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To: Spridgets@autox.team.net, midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com,
Subject: Front bumper, front license plate
From: b-evans@earthlink.net
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:48:33 -0700
Back in the Mesozoic Era, most of us removed our Bugeye front bumper (we 
called them an "amputation bar"), and with it the front license plate.  
No big problem back in the early 60's, because many states did not 
require either.  Although later California required a front license, I 
didn't worry because I either had press photographer license plates, or 
was a cop.  After 1972, California required a front bumper if it the 
vehicle was originally equipped with one, but it might be possible to 
tell a cop that the cars were not originally equipped with a bumper.  It 
is even possible to back that up with a Xerox copy of one of the 
original English road tests that said the bumper was an option. 

The license issue was always a more difficult one, but I have now solved 
that problem.  When the Sprite was first produced in England, a license 
plate holder that bolted to the bonnet, just below the grille.  I 
finally ordered one from AH Spares ( XOBP109  PLINTH-number plate 
mounting)   Looks great and meets the license plate needs just fine.

Buster Evans




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