I recently did some work in the floor area of my Bugeye restoration on the
driver's side. I reinstalled the "dipper" switch with the original cardboard
piece. Although it is now 40 years old, and faded there seems to be a reddish
orange tint in a few spots on one side. No idea the original shade of red, but
from the looks of it a dull orange-red color. I had to replace the floor
because
somebody obviously left the top off when it rained so water may have faded the
cardboard also.
Mike Maclean-60 Sprite
P.S. Someone somewhere has an original piece of cardboard, never installed.
Keep
checking EBAY, maybe you'll find one for 100 bucks. ;^)
type79@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Well,
> That could be, but in all of my experience, I have only seen tannish cardboard
> and never red.
> Jay Fishbein
>
> "Hanna, Mark" wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob ,
> > The "Sprite Concours Standards" is where I read that this piece was red in
> > colour.
> > Mark Hanna
> > AN5
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bob Brown [SMTP:rcbrown@lucent.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 8:20 PM
> > > To: Hanna, Mark
> > > Subject: Re: High beam dip switch
> > >
> > > Mark,
> > > If you are restoring to such standards, you should probably have
> > > copy of the Sprite Concours Standards. They can be ordered for
> > > $25 from: Walt Blanck, 443 E. Pine Lake Circle, Vernon Hills,IL
> > > 60061.
> > >
> > > Walt's email address is: wblanck@mc.net
> > >
> > > Both the address and email are new, others may have given you different
> > > info, I'm the membership person for our local club and just got these
> > > new addresses last week.
> > > Bob Brown
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Hanna, Mark" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As I restore each part of my Bugeye, one by one, I like to check the
> > > > originality standards . It's not that my car will be absolutely factory
> > > > standard. Far from it ! It's just that when I do deviate from the
> > > standard I
> > > > want it to be deliberate. I've seen too many Sprites put together very
> > > > haphazardly. I've heard it said that God lives in the details. Besides I
> > > > think it will make for a more interesting car. Anyway , I'm restoring
> > > the
> > > > "High beam dip switch" presently, and the concourse standards say that
> > > the
> > > > fiber board (cardboard) insulator that goes between the dip switch
> > > mounting
> > > > plate and floor board (Toe Board) was painted red. Red ? What general
> > > shade
> > > > of red ? Glossy or flat ? Have any of you folks seen this red part ?
> > > Just
> > > > how red is it ?
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Mark Hanna
> > > > AN5
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