It looks like your car was built sometime in August of 66. Your engine should
have a 10 CC prefix on it as well, if it is the original. The rust on your A
pillars, is repairable. Hell, all rust is repairable, if you have the money or
time to throw at it. If you will order the catalogs I recommended, they offer a
patch panel for those, for $5.95. If it is too far advanced the larger
replacement part is $19.95. Also, open the door, and try and raise it up and
push it down. Usually, when it rusts there, it weakens your lower hinge point on
your doors. This will help determine the extent of your damage in that area. If
your hinge point is compromised, that part is $29.95. I am willing to bet that
if you order any significant quantity of items, the three vendors I mentioned in
the other post may do you a better price.
I would also like to suggest you get a list of things you KNOW you need, and
start perusing eBay and collect them as they show up. Once you get going, you
may not have the patience to wait for them to show up then. While you are on
eBay, do a search in title and description, using the words "Terry Horler". He
wrote what many consider to be the definitive book on Sprites and Midgets. That
is where I got your month of production from. I sincerely advise you to get a
copy of this book. It covers all changes on all spridgets by chassis # and
engine #, and gives you some good photos of cars to use as a reference.
Brad
"Michael W. Jose" wrote:
> Firstly, thanks to all the replies I got in a couple of hours on the car,
> there were a lot of replies so I will just talk back to the list. Firstly,
> the car does not run, has no interior, lots of little missing parts (door
> handles and the like). My plan of action is to try to wire it up enough to
> see if I can get the engine to run, and then take the engine out to redo the
> body work. I need to check out the few spots of rust first. Is a spridget
> worth keeping if the two posts between the doors and front wings are rusted
> at all? What determines the severity of the damage? I'm just curious to see
> what I should see. I didn't have any rust at all on my B, so it's a new
> problem (of course my falcon had fred flintstone floors, but that's another
> story).
> I did some research on the car number HAN8L 63417 makes it a Mk. III Sprite,
> does it not? I'll find more numbers as I have more time, but an earlier car
> is better in AZ, because the emissions laws are enforced only on 67 and
> newer, as far as I know.
> More as it develops.....
> Thanks again
> Mike Jose
> Chandler AZ
> 79 B
> 6(5?6?) Sprite, beginning the long journey
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