Hmmmm. Unless the Sprites differ from the Midgets in this regard, I don't
think they were painted in '67 anyway. I know some of the older ones were
painted - there's a pic in Horler OSM of a engine/tranny sitting on a palette
and he notes they are correctly painted. But I have a tranny out of a '67
that I may be putting in my '71 and the '67 tranny is nude. The one that's in
my '71 is white, but it also has "$100" painted in red on top of the bell
housing, so I strongly suspect it isn't original. ;-)
Can't think of any good reason to paint it.
Eddie
1971 Midget
On Monday 29 October 2001 02:02 pm, Clayton La Baw wrote:
> Listers -
>
> I'm cleaning up a '72 ribcase that I got from "Supercharged Mike" (thanks
> again) and it looks so pretty in the buff, ...er, natural aluminum, that I
> thought that I'd ask if anyone knows a good reason to paint it (outside of
> 'originality', not a high priority for me)?
>
> Clay L.
> "67 Sprite + deux chats
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