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61. Location (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:47:24 -0500; Name: Rick Fisk City: Frankenmuth State: Michigan Country: USA Area Code: 517 Web Site: http://www.concentric.net/~rickfisk/ email: rickfisk@concentric.net checkout: Yes Car: 1959 Sprite; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00327.html (8,622 bytes)
62. Square Nose Bugeye (?) (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:45:50 -0500; I've seen photos of several square-body Sprites/Midgets with Bugeye front ends - Frank's "Pieces" for example. Has anyone ever gone the other way and put a square-body front end on a Bugeye? I have a; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00948.html (7,558 bytes)
63. Re: Car ID needed (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:00:38 -0500; It's an MGA, don't know enough about them to identify the year though. Rick; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01400.html (7,523 bytes)
64. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:04:14 -0500; Rick; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00092.html (8,902 bytes)
65. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:07:44 -0500; You're thinking of the Pontiac Fiero. I have one of those too <g>. Rick '59 Bugeye; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00094.html (9,395 bytes)
66. Re: Connections (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:26:38 -0500; Talk about stupid - I think I win the prize. I bought a '56 VW for $50 back I was young and VERY stupid . The floor was totally rotted away on the driver's side. I pulled off the door panel and laid; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00441.html (10,563 bytes)
67. Re: Front Suspension Update (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:57:36 -0500; I need a little more info to understand - "I can put a floor jack under the kingpin and one stroke lifts both wheels off the ground." Do you mean both front wheels or both wheels on that side? Rick; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00717.html (8,159 bytes)
68. DAG-NAB-IT!!!!! (score: 1): Author: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:42:38 -0500; Got home from work today around 5, sat down to read the newspaper. I decided to scan the "classics" section of the want ads. This is usually a waste of time because around here (mid-michigan) a '73 C; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00786.html (7,991 bytes)
69. Re: DOT 3 fluid different in USA to UK (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:47:06 -0400; DOT 3 brake fluid in England must be very different from the DOT 3 we have here in the U.S. I bought my '59 Sprite in January of 1968 and a few weeks later rebuilt the hydraulic system. Not knowing; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00386.html (11,073 bytes)
70. Re: Austin. horn emblems.. (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 22:56:54 -0400; I've always thought that the "lightning bolt motif" horn push looks suspiciously like an Opel part. Opel has used the "lightning bolt" for many years. I wonder if maybe the Healey's bought a load of; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00403.html (9,255 bytes)
71. Re: a Very Sad thing (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:02:23 -0400; Here in Michigan the weight limit is 160,000 pounds - yeah that's right! Yikes! No wonder our roads are crap.; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00685.html (10,268 bytes)
72. Re: gas tank capacity (not much LBC) (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 01:47:42 -0400; Your question wasn't stupid or naive. In my opinion Justbrits is the one that owes someone an apology. A great way to become better informed is to ask questions here on this list. Ignore the "Justbr; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00737.html (9,200 bytes)
73. Re: 'Real' Minilites (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:54:01 -0500; According to an article in the February 1996 issue of "Classic and Sportscar", the Minilite Wheels Ltd. company manufactures both aluminum and magnesium versions of the Minilite wheels using the orig; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00987.html (8,156 bytes)
74. Re: Torque those shocks (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:41:02 -0400; Sometime in 1969 I was driving my '59 Bugeye on the freeway at 65 mph on the way to Riverside, CA. I was in the right hand lane, traffic was very light - thank goodness. All of the sudden - BOOM - an; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00443.html (9,350 bytes)
75. Re: APOLOGY (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 12:48:02 -0400; I can live with everything in lower case, at least it's readable. We've got a guy in another newsgroup I read that capitalizes the first letter of every word. Talk about hard to read! He says he's in; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00677.html (10,001 bytes)
76. Re: Windscreen Pillars (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 19:32:13 -0400; To further add to the confusion, some of the photos in Terry Horler's book appear to show later Bugeyes with silver painted pillars. However, my '59 Bugeye which I bought back in the sixties is like; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00211.html (9,825 bytes)
77. Re: Spridgetech, Inc. (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:36:24 -0400; I was in Brighton today and thought I would call up Spridgetech, find out where they are located, and go take a look. It turns out the guy that runs it is in Brighton, but their products are manufact; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00651.html (8,359 bytes)
78. Re: Parts solvents? (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 21:10:12 -0400; Hi Ron, I use "Super Agitene" cleaning solvent. I suspect it's the same stuff that the Safety-Kleen guys use. It looks and smells the same and works as well as their stuff. I got it at Grainger's - k; /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00135.html (8,838 bytes)
79. Re: weight of ribcase tranny (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 13:08:59 -0400; Hi Tyson, I don't have a ribcase trans but have two smoothcase units in the garage. I just went out and weighed one - 44 pounds. The ribcase is probably very close to that in weight. Rick; /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00150.html (7,714 bytes)
80. Re: Dilemma (score: 1): Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:29:43 -0400; Hello Adrian, I've gone throught this same thing about 3 times. (well except for the doubling of salary part <g>) I just loaded all the parts in boxes, rented a 5x12 box trailer, rolled the body in t; /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00274.html (7,773 bytes)

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