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1. Re: Junkyard Sprite with Hardtop (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:09:35 -0700; New hardtops? Didn't realize they were available. Do you have any info on Jim Algar '69 Sprite Mk.IV; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00247.html (8,768 bytes)
2. Re: Junkyard Sprite with Hardtop (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 11:09:51 -0700; When you said "New ones are about $600" I took it to mean NOS, as in the factory hardtops (the only ones ever made with real glass windows as opposed to acrylic or plexiglass (perspex to our U.K. fri; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00251.html (10,099 bytes)
3. Re: 1500 Midget (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:36:59 -0700; California smog exemption was changed a while back to include 1973 and earlier vehicles. But I don't remember anything about bringing that year forward at each new year. I would double-check with th; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00519.html (9,899 bytes)
4. Re: Nada e**y/Good Ol' Fashion Questions (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:16:29 -0700; Just for reference, or for a price benchmark, Moss has the tonneau/hardtop brackets for $11.95 each (yes, everyone has an opinion on M*ss, but these would be prettty hard to goof up.) Jim Algar '69 S; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00740.html (8,257 bytes)
5. Re: Chassis number? (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:44:23 -0700; No, that's the body number, put on by the folks who assemble the body panels into the basic shell before it was shipped off to Abingdon. The chassis number wasn't affixed until the car was complete,; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00995.html (8,664 bytes)
6. Spridget driveshafts (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 10:00:28 -0700; I've got a question about driveshafts: was the dust cover over the splined portion of the front yoke a feature of all years' shafts, or just early ones? And if the dust cover is removed, can the shaf; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00080.html (6,932 bytes)
7. Re: Autographed valve cover (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 16:47:48 -0700; And to answer (belatedly) your question about my Sprite's "autographed" valve cover...no, never found anything out. I suspect that C.R. Chapman was just a worker on the engine assembly line who got; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00089.html (8,072 bytes)
8. Re: Autographed valve cover (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:28:45 -0700; No, that possibility was discarded early on; "Mr. Lotus" Chapman was Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, so the initials don't match. Jim Algar; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00094.html (9,047 bytes)
9. Re: Autographed valve cover (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 09:54:18 -0700; Yours is a finely reasoned argument, Bob, except for one thing: there is no previous owner. I bought the car new off the dealer's showroom floor, and noticed the valve cover signature the very first; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00199.html (9,431 bytes)
10. Re: Findin' the manifold crack (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 08:15:36 -0800; Offer up? OFFER UP!? Good grief, Frank is turning British on us. Jim Algar; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00377.html (7,758 bytes)
11. Re: Hardtop Mounting (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:49:57 -0700; Had a chance to check: Moss carries the part. Page 52 of their current catalog, part #402-565, "Bracket, tonneau bar, 1967-'80." Price is $11.95 (you'll need two.) The convertible top frame ends wer; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00749.html (8,298 bytes)
12. Re: A-arm bushings (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 13:46:39 -0700; Are you speaking of the (2) inner A-Arm bushings or the outer bushings where the swivel axle fulcrum pin rides? Since you mention "threaded bushing" and "grease fitting," then I assume you're talking; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00140.html (9,717 bytes)
13. Re: V8 Bugeye (and transport recommendation) (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 08:51:21 -0700; To item 1. A British company called Lenham made a fiberglass body add-on for Spridgets called the LeMans Coupe. Part of this was a one-piece, hinged-forward front end called the "Superfast" bonnet. D; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00319.html (8,976 bytes)
14. It's a sickness! (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:48:06 -0700; I've been enjoying the list since joining, especially the stories of when and under what circumstances cars were bought/acquired. Brought up the thought of a thread (this could be fun) on the subject; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00450.html (10,065 bytes)
15. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:24:51 -0700; Holy smokes, an Austin America? My sister bought one in 1971, mostly because she thought my Sprite was "cute" and it had the same engine and was made by the same company and etc., etc. She took it t; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00642.html (10,013 bytes)
16. Re: Door A-Post. (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:32:03 -0700; I think "shakeproof washer" is just Brit-speak for locking washer. Whether star, split or otherwise I'm not sure. Does seem a waste to pay shipping on a handful of washers that could be tossed into a; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00644.html (8,066 bytes)
17. Jim (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:45:53 -0700; Yep, that's the one. Very flush, doesn't leak (ever!), opens easily...as I said, a quality part. Wish I could remember who made it! Jim; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00653.html (9,182 bytes)
18. Last year of the Mk. IV? (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:09:23 -0700; A question for the list: I've always assumed that the 1969 Sprite Mk. IV (like mine) was the last year for Sprites in the U.S. Anybody out there driving a 1970 Sprite? (By out there, I mean the U.S.; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00672.html (9,329 bytes)
19. Re: Starter solenoid (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:35:44 -0700; Push-button solenoids are a stock Sprite/Midget item. My '69 Mk. IV Sprite has had one from new. And you're right, they're real handy; just be sure to stand to the side of the car when using it, not; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00745.html (8,601 bytes)
20. Re: Last year of the Mk. IV? (score: 1): Author: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:48:16 -0700; Mark, Your car seems the twin of mine (also a '69) right down to the (former) smog stuff. (California has annual smog inspections that used to cause me problems; thankfully, they recently amended the; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00832.html (9,404 bytes)

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