[Spridgets] What is still there?

[Robert Duquette]

So, you're giving up on the idea of buying Bugeyes for parts cars for your 
RWA!!?

>From: "David Lieb" <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
>
>Whilst driving my Midget back to Chicagoland from Mobile, AL on Sunday I 
>was
>thinking about Spridgets and started trying to come up with a list of parts
>that are the same on my RWA Midget as they were on a Bugeye. I am not
>talking about similar or interchangeable, I am talking identical... It is a
>very short list so far.
>
>The engine is larger
>The trans was changed
>The front brakes went to disks
>The rear brakes went to double-acting cylinders
>The diff ratio is different as well as the semi-elliptic housing and the
>hardened axles
>Most of the exterior sheet metal has changed
>Bumpers are different
>Dash is different
>Most of the instruments have changed as well as the switches
>Seats have changed
>Top has changed
>Steering column and wheel are different
>Wiring diagrams bear very little similarity to each other
>Wheels are different
>Front suspension is similar, but there are significant differences in
>kingpins and a-arms
>
>I suppose the wheel bearings and the rear brake shoes are pretty much the
>same?
>
>I guess that if I were trying to create a concours Bugeye, there would not
>be many parts of an RWA that I could use...
>David Lieb
>1972 RWA Midget