My first Bugeye came with wide white walls. There is a picture from 1964
located at
http://ado13.com/images/FirstBugeye.jpg
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From "mark.endicott" <endicott at nashville.com>
To: "James Algar" <JamesA@HI-TORQUE.com>; <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: White wall tires
> Funny you should mention white walls, last month I was visiting my Mother
> and I found a box of old 35mm slides of my 62 Sprite that were taken in
> 1963. I didn't remember that it had white walls but it did, big wide
white
> ones. Since it only had 1800 miles on it when I bought it I am sure that
> the tires were original.
>
> Mark
> 70 Midget
> Nashville
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Algar" <JamesA@HI-TORQUE.com>
> To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:32 PM
> Subject: White wall tires
>
>
> > I was going through some old snapshots of my '69 Sprite, taken shortly
> after
> > I bought it new, and they confirmed a memory of mine; that, as purchased
> > from the dealer (University Imports in Riverside, California), the car
> came
> > with (thin) whitewall tires! I'm assuming they were factory Dunlops
(can't
> > see the dealer bothering to de-mount the delivered tires) but I'm
willing
> to
> > be corrected. Can anybody on the list help out with this? Not that many
> of
> > you are driving Spridgets bought new, but maybe someone has original ads
> or
> > dealer brochures?
> >
> > Wondering,
> >
> > Jim Algar
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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