I never would have believed it!
I was just at my local 'pick'n pull' yard a few weeks ago and saw an XJ-6
there.
I remember looking at the motor thinking, 'wow that's big'. I guess it goes to
show 'where there's a will there's a way.
Hey Crash, how about if you come down an we pull all the running gear off that
car??? I'm sure it would be more challenging than the 5-speed conversion ;-)
- Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye, with a measly 1275)
San Jose, CA
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Re: Jag-engined Bugeye (was Road and Track 100 Best Cars)
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:21:14 +1100
>From: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
>Reply-To: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
>To: "J & L Armour" <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>,
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>References: <385568D2.161A@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
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>I have a few photos of this car at
>http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg/cars/fright.htm
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>These photos were taken at the Sprite annual gathering in Goulburn last
>Easter.
>
>Mike
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "J & L Armour" <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
>To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 1999 8:44
>Subject: Road and Track 100 Best Cars
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>>
>> Australia must rate at the top the automotive world.We have a Bug Eye
>> Sprite fitted with a Jag. engine unbelievable but true.I saw this wild
>> gadget with my own eyes back in the 70's When I first overheard the
>> previous owner talking to a group of British sports cars owners of a car
>> fitted with an independant rear end,in-board disc brakes,an 8 inch or
>> was it 10 inch drive shaft,clutch and transmission by David Brown and
>> twin cam Jag engine I had no idea it was all contained within (a well
>> chosen description) a mk 1 Sprite. The only external give away of
>> something unusual was the shock absorber mounts protruding through the
>> body work behind the cockpit. Recently this car has been brought into
>> the Sydney based Sprite car club and I believe it will be seen in public
>> more often. Joe
>>
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