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Anyone up for an Arkley project that's for sale?

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G'Day Edward,
Unfortunately, this is no good to me, but you might generate a bit more interest with some pix.
Arkley Spridgets are quite unique.
Here is a link to Andy Gibson's Arkley web site.
https://www.arkleyss.com/?ARKLEY_SS
Hopefully someone will take the oportunity to own a unique Spridget.
John Shep.
 
John_Shep said:
G'Day Edward,
Unfortunately, this is no good to me, but you might generate a bit more interest with some pix.
Arkley Spridgets are quite unique.
Here is a link to Andy Gibson's Arkley web site.
https://www.arkleyss.com/?ARKLEY_SS
Hopefully someone will take the oportunity to own a unique Spridget.
John Shep.
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thanks to that link I now know what a "ARKLEY" is
 
That thing is awesome looking. I want one!!!!!
 
Talking of Arkley, did anyone notice that John Britten died just recently? He was quite a character.
 
Not the Arkley in question but, here's mine as a point of reference:

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Re: Anyone up for an Arkley project that's for sal

Here is mine, it needs a lot of work but someday I will get around to fixing it up. Note the extremely rare swooped doors, as far as I know only two like this one are left to exist. Also rare mine had a hardtop.

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Re: Anyone up for an Arkley project that's for sal

Thus the answer to the question:

"What do you get when you cross a Meyers Manx with a Spridget?"
 
Re: Anyone up for an Arkley project that's for sal

Mine has the even rarer boot in place of the spare tire recess. As far as I know only this one exists since I did it myself.

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ArkleyOkie said:
Mine has the even rarer boot in place of the spare tire recess. As far as I know only this one exists since I did it myself.
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LOL. Not sure if you were trying to be funny, but it was (in a good way).

Is the fiberglass body lighter than the factory panels?
 
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tdskip said:
Is the fiberglass body lighter than the factory panels?
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That was the point of the Arkleys, he wanted to build a lighter faster spridget that was stripped down to only what you need. The shape and weight was supposed to raise the top speed 10 mph over a stock car.
 
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Tullamore said:
tdskip said:
Is the fiberglass body lighter than the factory panels?
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That was the point of the Arkleys, he wanted to build a lighter faster spridget that was stripped down to only what you need. The shape and weight was supposed to raise the top speed 10 mph over a stock car.
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HUH?!?!?!?!

That thing has the cd of a TREE !!!!

I guess it didn't reach the goal.

(case in point, a VW bus has a better cd than a bug.)
 
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