My '62 Sprite in very close to being on the road after a two year
retrofit. I plan to drive the hell out of it. I commute over a hundred
miles a day so I don't think it would be practical as my commuter, But
on decent weather days it will be driven.
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>From: Editors, Molecular Vision[SMTP:jboatri@emory.edu]
>Reply To: Editors, Molecular Vision
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 8:25 AM
>To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: Daily driver, was: Frank, Say It Ain't So
>
>I agree that many do not use their LBCs as God intended. But, quite a few
>of us do use our spridgets as daily or semi-daily drivers. How about a head
>count? I know Ulix does, I do, are there any others?
>
>I completely agree with you otherwise. Frank helped me a lot with advice on
>brakes and eased me into lbc maintenance in general. I probably would still
>have the car, but I doubt that I'd have it on the road as much if not for
>Frank and a few other people of his caliber on the list. And, I know it
>would not be nearly as much fun.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>At 10:39 AM -0500 3/31/98, Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
>
>
>> I think Frank is a little different than most of us on this list. From
>>what
>> I've gleaned from his posts, he appears to be the only one on this list who
>> attempts to use his LBC's like they were real cars. Most of us have real
>> cars that we rely on for the mundane chores involved with living in a
>>modern
>> society. Most of us don't have what it takes to try and maintain our LBC(s)
>> as primary transportation. If we did, I doubt we would have lasted near as
>> long as Frank has, I know I would be totally nuts by now. I admire him for
>> his tenacity and for his obvious love of the cars. I truly hope he cools
>> down and reconsiders before it's too late. Without people like Frank LBC's
>> are one step closer to extinction.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> At least keep a bugeye and buy your wife the M3 or better yet, a Boxster.
>>
>> Larry Miller (millerls@msn.com)
>> 59 Bugeye (Under Construction)
>> 60 Bugeye (Undergoing 5-Speed Transplant)
>> 78 911 SC (Faster than a Bugeye but not as much fun)
>
>
>Jeff Boatright Sprite MkIII __o_\__
>http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/
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