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Subject: Re: Jag-engined Bugeye (was Road and Track 100 Best Cars)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:21:14 +1100
From: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Reply-To: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
To: "J & L Armour" <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>,
<Healeys@autox.team.net>
References: <385568D2.161A@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
I have a few photos of this car at
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg/cars/fright.htm
These photos were taken at the Sprite annual gathering in Goulburn last
Easter.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "J & L Armour" <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 1999 8:44
Subject: Road and Track 100 Best Cars
>
> Australia must rate at the top the automotive world.We have a Bug Eye
> Sprite fitted with a Jag. engine unbelievable but true.I saw this wild
> gadget with my own eyes back in the 70's When I first overheard the
> previous owner talking to a group of British sports cars owners of a car
> fitted with an independant rear end,in-board disc brakes,an 8 inch or
> was it 10 inch drive shaft,clutch and transmission by David Brown and
> twin cam Jag engine I had no idea it was all contained within (a well
> chosen description) a mk 1 Sprite. The only external give away of
> something unusual was the shock absorber mounts protruding through the
> body work behind the cockpit. Recently this car has been brought into
> the Sydney based Sprite car club and I believe it will be seen in public
> more often. Joe
>
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