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Re: CL Square-body Sprite

Wow- leather top and a Porsche transmission! Now THAT is rare!
BillM
 
Re: CL Square-body Sprite

$17K ???! Hope does spring eternal.
 
Re: CL Square-body Sprite

Well having the "sleeved brake lines" and the "Premium wire wheels" seals the deal for me... Oh wait - I already have one of those cars in my little stable.

Gee, I'd happily take half what this guy is asking, considering I have the unremarkable steel wheels with AH chrome hubcaps and not the "Premium wire wheels" option and my "leather top" is made of lowly vinyl and my transmission is a lowly smoothcase sitting behind a Bugeye 948.
 
And I thout that I wouldn't be able to sell my 62 for what we will have in it
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Basically, <span style="text-decoration: underline">almost everything</span> with a stick shift trans has the <span style="font-style: italic">Porsche-type</span> baulk-ring synchromesh.

That's about as special as saying your car has <span style="text-decoration: underline">round-type</span> tires.
Jaguars, dump trucks, Miatas,....virtually all regular vehicles use this design.

Porsche developed the cone-type synchro for the first 356. Now it's common on most cars.
 
aeronca65t said:
That's about as special as saying your car has <span style="text-decoration: underline">round-type</span> tires.
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Round tires???!!!! WHERE did you find those?
 
aeronca65t said:
Basically, <span style="text-decoration: underline">almost everything</span> with a stick shift trans has the <span style="font-style: italic">Porsche-type</span> baulk-ring synchromesh.

That's about as special as saying your car has <span style="text-decoration: underline">round-type</span> tires.
Jaguars, dump trucks, Miatas,....virtually all regular vehicles use this design.

Porsche developed the cone-type synchro for the first 356. Now it's common on most cars.
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I didn't know that! Thanks for that tidbit of info, Nial, but it only makes me curious as to what was used before that. Surely everyone wasn't double clutching as late as the 356 were they. Were all trannies before that like the smooth case BMC.(Come to think of it I learned to double clutch on a 50 Studebaker truck, no sychros.)

Wilson pre selector was doing the shifting for you in the 30's.

Kurt.
 
He forgot to mention in his write up that he has the rare and less desirable (IMO) late model seats.
 
Lots and lots of work there. The only thing going for this one is the bonnet and that one doesn't fit at all. If it wasn't for the BE Bonnet this is a $750 Spridget. And the bonnet brings it up to maybe $1,000.
 
nomad said:
I didn't know that! Thanks for that tidbit of info, Nial, but it only makes me curious as to what was used before that. Surely everyone wasn't double clutching as late as the 356 were they. Were all trannies before that like the smooth case BMC.(Come to think of it I learned to double clutch on a 50 Studebaker truck, no sychros.)

Wilson pre selector was doing the shifting for you in the 30's.

Kurt.
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Cadillac actually invented syncros in the 1920s and they were on many cars by the 30s (usually only on the upper two gears). They also used a cone-type arrangement.

Porsche's design was really more of an evolution on the Cadillac design and involved the baulk ring. So cars had syncros for a long time, but the Porsche setup was a bit better.

There's probably a good write-up that really explains this better <span style="font-style: italic">somewhere</span> on the internet.
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Sounds like the Porsche advance is to have removable/replaceable syncros instead of having them shrink fit (like the smoothcase has). Didn't know that Porsche did that improvement but I am glad that someone did!!
BillM
 
The interesting things we learn and share chasing after this Forum.

Thanks so much.
 
And, his statement about the Sprite being much rarer than the Midget is incorrect also. For sidecurtain cars, there were over 50% more Sprites than Midgets, and Sprite Production exceeded Midget Production until about 1967.
But.... This Sprite is the probably one of the much rarer 17k versions I think... :thumbsup:
 
Some poor sole in for an unpleasant surprise. That is a big number even for a very nice Bugeye. In fact in todays market I am afraid it is impossible.
 
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