[Spridgets] Carlisle import show

bmwwxman bmwwxman at gmail.com
Tue May 14 14:57:28 MDT 2019


We'll pause to say an Ave for y'all at Carlisle.  Maybe once "Frank" is
finished we'll see about coming "down east".

On Tue, May 14, 2019, 3:24 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I wish I could be there.  I was a five yearly event for me.  I remember
> see the small race-type alternator on Frank's green Bugeye in 98 and
> thinking I've got to get something like that.  Nothing like that was
> available until I helped Cambridge Motorsport develop one (moveable backing
> plate and several test fits on my car to then get a productionised one
> made.  Then there was the year Alan found me a 1275 Spridget flywheel in a
> bin - it came back to the UK with me and I'm not sure where it is now.
> From the same bin came a cast iron thermostat housing - not sure why anyone
> that doesn't have the air pump still uses the iron housing - it went on to
> fame but not fortune being featured in at least 2 editions of a certain
> Spridget book.  I still have it.
>
> Saw a lot of straw at Carlisle but no animals eating it.
>
> My budget was always tight and a seminar helped pay the bills.  I think it
> was Alan who asked one year how many seminar went to which I replied 'who
> cares they've paid me and that's the most important thing!'
>
> Hope you all have a great time.
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:16 PM Alan via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> I can fondly recall preparing weeks before the Carlisle show looking
>> forward to
>> Setting up a booth and then the hourly walk arounds partly to socialize,
>> partly to covertly rummage for more parts. Anticipating the weather
>> wildcard.
>> Then gathering for lunch at the food concession area. Later to settle on
>> a dinner place and enjoy staging our cars outside and answering curious
>> onlookers questions.
>> Frank, Biff, Kevin, Chuck, Rick, Franky, Rob, Linda and several others I
>> have
>> Probably forgot about. But all of us made it a great yearly event.
>> My last few trips saw less and less vendors, fewer hobbyists, and a
>> constant
>> struggle to maintain our own Import Show identity.
>> The 7% sales tax slapped on didn't help either
>> I read Bud's post and can relate completely.
>> Just wanted to add my .02 worth about this coming weekend in Pennsylvania.
>> Alan
>>
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