[Spridgets] Spring box base plate

Michael Rowe mdrowe at optonline.net
Fri Jun 26 17:31:34 MDT 2009


All right all you nay sayers.  I cleaned out some panel sealer and found one 
side of one BE spring base plate over what appears to be the original floor 
pan, all unmolested.

It was not welded.

There is a small tack weld to the corner of the radius arm bracket only that 
may or may not have been original.  I don't think they are supposed to be 
completely welded, maybe not welded at all.

That said, when the sides of the spring box are gone, the only repair short 
of  complete replacement is to span what is left of the vertical parts with 
a thick plate and weld to it, which is what my PO had done.

Michael Rowe
'74 Midget
'60 Sprite kit
Long Island, NY 


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