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Next project: Arkley conversion on a 73 Midget

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RickB

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I bought the Arkley kit that was on the Portland Oregon craigslist.
Comes with a bunch of plated metal bits (springs & other suspension stuff and lots of other parts).
Apparently the deceased owner liked all his metal parts to be plated, should be interesting when I get it all here.
Currently at a friends house down in Vancouver Wa.
Previous owner was Stan Hutley of Faspec in case some of you knew him.
I'm going to use this on the rusted out 73.
 
Had to go look that one up to see what it was. Neat looking kit. It looks what would happen if a Midget and a Lotus Seven had a baby. It's certainly a good use for what would be an otherwise rusted out car.
 
RickB said:
I bought the Arkley kit that was on the Portland Oregon craigslist.
Comes with a bunch of plated metal bits (springs & other suspension stuff and lots of other parts).
Apparently the deceased owner liked all his metal parts to be plated, should be interesting when I get it all here.
Currently at a friends house down in Vancouver Wa.
Previous owner was Stan Hutley of Faspec in case some of you knew him.
I'm going to use this on the rusted out 73.
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You know what they say about pictures, Rick. I bought the new wire wheels for my Bugeye from Stan about 35 years ago. He had some pretty cool Sprites, including a really quick Bugeye that cleaned up in the early days of vintage racing and , of course, the factory car that was later bought by Tom Cotter:

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That factory car is gorgeous, Rick. Really interesting what was done with it and what it was cape-able of. If memory serves, 147 MPH on the Mulsan strait at LeMans!

Kurt.
 
nomad said:
That factory car is gorgeous, Rick. Really interesting what was done with it and what it was cape-able of. If memory serves, 147 MPH on the Mulsan strait at LeMans!

Kurt.
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Kurt,

The LeMans cars had to be the ultimate Sprite. I had the good fortune of driving the #67 one pictured here:

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It was an absolutely wonderful car, easy to drive on the street and very lively. I didn't have a chance to test out the top end, though :devilgrin: (And, yeah, I drove the 100S, too, but that would just be bragging!)
 
Rick it sounds like you've had a charmed life by any spridget standards.
Bob say's he's working on putting Stan's Sebring sprite together for his wife, now that sounds like fun.
I should email him and ask if he could use a helper.
 
I've got to look over and touch the 100S driven by Lance Macklin and, I believe, Sterling Moss at Sebring when the Healey Werks owned it. That's as close as I've come to neat ol Healey's. I'm envious.

Kurt.
 
kellysguy said:
I drove my 8th grade teacher on a different career path, does that count? :jester:
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Who's bragging now? :jester: I feel very lucky to have driven both these cars. It was a once-in-a lifetime experience for a Healey guy and I was fortunate to have a good friend that trusted me to take them for a spin while he owned them.
 
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