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RE: Rookie Mistakes

To: "'Bert Kleinschmidt'" <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: Rookie Mistakes
From: Dave Formstone <dformsto@compusmart.ab.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 18:50:07 -0700
Cc: "'Sprite list'" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: Dave Formstone <dformsto@compusmart.ab.ca>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Thanks for the measurement Bert I will check it out ASAP.
This one will go into my technical library of "net Sridget info" for future 
reference.
Dave Formstone
1960 Bugeye 


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From:  Bert Kleinschmidt[SMTP:kleinschmidt@earthlink.net]
Sent:  February 14, 1998 1:43 AM
To:  'spridgets@autox.team.net'
Subject:  RE: Rookie Mistakes

Dave,

I went out and measured the frame rails on my 69 Sprite body (which happens to 
be sitting on its side in my garage right now).  The rails rise about three 
quarters (3/4) of an inch at the front from where they would be if they were 
straight and parallel with the bottom of the car.

I too almost straightened them.  I didn't see the creasing in the other parts 
of the front frame structure that would have had to accompany such bending-and 
then I checked my other two ongoing Sprite/Midget projects and they all had the 
upward sweep of the rails (though I haven't measured to determine if they are 
all exactly the same).   I decided it must be intentional.

Bert Kleinschmidt
59, 65, 69 Spridgets

-----Original Message-----
From:   Dave Formstone [SMTP:dformsto@compusmart.ab.ca]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 11, 1998 7:49 PM
To:     'Frank Clarici'
Cc:     'Sprite list'
Subject:        RE: Rookie Mistakes

Frank regarding the front rails do you know how much they rise from the 
horizontal. I thought mine was bent too, maybe it isn't? Sure glad I read this 
before I went off to the body shop to get it straightened. 
Dave Formstone
1960 Bugeye
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