James D Rowan wrote:
> I'm finally getting around to inventory the parts I received when I
> purchased my car. In the pile I found a rear bumper, I think. It is a
> single piece of chromed tubing that spans the width of the car and is
> shaped like this:
> _________
> (_________)
>
> Is this an aftermarket unit? I've not seen one on a car before and after
> imagining what it would look like I know why. Very ugly.
>
> Also, the previous owner has, somewhere in his garage, a set of
> "shark-fins" that he said fit behind the drivers/passengers heads giving
> it that Mach V speed racer look. Sound funky or what?
> He said he got them from the PO who was the original owner. Has anybody
> seen or heard of these "fins" before? I'm hoping he finds them so I can
> at least see them. It would turn the Sprite into the batmobile-Sprite.
>
> Fins on a Healey?
> What next?
>
> Jim
> 60 Sprite
Jim
the bumper you described sounds like the aftermarket chrome tube (Amco)
accessory.
The "fins" could very well be Fareings (sp) Again a Speedwell aftermarket
accessory (I think)
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Frank Clarici
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