Gerard, sounds good. I haven't seen the car yet, but when I do I will be
comparing with my memory of Patricia's car and I'll go from there. I'm sure
you'll get some questions from me whether I decide to get the car or not.
I take it by the complete lack of mention, that no one knows what an
Ashley/Lendham sprite is? Those who read the original Questions post know
about as much as I do, the only other thing that I have left out is that it is
similar to the speedwell sprites. This is second hand info, and I admit that I
have never seen a speedwell either, does this jog any memories for anyone?
Thanks so much
--
James Nazarian Jr
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT - with V8 parts
01 Impreza 2.5RS
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 04:17:06PM -0800, Gerard Chateauvieux profoundly
declared:
> James,
>
> I think it will be difficult to answer you questions without seeing photos
> of the installation. While it seems I've heard of this installation, I
> think it's pretty rare and have never personally seen one. Seems even the
> most experienced on the list (of which I am one) have never seen it either.
> If you want to send me a couple JPEGs, I can give you a better idea.
>
> Gerard
>
>
> >I guess I'm on this list now. The point is that the car is not vintage
> >race legal without the 948. I want to know, if anyone knows what would
> >need to be done to do the conversion, so that I can know how to undo it.
> >For example, do the engine mounts bolt up, is there sheetmetal cutting
> >done to make room for the engine or tranny, will I most likely need an
> >original radiator, etc. I know the volvo 1600 conversion happened to TCs
> >a lot and I am hoping that it has happened to bugeyes a few times, and
> >someone can tell me what needs to be done to make it happen.
> >
> >The biggest issue is any sheetmetal alteration that had to be done to
> >accomodate the 1600, if this is a similar mod to fitting a 350 chevy into
> >a B (read: a whole hell of a lot of cutting and moving) then I don't want
> >to touch the car. Is the 1600 conversion/unconversion a drop in thing, or
> >is it an engineer in thing? Thanks for any input on the topic.
> >
> >
> >BTW, for those that don't know who I am. I am the one Patricia refers to
> >as her bf; I find it a little disheartening that I am not worthy of
> >writing the word out, but there isn't much that I can do about that. As
> >some background, I have been restoring MG's since I was 7years old, I am
> >currently 22. I have little experience with the spridgets but I'm working
> >on that.
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