[Spridgets] The Sprite with the Dragon Tatoo

brian S bugeye15 at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 17 10:37:34 MDT 2012


Those aren't louvers,
it's a battery charger sitting on the inner fender.
You can just make out the plastic carry handle in the middle.

I have a similar model charger.

Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!
Thanks to Frank C.!


> From: grday at btinternet.com
>
> The use of pre-shaped louver panels looks rather tacky (the result of a
> raided DIY store), and may be OK for dust entry in the drier parts of the
> world.  In the wetter parts (ours) it does make for considerably more water
> ingress to the engine compartment, it is an additional entry for tinworm.
> Not a favoured mod for me.
>
> Guy R Day
> >
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com>
>
>
> > Looks like he has louvres on the lhs inner wing, interesting idea.
Also,
> > are brakes spelt 'breaks' in the USA or is that a spelling mistake?
> >
> > In a message dated 16/09/2012 23:43:07 GMT Daylight Time,
> > healeyrick at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > Well  this is different:
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-Austin-Healey-Sprite-/200818922550?pt=US
> > _
> > Cars_Trucks&hash=item2ec1bd9436
> >
> >
> > Rick
> > ------------------------


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