Leo,
No, they are not the same. (The size is the same, but the patterns are
different. The Sprites have a ribbed pattern while the Midgets have a
"splatter" type pattern.) However, you may be in luck as there was an ad
in "Practical Classics" several months ago by a company making the Sprite
rubber floors. I don't remember the name of the company or which issue it
was in because all my cars are Midgets and I didn't pay too much attention
to it. I do remember that it was a company in England, though.
Good Luck,
Bob
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> From: Speichinger, Leo (LDSP) <LDSP@chevron.com>
> To: 'Bob Wiedemeyer' <boxweed@thebest.net>
> Subject: RE: Rubber Floors for Mark I Midgets
> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 11:57 AM
>
> Hi Bob: Do you know if they are the same as the ones in a MK1 sprite
> (Bugeye) and are you going to be able to do them in the different
colors???
> Let me know as I would be interested in 2 sets if so.
>
> Leo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Wiedemeyer [SMTP:boxweed@thebest.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 1:52 PM
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Rubber Floors for Mark I Midgets
> >
> > I've found a rubber manufacturer who can make exact copies of the
original
> > rubber floor coverings for '61 and '62 Mark I Midgets, using a near
> > perfect
> > original set from one of my Mark I's that I provided him to use as a
> > template. The molds will cost somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000 to
> > make. Before I tell him to go ahead and make the molds (I have 5 Mark
I
> > Midgets that all need these floors), I'd like to find out if anyone is
> > interested in buying a set of these rubber floors (assuming the quality
is
> > excellent) to spread the high cost of these molds over a greater number
of
> > people. Let me know if you have any interest in a set of these floors.
> > The cost per set will depend on how many sets are made, but I would
guess
> > it would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 to $500 if about 40
to
> > 50 sets are made, and $200 to $300 if 80 to 100 sets are made. Each
set
> > would include the original 5 pieces.
> >
> > Bob W.
> > boxweed@thebest.net
> >
> >
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