With all the Sprite literature out there, I don't recall any period references
to a boot lid prototype. If this was a Healey works job from the Cape, why
would it have made its way to the U.S. rather than remaining in the U.K? It
does look like something professionally done and I wonder if it was something
commissioned by Hambro in the U.S.? It really is a mystery, but even if it's
a rare factory modification, it sure screws up the lines of the Bugeye boot
and wouldn't be something I'd pay a premium for.
Rick
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--- On Wed, 5/25/11, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
From: derf <derf247 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] $1,500 lbs of Rust for $500.
To: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner at gmail.com>
Cc: "Spridgets list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 4:59 PM
I thought it was junk until I saw the inside the boot pics. It looks
factory to me. I'm no expert but if there is no seam then it is
either factory or someone went to way too much trouble to make it look
that way.
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