Hello Spridget friends. I've posted the below on the Spridgets form on
British Car Forum; and just wanted to share with those who don't frequent
that site. We had a fun day! I'm exhausted.
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(From BCF posting)
Whew! It's all over . . . I had a great time! Let's see how many of the
attendees I can remember:
Bill Masquelier
Bill Loeb
Rich Ball
Mike Burkhart
Dave Riker
Rick Bastedo (plus three people and a Toyota)
Chris Karcher
Jean Smith and Alex
Jim Pauley
Tom Jones
. . . plus, I think, a few more.
Things started promptly at 9:00 AM, with doughnuts, work on Rick's
daughter's Toyota (suspension repair), and starting on Rick's Datsun-powered
Midget (converting to a Datsun 5-speed). After the Toyota was finished and
gone, Bill Loeb's Sprite's rear brakes were also worked on. Also in process
was completion of the pumpkin swap on Tom's AH 100. Everything went well
and was finished by 5:00 PM, including cleanup. AND, everyone's car left
under its own power. Bill Loeb even sweet-talked Autosport in Seattle into
opening, so he could buy a new brake adjustment wedge to replace the one (of
the finest British manufacture) that had fallen off his car. I'll bet his
rear brakes work better now!
Lunch was brats/Italian sausage, baked beans (Bill L), potato salad (Rich
B), smoked salmon (Rick B), and Irish Car Bomb cupcakes (Jean S). It was
delicious! Plus we had lots of snacks afterwards. Weather was fun - we had
sun, fierce winds, driving rain, drizzle, clouds, rain and more rain. Did I
mention rain? Fortunately we had room for everyone to work inside.
Dave Riker drove over Snoqualmie Pass (all the way from Wenatchee!) to join
us - it was great to put a face to the name!
Thanks to everyone who came over. Next time, do me a favor and drink more
coffee and beer.
I think pictures will be forthcoming. Now I'm tired, but happy!
From: David Riker [mailto:davriker@nwi.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 6:36 PM
To: Richard Ball; 'Philip Jones'; 'Bill Masquelier';
above_the_line@yahoo.com; chris.castleberry@gmail.com; jpsprite@gmail.com;
'Bill Loeb'; 'William West'; 'William Gilroy'; 'Rick Bastedo'; 'Rich Ball';
'Chris Rae'; 'Chris Karcher'; 'Bob Walker'; 'Jim Pauley'
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: NOSHIT Saturday February 12 Seattle WA
Great day at Phil's house. Much accomplished, except my learning names very
well. I have pictures posted on Webshots :
http://rides.webshots.com/album/579755422IShFSx
If you were there can you tag your photos to help me out? To those who
weren't there, The main project car was a RB Midget with a Nissan
engine/tranny combo in it, that recieved a 5 speed swap in place of the 4
speed, and a rear brake job on a 65 Sprite. I'm sure those brakes will work
better now with the adjuster wedges installed... :-)
Dave Riker
69 Midget
Wenatchee, WA.
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