Lest we get confused, the listing from Girling only showed front discs
and
rear drums. No mention of rear discs that I could see. (interesting though,
the pads for the Sprite are the same as the Elan rear.)
My head hurts.... Peter C
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At 10:44 AM 3/12/99 , William, Roger wrote:
>You could order a Bugeye Sprite with 4 wheel disc brakes. You could also
>order a conversion from the factory. I have found that in the SCCA rules of
>the period, that they did indeed allow HP Sprites to run with a Factory
>conversion 4 wheel disc set-up. Most of the guys of the period who raced
>Sprites did so because they were poor and the cars were cheap. As a result,
>if one could afford the price of the conversion they usually had enough
>bucks to buy and drive a faster car. Remember, for not much more money you
>could get a really fast Lotus 7 or Lotus Elite. I have never seen one of
>these Sprite set-ups but have know guys who raced then and they told me they
>saw them.
>That is my two cents.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter C. [SMTP:nosimport@mailbag.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 10:09 AM
> To: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com; Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter
>Westcott
> Cc: Spridget List
> Subject: Re: factory discs?
>
> Herb,
> If you insist, my pant legs are rolled up.
> This information comes from Girling who manufactured the
>disc brake parts
> themselves in their 1960 onwards applications catalog for the
>aftermarket.
> "Austin Healey Super Sprite (Factory Conversion) 1959-1961"
> That is the heading at the top of a column that lists part numbers
>for
> front pads and rear shoes. Of particular note is that ALL of the
>hydraulic
> parts both brake and clutch are of GIRLING manufacture for the above
> application. Separate brake and clutch masters, etc. There is no
>indication
> of any LOCKHEED parts as were used on the majority (dare I say all?)
>of
> Spridgets. Now realize that just because it is listed in this book
>does not
> mean that it ever made it to production... there are numerous cases
>where
> this happened.
> There.......... perhaps that was diving rather than wading?
> Trying to help Peter C
>
>SNIP WHACK LOP <
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