[Spridgets] One that got away

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Not my car!
 
 
In a message dated 11/03/2014 15:44:06 GMT Standard Time,  
k8djc at zoominternet.net writes:

Back in  1962 I was in England enjoying driving my new Sprite.  Then I 
found  
out about a chance to enhance its performance.  I drooled over  advertising 
that was being done by Jack Brabham.  For the expenditure  of $1000 he 
would 
install a Coventry Climax engine in  my  Sprite.  The thought of having a 
high performance engine was  intriguing.  Then reality set in.  I had paid 
$1300 for my  Sprite while my Air Force pay check was about $200 a month.  
A  
thousand dollars would have been a big bite.  I also considered  problems I 
would have with maintenance when I went back Stateside.   Ultimately I 
didn't 
pursue the possibility but I still wonder what it  would have been like to 
drive a car with that power plant. 

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