Larry,
OK on the suspension but now that I found the rubber break line worn I'll do
that first. I'll just take her easy on the turns for the summer. I'll post
the picture of the gal on the book cover today.
Lin
On 6/28/06, Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> No leave the plate there, it looks cool, prolly won't run cool tho ;-)
> Congrats on getting a running Pinky! Have fun for the summer, do the
> suspension in the wnter.
>
> Larry
>
> On Jun 28, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Linda Grunthaner wrote:
>
> Yes it's true Pinky is street legal and I drove her yesterday and will
> again
> today after some tweaking with the blinkers, my arms are getting tired of
> hand signals, don't know how they did it in our grand parents day. Well
> this
> is what I think of my first extended road test/drive. I love the engine
> real
> spunky, yes that's the best way to describe it, spunky. Although I know
> Frank said I need a new front passenger side shock I still didn't feel the
> car stick to the curves like I did on my 68 Spitfire. Now the tires I have
> are new 8yr olds but no Michelin's which is what I put on my Spitfire so
> perhaps new rubber like the Michelin's will make her stick to the corners
> better. Plus I had the Spitfire suspension completely redone costing me a
> small fortune so perhaps I'll start looking into doing the same but this
> time I'll do it myself. Other than that I felt like that gal on the cover
> of
> Jay's book (which I have a copy too) who is racing her red MKII against a
> guy in a green Bugeye.
>http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/<http://home.ix.netcom.com/%7Etype79/>(see
>picture on
> bottom). When I get to work I'll scan the cover and post it on my web site
> so you see what I mean. BTW she was winning ; )
>
> Check out my update pics and yes yes I'm removing the licence plate from
> the
> front of the radiator so she won't over heat : )
> Linda
> 62 California Sprite "Pinky"
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/lgrunthaner/
>
>
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