[Spridgets] A Sunday with Frankie

Wed Mar 7 08:08:52 MST 2018

Wow being at Frank's for some work on Holy Sprite was and still is the most
memorable event to this day. Frank had a way of getting people together and
orchestrating an epic event big or little project was like attending an Ivy
League College and getting an A+ on your first exam. I regained my car
confidence because of Frank and many others here. The look on Father Jacks
face when he drove off in the Holy Sprite put a tear in your eye. How is
the Holy Sprite these days, does Michael Rowe still own it? Sorry I'm not
on this group list a lot these last few years, I've been busy with my early
Split Screen VW bus.

BTW Chuck if you ever join Facebook I belong to the group Aermacchi Buy,
Sell, Trade. Great group loads of parts. I'll own one when I get tired of
my bigger beemer.
Linda
62 Sprite "Pinky"

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 5:08 AM, Ron Corry via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hi Nory,
> If I lived closer to you, I would be interested...
> Am sorry to hear about your back. I hope you are not in pain and can deal
> with life without active Sprite involvement.
>
> Hey, I too still have the Holy Sprite T-shirt that Frank sent to me after
> a treasured memory of meeting the Clarici family in Toms River.
>
> Hi Chuck,
> Do you remember meeting me at Watkins Glen?
> You are correct about this list and its wonderful posts over the years.
> Sadly, things change and we must adapt.
>
> So, I'm focused on Sprite 60. Have the ferry booked for the AHC UK bash on
> 20th May and, when funds allow, I will be booking to go to the MASC UK bash
> in August.
> My '59  got rear disks last year and is about to receive new rubber on 14"
> wires and a brake servo.
> Along with 2-sp wipers and 2-sp heater. Plus el rad fan, air horn and a
> load of other wiring and cosmetic "improvments"! (No originalty here)
> All the best to you guys and Linda (pink Sprite?).
> I've had some personal trouble in the past, but reading this list has
> always kept me sane and amused. Thanks again.
> Ron... in Ireland.
> "Oggibip" 1275; 5-sp; 3.9; ww; all disks; fibre front.
> I paid £35 for this car in 1974, and I carefully kept NO record of what I
> have lovingly spent on her since.
> Those of you who keep a Mistress will recognise this "forgetfulness" as a
> worthwhile condition.
> R.
>
> On Wed 7 Mar 2018, 06:02 nory1--- via Spridgets, <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The one and only time I met Frank was when he was working on the "Holy
>> Sprite" (I still have that t-shirt). I flew in and bought (and drove home
>> to Buffalo) the Padre's old Midget. I met a number of other members of the
>> list that day too ...  what a comaraderie the list had back then!
>>
>> That car is now looking for a new home, as a back injury a couple years
>> ago has left me barely able to get into it, and even less able to work on
>> it anymore. Anybody want to own a piece of list history?
>>
>> -Nory
>>
>>
>> ---- "crusaderchuck55 at aol.com via Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     I had the pleasure of being in New Jersey on Sunday spending some
>> time rummaging through his fathers parts collection.   We spent some time
>> discussing the lack of spirited list conversations compared to 20 years
>> ago.  A number of noteable names were discussed.  I'm now realising why the
>> list seems so quiet.  Quite a few of the people we discussed have passed
>> away. Frankie reads things posted here .  I told him I miss rants like
>> "donkey dung fired Chinese forges making moss repros".  Or "crap harbor
>> freight knock off tools that fail in a day at a job site" !   That and i
>> remembered Montana Bob...who could forget those blistering exchanges?  The
>> Valentine's LBC rallies.  And the moving of people's cars they bought
>> across the country from one trailer to another until the car got to it's
>> New owner.  Following these events and participating brought us together
>> tighter than some families.  Even sprite sprees were well attended. That
>> was then.Hey Robert? Still have the midget that almost would not cross the
>> border?  My son lost his first tooth sitting unavoidably detained by
>> Canadian border authorities on that trip...my son turned 22 last
>> December.Well we have all grown older.  Some of us have "left the
>> building".Others just moved on.  I do not do any social media stuff.  I'm
>> on the vintage Saab yahoo list and spridgets list and the aermacchi (
>> Italian Harley Davidson) list.  Those are my media.So if ya wanna find
>> me....I'm still here.   And I'm still ferrying around cars , fiddling with
>> saab's and spridgets, locating missing bits I need and slowly working my
>> way back onto a race track near you!   ( some stuff just does not
>> change....)Chuck
>>
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"Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut
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