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On Apr 15,= 2026, at 1:06=E2=80=AFAM, David Woerpel via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.t= eam.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF =20 =20 =20 OK, I'm a little late to the party this year.  Thanks Linda for the= memories.  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.  I noticed a spot on the garage floor and there was evidence that fuel had been running down the sides.  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?"  It was then I saw the fuel sending unit on top of the tank(hey, it's been 30 years) and thought, gasket.  My next worry was removing the fuel outlet line  from the tank after 3= decades.  It unscrewed with no drama, although I swear I heard Fran= k say mischievously, "Heat up the nut with a torch!! LOL".  I was not= under any pharmaceutical influence, honest.  It is just where my head goes when I have a car project.  Anyway the problem was the cork seal for the sending unit and I had filled the tank for the winter a bit too much.  One alarming thing I noticed is fuel had ru= n down the wire from the sending unit and into the bullet connector on the harness.  That is now shrink wrapped.  Point of all this i= s 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!  One person= had the energy to follow through on an idea.  Truly amazing and gives me hope for the future.  Let's take this momentum and Pay It Forward to other endeavors.
Thanks Mark!! PayPal sent.

Dave W
'59 :{)
'59 MGA 1500

"Pay It Forward"










On 4/12/2026 8:47 AM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets wrote:
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.

Wow Bill's hardtop story was so expensive, what an adventure of Spritely money spent for the love of our Spridgets. Wow I never= knew a Bugeye Bonnet can fit into a van as seen in Rick's van, what year & model is that to fit? 

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. 

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 by myself but using a lot of ratchet straps for leverage and hoisting support. I don't know which harddrive has that bonnet picture of Lady Bugs bonnet on my Saturn but it is somewhere and once found I will post it. Now= my daily driver a 1985 Nissan 720 truck I carried  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. 

Enjoy and keep the stories coming,
1962 California Sprite "Pinky" 
Linda

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Urgent need for Lead/Follow/Conga Line Instructors From: Tom Wilcox via Spridgets Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net Hi All- I'm reaching out to solicit help at Driver's School. Our own Charlie Hall has identified an urgent need for more Lead/Follow and Conga Line instructors for Driver's School. Please reach out to Charlie (Charles Hall lll on distribution) if you can be available Friday to support this effort. We all went through Driver's School at some point in our journey and it was only through the great volunteers who support the school that we are where we are now. Please consider "paying it forward" and helping Charlie out. As an aside, we will have eight new Spridget Racers in this year's class. Let's do our best to welcome them and support their racing efforts. Thank-you in advance for your consideration and thank-you to those of you who've already signed on to support. Tom ------------------------ spridgets@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive