[Spridgets] Lowest Sprite Vin

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Sun Oct 26 00:21:51 MDT 2008


As someone mentioned, all English cars had them in the 40s through 60s. Its
a left over from the Blitz. When I lived in England in the 60s many cars
still drove without headlights at night. They'd got into that habit during
the war and it just continued. In fact, most cars and motorcycles of the 50s
and 60s in Europe that I remember had those lights. You used to park along a
street at night and leave those lights on overnight. My old 1946 MG TC had a
little light that hung off the corner of the windscreen and plugged into the
cigar lighter (aftermarket!). My Norton had a small bulb in both the
headlamp and the tail lamp which turned on with a special ignition switch
position. Just a slight glow really. Not much light at all. My recently
restored 1964 BMW R60/2 also has that switch position and special little
bulbs.I was never really sure what these lights were for but "when in
Rome"....  Perhaps some of our Brit buddies can enlighten...

Cheers!!
Jim

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> rrengineer @dslextreme.com wrote:
>
>> Anyone know what the lowest Sprite vin number car is in the US, in
>> existence?  Another thing, was there anything special about the headlights
>> imported on the very first Bugeyes sent to the US?  The head light on the
>> Bugeye in quest are Lucas bulbs, but appear to have a small parking light
>> inside the bulb below the light element.  It's like a smaller bulb in a
>> round hole.
>>
>>
>
> I have those headlamps in a couple of my Sprites but I picked them up when
> I was over in England.
> City lights as they are called over here. Just a small bulb like a parking
> lamp inside the headlamp bulb.
> As for one of the lowest cars, Alan Fisher has #5?? Maybe even 50? I know
> it's very low.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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Cheers!!
Jim


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