[Spridgets] Spring box base plate

Trevor Jessie trevor.jessie at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 12:09:20 MDT 2009


Mine were welded as well (three spot welds, and the lip of the spring box).

Trevor jessie

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Larry Miller<millerls at ado13.com> wrote:
> All 3 of my Bugeyes are welded. I've owned one of them since 1966 and it's
> welded.
>
> Larry Miller
>
> On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:12 AM, Michael Rowe wrote:
>
>> My BE spring box base plate is welded to the floor pan (actually, to a
>> patch) which will be a pain to get out.  Frank says he has never seen one
>> that was not welded to the floor pan.
>>
>> They do not look like they should be welded except maybe to prevent water
>> intrusion into the spring box.  I have seen two pictures online in which
>> they were not obviously welded and a statement that they are often welded
by
>> amateurs, making them difficult to remove.
>>
>> Does anyone have one that is not welded?  That would seem to indicate that
>> they were not welded at the factory.
>>
>> Michael Rowe
>> '74 Midget
>> '60 Sprite kit
>> Long Island, NY


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