Patton's right. The only changes were badging and hood props and chrome.

Any square body will do it.
Regards
Alan

> If I remember right all of them from 62-79 will fit.  You will have to
> cut
> new holes for the Sprite badge if it's from a midget, and maybe fill
> molding
> holes (I'm not sure how they were secured) from earlier Midgets
> bonnets that
> have the chrome strip.   But I think any Sprite squarebody is a
> potential
> donor.
>
> I have a 74 midget bonnet on mine, and the only real difference was
> that
> mine had a hood prop rod on the right that was changed later in
> production,
> otherwise a perfect fit.  I might be wrong about the very early ones
> and the
> rubber bumper ones fiting, but I think that they will all work fine.
>
> Patton
>
> Richard D. Arnold wrote:
>
> > Posted to both Jim and Spridgets list:
> >
> > On Thursday, 13 November 1997 at 10:41 Jim (jphender@inav.net)
> wrote:
> >
> > JIM>  [looking for a bonnet for] a '69 Sprite MKIV.  What Sprites
> and
> > Midgets are compatible?
> >
> > Response by RICH>  I am going to defer to the list on this one.
> Anybody
> > want to answer?
>
> --
> Patton Dickson                              Dallas, TX
>
> 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite                   H-AN9-L/69437
> See My Austin-Healey Sprite Page
> http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/1256/page2.html




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