Re: Speedo and Tacho Serial Numbers

[Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>]

"Peter C." wrote:
> 
> Bruce,
>         In the US spec Smith's catalog SN6135/00 is listed in the Sprite 
>MKII, III
> & Midget MKI column for engine 1100CC  (BMC# is BHA4372) Curiously (to me,
> anyway) SN6135/02 &/ 04 & /06 are listed as 1100CC with Rear Axle Ratios
> 4.55, 3.727, and 3.90 respectively. Why no ratio for /00?  Regardless, the
> speedo seems a bit early for a '69 car.

I don't have the numbers handy but the UK spec cars kept the larger
speedo and tach untill around 1975. We (yanks) went to the smaller ones
in 1968. Federal spec padded dash for us brought the smaller gauges. It
took the UK untill 75 or 76 to go to a "safty" dash. They were still
using the MKIII (Sprite) metal dash till then.



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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
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