[Spridgets] Interesting observation

[Linda Grunthaner]

Wow Frank even you can't salvage it, it must be swiss cheese : ( ......how
sad.
Yes post a picture if you can for all to see.
Lin

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I started dismantling the 63 Sprite that I acquired a few weeks ago,
> It is beyond restoring even by me. But it had a dash, the temp gauge
> works, disc brakes in the front and Bugeye type rear shoes.
> What I noticed while tearing apart the rear suspension was a
> metal/rubber closer plate that sealed the hole where the leaf springs
> come out of the spring perches.
> I never saw these on a Bugeye, and I have replaced the spring boxes on 2
> Bugeyes. But this MKII had them and the spring boxes are perfect. They
> work! The car has no sills, no floors, and even the trunk floor rusted
> into the gas tank but the spring boxes look like new. I never noticed
> these pieces in any catalogs either. I would recommend these parts or
> something similar made out of rubber to shield the dirt and grime from
> getting into the spring hanger boxes.
> Also if anyone wants a really rough MKII shell, come get it or the scrap
> metal man will.
> It is bad, no doors, no fenders, just a tub or what's left of a tub
> after the tin worms had a feast for 20 years.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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