From: Adrian Dix-Dyer <dixie4@wales.freeserve.co.uk>
>The later Sprites used a Spitfire 1500 engine so they must be good.
The Spitfidget. The engine and transmission was Spitfire. The chassis was
Spridget, but had been jacked up to make way for the cat con. The round
wheel-arches lately used were changed back to the earlier square type both
to strengthen the body for the support of the rear porno-bumper and because
the round one looked silly towering above the rear wheel.
They were not called "Sprites". By 1975, all the cars were MG Midgets.
Donald Healey's association with BLMC had ended, and Healey was busy with
Lotus engines in Jensen chassis.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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