<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Still very much here. I still have 3 Spridgets, and nary a day goes by where I don't turn wrenches on them. I started yesterday with a conversation about transmissions with Duane "Ottie" Ottness, was at Chuck Johnson's making parts after work, reassembling the front end after dinner and ended the day at 11 pm with a call from Tom Colby about bump steer on my race Sprite. I'm headed to Florida soon to finish doing the clutch on the Midget I keep there that I bought from former lister Larry Cogan, a car that was worked on prior to me by Kevin Valentine and Frank. It had been flawless for 17 years.</div><div><br></div><div>Things change. The mechanics of this list that were annoying (timing of messages, prior inability to attach photos, server reliability) were addressed by social media platforms. I actually started the facebook Spridget page, and it is quite active. It is NOT the same, not event a feint copy of this list. There are some young people there. Like Willie Sutton, if you want to steal money you need to rob a bank. </div><div><br></div><div>Tim Michnay and I work on Spridgets each Tuesday night at my place. Lynette cooks a mean meal for us, we occasionally get guests, and by 9 pm the wrenches are down and the beers are hoisted. The constant through it all has been the love of the cars and the friendships that change yet stay the same. The Spridget thing is not going to dwindle in my lifetime for me.</div><div><br></div><div>chuck has taken Frank's "Beast" Spridget to save it from the crusher. If we all long for things the way they used to be, let's all chip in and get the thing built. Between Kevin and I we have most of what is needed parts-wise, but it would be great if we all helped. Let's get chuck set up with parts and then have a couple of BeastSHITs and get 'er done. Who's up for it? </div><div><br></div><div>I'm 52 and that means shit to me. I'm just getting started. </div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd0b7ac9signature">Ron Soave <br>Roscoe, IL <br>"It only goes one way." - P. Asgeirsson<br>"Pay it forward." - F. Clarici III</div></div>
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On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 4:43:05 PM CDT, John Farley via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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