Saw a car shipped to Hawaii with the Heater deleted and the oil cooler on
the self forward of the Radiator and aft of the grill... I think it was a
Mk III but I am not sure...
Keith Turk BN2, BJ8, AN5, AN9
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> From: Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D. <pauld@ekpc.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Oil Cooler Placement
> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 9:27 AM
>
> List,
>
> Would members of the List mind suggesting where I should place a 13
> row oil cooler from an MGB into my '66 Sprite? The Sprite has been
> fitted with a 1275 and a crossflow radiator.
>
> My friend Peter Samaroo has been helping me on weekends perform a
> nearly comprehensive mechanical restoration - no tranny or block
> work. There has been a lot of interest by the List in following
> Phillip's restoration work. Would anyone care to hear about what
> Peter and I have been doing and encountering? Some of it has not
> been pretty. Thank God for Peter's and Al Fisher's parts cars!
>
> I had no idea how many parts are/were missing from my car until I
> spent a week at SpriteRush '98 and saw so many beautiful cars. I may
> have had the sorriest looking car but at least I got to go. Allow me
> to brag and mention that my bucket-of-bolts took first place in the
> autotest event. I don't think Al will ever be the same after
> surviving our trip to Gettysburg and back - something about a loose
> (very loose) front end and temperatures exceeding 220 degrees. All
> of this while I was trying to keep up with Frank and his green
> rocket.
>
> Thanks in advance for the advise on my oil cooler placement problem.
> Paul
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> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
> Lexington, KY
> '66 A/H Sprite MKIII: HAN8l-59017
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