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Re: Gift Sprite made it home (no trailer)

To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Gift Sprite made it home (no trailer)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:55:25 -0500
References: <20010212035832.27873.qmail@web1106.mail.yahoo.com> <3A8771FC.6976@ptd.net>
When the dust settles how about posting the list of
consumables......fuel, oil, spares and beer.

----- Original Message -----
From Valentine <valntine at ptd.net>
To: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Gift Sprite made it home (no trailer)


> Frank, Ron, Peter and List,
>
> The whole concept of this voyage is imbeded with the things youth is
> made of!!
>
> If I didn't know the ages of these three "boys"...  I would say they
> were 16 or 17 year olds - Best friends, set out on an adventure
> comprised of the importance and urgency one has only with youth.  A
trip
> with a mission, a goal, that need not be understood by anyone but
the
> participants.
>
> Peter, Ron and Frank, you are indeed lucky, to have made such good
> friends!!
>
> List, - We are in good company here!!!
>
> Kevin V.
> (Envious, and very glad to see such things are still possible
today!)
>
>
>
> Ron Soave wrote:
> >
> > List
> >
> > Frank posting from Ron's House not far from Peter's
> > house.
> >
> > The 1967 Sprite given to Peter C made it all the way
> > on it's own from Toms River, NJ to Roscoe, IL.
> > Peter drove home in a real car from Ron's. I have the
> > pleasure of driving it the last hour to Madison, WI
> > tomorrow.
> > We did shared the driving time 3 ways, we did have a
> > minor steering rack problem 10 miles from my house,
> > after a 3 hour rack rebuild, we were back on the road.
> > And another "burp" in Ohio where we just readjusted
> > the points and went happily on our way, and a bad
> > rocker bushing that Ron has the parts for to make it
> > perfect for tomorrow's last leg.
> > The speedometer quit but it may have had something to
> > do with Ron trying to hit 100mph, now it's stuck on
> > 100 mph!! ( NOTE FROM RON:  I'm having the Speedo
> > bronzed as proof)
> > (Frank again) Who was saying no 1275 stock sprite ever
> > hit 100 mph? remember this is a stock 67 Sprite, no
> > rebuild, no rebuild carbs, just a tune up and then a
> > 1000 mile drive (ANOTHER NOTE FROM RON - even the
> > hoses were original!!!  65 psi hot oil pressure start
> > to finish, never above 160 deg F coolant temp, started
> > 1st shot this AM in Pittsburgh, 20 degrees, and we
> > never went less than 65 MPH the whole way, even in the
> > Red Roof Inn parking lot). We were getting on the road
> > when we heard Three Rivers Stadium being imploded a
> > few miles from the hotel parking lot.  The sound of a
> > large explosion can be very alarming to those of us
> > driving British cars 500 miles from home... back to
> > Frank-  )
> > The car has been stored since 1973.
> > And yes, we did a speedometer calibration check a few
> > times at various speeds along the way. Both the BMW
> > and the Sprite read the same at 65, 70, 80, & 90 mph.
> > All in all, a great Sprite Adventure. 3 friends who
> > met on this list.
> >
> > Oh yeah, they talked me into coming along for the
> > trip.
> > They really had to twist my arm.

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