[Spridgets] 1275 core needed

[David Ambrose]

That sounds interesting. It's an original wire wheel car. We've been 
wanting a weekend in Santa Barbara, though I'm not sure this is what my 
wife had in mind. :-)

On 5/15/2023 1:51 PM, Mike Rambour via Spridgets wrote:
>
>   I am in no need of another car either...but perhaps we could do some 
> creative financing for that '62 and take it apart here at my place in 
> Santa Barbara. I would not mind a good rear axle assembly and some 
> doohickeys here and there from the car to help with my project.  Its 
> not a Spridget but it is now 1098cc Spridget powered.   Only gotcha is 
> my wife will get upset if it sits in the yard a year or 2 :) so we 
> would have to take it apart fairly quickly, like before the next rain 
> season.
>
>  Bonus points if the rear is a original wire wheel rear and not a rear 
> with wire adapters.
>
>    Mike
>
>
> On 5/15/2023 12:38 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets wrote:
>> David,
>>       First of all, where are you located? Second, I have no room for 
>> another Brit car, small or otherwise. I have a two car garage that 
>> houses the Bugeye, a Harley Davidson and a BN2 mid restoration.  
>> There is an MGB GT and a Honda in the driveway.  There just isn't 
>> room for it. My homeowners association would put a lean on my house 
>> if I parked it in the driveway.  Lucky for me a friend has offered a 
>> tired 1275 minus the head (I have two heads rebuilt and ready to 
>> install).  The only logistical problem is I am in Southern California 
>> and he is in the Bakersfield area (Tehachapi) which is a 4 -5 hour 
>> ride one way.  I just got out of the hospital for pneumonia and 
>> sepsis. Not quite 100% yet. I really am not ready for a road trip 
>> just yet. If I could get someone to go with me and share the driving 
>> I would go this week.  Thanks much for the offer, but I can't even 
>> retrieve a free motor just yet.
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>> On Mon, May 15, 2023, 9:24 AM David Ambrose via Spridgets 
>> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>     I have a '62 Sprite with a 1275 that I'm looking to sell for a few
>>     hundred. Not sure you want that many extra parts though.
>>
>>     On 5/4/2023 2:53 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets wrote:
>>     > Anyone near the Southern California area (will travel up to 100
>>     miles)
>>     > have a 1275 sitting on the floor of their garage that they were
>>     going
>>     > to rebuild someday, but it's just gathering dust? Looking to buy a
>>     > 1275 core to rebuild. Really I need mostly a short block, but
>>     whole
>>     > engines are OK. A rod knock in my Bugeye engine means I get to buy
>>     > engine parts all over again after just 3000 miles.
>>     > Mike MacLean
>>     > San Bernardino
>>     > (909) 615-8093
>>
>
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