It's (not) a Spridget !

["Daren Stone, D2 Mfg. Engr. C5/6, 5-9521" <DSTONE@SC9.intel.com>]

Christopher Ball writes:

P.S. It's Spriget !

     >>Um, well, not really. Conventionally the term
     "Spridget" was reserved for models of the Sprite/Midget
     family (hence the name :-) that utilised the A-series
     engine (948/1098/1275cc; all Sprites (except for those
     pesky Coventry Climax models), and Midgets up to 1974).
     By the time 1975 rolled around the Sprite had long been
     dropped from the BMC lineup, and the Midget began using
     the Triumph 1500 & associated tranny. Cars from this
     point on were thus called "Spitfidgets". (Did someone
     on this list coin this term ?)

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                    daren