Where exactly would one SIT in a Spridget 2-3 feet shorter than stock?
"Elliott, Patrick" wrote:
>
> I was in Barnes and Noble last night and saw a Mini Club Magazine. They had
> a picture of a Mini that someone had shorten the wheelbase on. They called
> it a Stubby. Very cute. I think a sprite with two or three feet out of the
> middle would be very neat. Hard to do, but neat none the less.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Clarici [mailto:spritenut@Exit109.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:38 PM
> To: Charles Christ
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: frank vs. excess luggage
>
> Charles Christ wrote:
> >
> > frank why dont you convert one of those rusty tubs into a matching
> spridget
> > trailer and manufacture a nifty neato little hitch and give it a speedy
> > sprite-o matching spray job to match the tow vehicle.
>
> Maybe after I do the widened, stretched (4 door) dual cowl Spridget.
> Don't laugh, I have been thinking hard about this. I just need 2 of the
> same MK.
> If I make it longer, I would have to make it wider or it would roll
> over.
> Cut them up the middle, use a steel beam in the rockers as a frame, more
> steel under it. The dual cowl comes in for the chauffer up front!
> Some day, maybe after all this college dtuff is paid for.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too many Sprites (again)
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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