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Car porn - that is gorgeous!
 

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Wow - that looks terrific! I'm quite depressed!

(In-joke - I had a friend who was dating a woman from eastern Europe - she kept getting "impressed" and "depressed" mixed up, with amusing results. However, with the quality of work shown here, versus my own - both might apply!).
 

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Boy. that's beautiful! Don't see that many black bugeyes (I hope it's black and not my monitor) even though the brochure had one:

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And why put a color on the cover of the brochure that wasn't available on the car?
 

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X2 on the Car Porn. Chrome Springs no less. Beautiful. I just need to get to grinding our rust and doing some more welding.

5 more nights of Bathroom Wall Tile and I might be finally done. And back to Bugsy II.
 
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Jim, it sounds like you need a smaller bathroom or bigger tiles. ;)
 

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No married to an artist. She has a "vision" for the bathroom.
 

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Outstanding. We aren't far from each other and I would love to see this beast in person.
 
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Thanks Guys, it’s been a long road to this point, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.


Steve, Gundy and I have outings from time to time and you’re welcome to join in as a fellow Sprite compatriot if you care to.

I’m still a few months away of dropping the lump in and light it off, as well painting bonnet, doors then interior to be installed.
 

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Beautiful! Where's the 1/4 inch of grease and dirt that is supposed to be accumulated on the suspension parts? I thought that was a rule? :emmersed:
 
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Bill, yes my wheels are 14” needed the extra room for 9”rotors. The rear calipers were the most troublesome for clearance. On the front I spaced the steering arm and used a shorter rose joint to move the steering arm away from wheel. I also raised the upper trunnions by doubling the upper trunnion bushing.

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Brian a arms can be rebuilt, Apple Hydraulics offers that service NFI. They've done 2 sets for me. With new lower prices on A arms recently cheaper to go new via usual suspects.
 
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Brian, I decided to go with new British Heritage control arms with the twin zerk grease fittings. Control arms were installed with the black Prothane control arm bushings.
 

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You still have the stock shock as the single upper control arm. On my racer I use MGB front shocks, mounted to a slightly tapered plate (plate has three holes to mount to frame, and four helicoiled inserts to take the bolts holding the MGB shock in place. That gives a much more solid upper control arm, plus the adapter plate builds in negative camber (enough that I have to use an offset upper trunion turned to give some positive camber back so that I have -1 degree negative that the Hoosier slicks like) -
 
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