[Spridgets] Hemmings Sprite Article

[Linda Grunthaner]

David,
Is that on news stands this month or last?
Lin

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:03 PM, David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine this month...
> As was mentioned earlier, there is an article on a Sprite in Vermont
> with a Jaguar 3.8 in it. FrankenSprite (similar to the Fright of Colin
> Dodds).
>
> Satch Carlson's column is about the demise of Saab. I find his
> concluding paragraph very interesting... As far as he is concerned,
> Saab died when they put the name onto an Oldsmobile Bravada. Very good
> point.
>
> There is also an article about a father/son restoration of a Bugeye. A
> few items of confusion in there, such as the statement that they sent
> the body shell out for painting, etc and worked on the chassis while
> waiting for the shell to come back. Not quite sure how they pulled
> that one off ;-) Another paragraph talks about the car having had some
> kind of factory-installed padding in the boot that they had to
> laboriously scrape off. I don't recall seeing that in Horler; anyone
> know what they are talking about?
> David L
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