[Spridgets] Fwd: Holy Sprite, where is it now?

[Michael MacLean]

Thanks for the info.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:59 AM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sprinzel's Sprite was sold by him to Brett Parchett on Oahu and later sold
> to Reid Trummel, editor of the *Healey Marque.* He recently sold it on
> BaT:
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-austin-healey-bugeye-sprite-4-2/
>
> Aloha,
> HealeyRick
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Isn't John Sprinzel's Bugeye with the fender beading removed floating
>> around somewhere out there in Hawaii too?
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:37 PM David Woerpel via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry Michael if you got this twice.  About the leak...sounds like you
>>> need an O.S.H.I.T. gathering!!  :-()
>>>
>>> Mahalo for responding.  Great to hear from you and the Sprite is still
>>> Spritely.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dave W.
>>> '59 :{)
>>> '59 MGA 1500
>>> Waukesha WI
>>>
>>> "Pay It Forward"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/27/2024 4:11 PM, HealeyRick via Spridgets wrote:
>>>
>>> I got in touch with Mike Rowe through the British Car Club of Hawaii.
>>> Here's his update
>>>
>>> Aloha,
>>> HealeyRick
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: Michael Rowe <mdrowe.hi at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 7:13 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Holy Sprite, where is it now?
>>> To: HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Holy Sprite is alive and almost well in Honolulu, where it is our
>>> daily driver. It has a permanent leak from the timing cover that we have
>>> been unable to fix with several tries.  It was off the road for a while
>>> needing a Datsun speedometer pinion, which I ended up switching with one
>>> from my spare transmission. Now the spare needs the pinion (Green, 16
>>> teeth). Anyone need a Datsun 210 transmission with dead pinion?
>>>
>>> The car is a rarity here and gets lots of comments from nostalgic
>>> passersby.
>>>
>>> Mona & Michael Rowe
>>>
>>> [image: 37B77FCB-519C-4A33-998D-6E92B29EF654_1_105_c.jpeg]
>>>
>>> On Mar 26, 2024, at 8:10 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
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