[Spridgets] Old guys

[Bob Spruck]

I'm 74. Solved the problem by getting a Bugeye with the rare Donald 
Healey factory race team hardtop (it's 2" taller) and converting to a 
13" steering wheel.

Bob Spruck
Sharpsburg, GA


On 3/28/2018 2:03 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets wrote:
> Back when I was 20 and I had my first Bugeye I could easily get in or 
> out with the factory hardtop on the car.  I am 67 now and a few pounds 
> heavier.  I restored a factory hardtop for my present Bugeye, but I 
> had to sell it because it is impossible for me to get in or out with 
> that ever shrinking opening.
> Mike MacLean
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>     On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:02 AM, Allen Hefner via Spridgets
>     <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>     I seem to have trouble both ways! It may also be related to a few
>     too many extra cheese steaks.
>
>     Allen Hefner
>     Norristown, PA
>     /Current:/
>     2016 Subaru outback somewhere
>     2006 Chebbie
>     /Former:/
>     1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
>     1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
>     1964 VW Type I
>     1967 VW Type II
>     1967 Rover 2000TC
>     1977 MG Midget (Sniff!)
>
>     On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Comcast 2 <oldsaabguy at concast.net
>     <mailto:oldsaabguy at concast.net>> wrote:
>
>         Hah!
>
>         As long as the hard top is off its still easy!  Maybe you were
>         thinking getting OUT of a Spridget.  Impossible with any grace.
>
>         Lester
>
>
>         On Mar 26, 2018, at 9:51 AM, Allen Hefner via Spridgets
>         <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>>
>         wrote:
>
>>         I'm only 68. Does that count?
>>
>>         I hear that MJB is going to start and OF e-mail list so we
>>         can all complain about how hard it is to get in a Spridget.
>>
>>         Allen Hefner
>>         Norristown, PA
>>         /Current:/
>>         2016 Subaru outback somewhere
>>         2006 Chebbie
>>         /Former:/
>>         1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
>>         1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
>>         1964 VW Type I
>>         1967 VW Type II
>>         1967 Rover 2000TC
>>         1977 MG Midget
>>
>>
>>         On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Billy Zoom via Spridgets
>>         <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>             Who on this list is under 50? Who’s under 65 besides Soave??
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