Robert Bruce Evans wrote:
> Brian wrote: Correct heater valve knob, correct color.
>
> Gas cap was painted body color, as it should be.
>
> This has often been the subject of discussion, but there is simply no
>contemporary evidence that ANY Sprite came with a painted gas cap, Horlers
>assertion (p. 16) to the contrary. Yes, I remember that some people painted
>them to match the car, just as a girlfriend painted my hubcaps' AH with her
>red fingernail polish. Certainly, my #26892 came with a chrome gas cap. And
>when Frank and I visited the BMIHT headquarters in May, the chaps there told
>us they came with a chrome gas cap. Finally, all of the gas caps shown in
>Clausanger are chrome.
>
> "Sliding pane side curtains introduced #8283 (Dec. 58)"
>
> But the sliding side curtains were an option that was available ONLY with the
>hardtop which was made available after the Team Sprite car was built. Indeed,
>the hardtop sliding side curtains did not work well with a soft top, and
>continually allowed water in. The side curtain on the Team Sprite car was a
>later after-market version developed by the company, and can be identified by
>the rubber seal that extended over the door.
>
> Hopefully, Jay can add more regarding the originality issues.
>
> Buster Evans
Not to start a week long thread here, but in redoing the Bugeye #17606
(1959), I went through 3 layers of paint before I got to the original
Leaf Green. The bonnet hinges had remained green and behind the door
and cockpit panels AND the under side of the gas cap which has the name
/Westwood/ and the patent number. Can anyone verify that Westwood was
the original "brand"?
Dave
59 :{)
59 MGA 1500
05 MCS
Burlington WI
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