- 1. Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:47:03 -0400
- Well I topped another all LBC weekend just 10 minutes ago by snapping my axle on the yellow Sprite. I decided I wanted ice cream (frozen yogurt these days) so off I went to the local Wawa. I notice I
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00637.html (8,658 bytes)
- 2. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:06:14 -0400
- Look at the bright side you just picked up six spare axles, or three if you match sides. Or do all the parts cars have wire wheels. Bill
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00638.html (8,497 bytes)
- 3. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: "David Cooper" <mdghobby@vianet.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:36:56 +0800
- Hey, I did that once in my Austin A30, 3 wheeling it through a T junction in a suburban shopping centre, just like Stirling Moss (hehehehe) - but I was young and stupid then, now I tie the suspensio
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00639.html (9,910 bytes)
- 4. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 06:52:18 -0400
- What a bummer. I suspect you have the parts in house tho. Back on the road in no time. Larry Glad it didn't happen in that gas station near the Meadowlands. Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down a
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00644.html (9,770 bytes)
- 5. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Brown <rcbrown@lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 07:34:33 -0500
- In the last two years the wife and I have each broken an axle in her Bugeye. Both times it was during normal street driving. Only she did it pulling away from a stop sign after a gymkhana. Her Bugey
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00651.html (10,309 bytes)
- 6. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Frank neglected to explain one of the coolest features of his car - he built a spare axle holder into his engine compartment. It is very cool. And he will not take it easy on that Sprite.
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00660.html (10,724 bytes)
- 7. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Albert F Jones <fisher@hctc.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:47:44 -0500
- We had one that took a pretty severe hit on the wheel and, after breaking two axles, discovered that the housing was not true. I was really surprised, as I didn't believe that it was possible to ben
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00670.html (13,793 bytes)
- 8. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 18:36:25 EDT
- << he built a spare axle holder into his engine compartment. >> The trick is to try to guess which axle will break, thus which one to carry, left or right. 8^) --David
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00679.html (8,022 bytes)
- 9. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:17:44 -0700
- Want to hear something funny? I went to a Nascar local track this past friday night and the winner in the 4 cylinder class was a 2 dr Marina. Beat the Mustangs,Pintos, and VW's by more than half a la
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00681.html (8,311 bytes)
- 10. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Elliott <wcelliot@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:47:59 -0400
- Down in eastern NC when I was in college autocrossing a Midget, I crewed for a dirt track racer with a real sense of humor. In the "mini-stock" 4 banger class, we ran a SAAB Sonett against the Pinto'
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00688.html (9,481 bytes)
- 11. Re: Gosh Darn it! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:01:24 -0700
- HMMM, I have a complete 850 sitting behind the shop at work, never thought of using that.... Mark Snowdon Greensboro NC
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00752.html (9,348 bytes)
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