Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 35byears

From: Ron Soave via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 14:21:01 -0500

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tr">Ron Soave</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Apr 15,=
 2026, at 1:06=E2=80=AFAM, David Woerpel via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]=
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    OK, I'm a little late to the party this year.&nbsp; Thanks Linda for the=

    memories.&nbsp; April 11 has come and gone...like Frank, but he's not
    really gone as just last week he helped me solve a problem with the
    petrol tank from the Bugeye.&nbsp; I noticed a spot on the garage floor
    and there was evidence that fuel had been running down the sides.&nbsp;
    Thinking the worst that the filler neck had rusted where it joins
    the tank I started to prep my spare tank when a little voice said,
    "What would Frank do?"&nbsp; It was then I saw the fuel sending unit on
    top of the tank(hey, it's been 30 years) and thought, gasket.&nbsp; My
    next worry was removing the fuel outlet line&nbsp; from the tank after 3=

    decades.&nbsp; It unscrewed with no drama, although I swear I heard Fran=
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    say mischievously, "Heat up the nut with a torch!! LOL".&nbsp; I was not=

    under any pharmaceutical influence, honest.&nbsp; It is just where my
    head goes when I have a car project.&nbsp; Anyway the problem was the
    cork seal for the sending unit and I had filled the tank for the
    winter a bit too much.&nbsp; One alarming thing I noticed is fuel had ru=
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    down the wire from the sending unit and into the bullet connector on
    the harness.&nbsp; That is now shrink wrapped.&nbsp; Point of all this i=
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    check things once in a while, "Pre-flight" before an excursion, and,
    for me, most meaningful, is without Mark and this incredible list,
    as so many of you have generously (you are generous, correct? ;-) )
    stated, I/we would probably never have met Frank, Paul, and dozens
    of others and would never have gone world wide with OSHIT groups,
    anniversary gatherings and even a run to New Foundland!&nbsp; One person=

    had the energy to follow through on an idea.&nbsp; Truly amazing and
    gives me hope for the future.&nbsp; Let's take this momentum and Pay It
    Forward to other endeavors.<br>
    Thanks Mark!! PayPal sent.<br>
    <br>
    Dave W<br>
    '59 :{)<br>
    '59 MGA 1500<br>
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    "Pay It Forward"<br>
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 4/12/2026 8:47 AM, Linda Grunthaner
      via Spridgets wrote:<br>
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        <div>Tim thanks for getting us started in our Spritely
          adventures and I love your choice of blue on your white
          Spridget, stunning and great story not to mention motivating
          us to do some work on our LBC's or just parts in the shed or
          garage.<br>
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        Wow Bill's hardtop story was so expensive, what an adventure of
        Spritely money spent for the love&nbsp;of our Spridgets. Wow I never=

        knew a Bugeye Bonnet can fit into a van as seen in Rick's van,
        what year &amp; model is that to fit?&nbsp;
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        <div>My story is when Frank Clarici RIP was building his
          daughter's "Lady Bug" he needed a Bugeye bonnet. I had a red
          one in my garage and knew where it had to go. I look back over
          15 years ago, perhaps closer to 20 and I picked that bonnet up
          myself and slid it on top of my favorite car, a 1994 Saturn
          wagon "myself". I strapped it down and headed for my 35 mile
          trip on the Garden State Parkway.&nbsp;</div>
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        <div>In 2016 I bought another Bugeye bonnet (can't turn down a
          good deal on a Spridget part). I hung in the garage several
          years ago all&nbsp;by myself but using a lot of ratchet straps
          for&nbsp;leverage and hoisting support. I don't know which
          harddrive&nbsp;has that bonnet picture of Lady Bugs bonnet on my
          Saturn but it is somewhere and once found&nbsp;I will post it. Now=

          my daily driver a 1985 Nissan 720 truck I carried&nbsp; my last
          bonnet in it (hopefully my last). I don't know what makes me
          buy bonnets or hardtops for my Spridgets or any parts for that
          matter but I'm getting closer to turning my head at a good
          deal.&nbsp;</div>
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        <div>Enjoy and keep the stories&nbsp;coming,</div>
        <div>1962 California Sprite "Pinky"&nbsp;</div>
        <div>Linda<br>
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