[Spridgets] "Original Sprite & Midget" by Terry Horler

[Jay Fishbein]

My problem with Horler's book is that people ignore other sources and treat it as the "bible". It is a very good book in many respects, but if one is interested in originality, it should be used in conjunction with other materials including previous books on Sprites and Midgets, factory publications, parts manuals as well as period pictures and original cars.

PS And Frank, you left out the pic in Horler's book of the car with the mis-matched set of front fenders.

Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT

--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Frank <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Frank <spritenut at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] "Original Sprite & Midget" by Terry Horler
To: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 2:34 PM

Dean Hedin wrote:
> 
> I am also curious as to any other errors that others may have discovered in this book.

There are a few errors.
One of the pictures has the air filters on upside down, the drain holes are on top.
I saw a Midget at a show with these holes up and pointed it out to the owner when he blasted me with
quotes from Horler's book.
Of course I could be wrong in thinking the DRAIN holes belong on the bottom of the filter canisters.
All the filters I have took off had the drain holes on the bottom.
There are a few other minor mistakes in the book that pop up from time to time.