Ray's McCaleb's "The Spridget Project" motor build

[mccalebr]

Re: Ray's McCaleb's "The Spridget Project" motor build

This is off your site, Ray! This isn't your car I take it?


https://www.raysmg.com/Web Images/Edited/62 Sprite/Edited/sample cars/racer1.jpg

Ha, I had forgotten that was there...been a while since I looked at those. YES...as you can see from the photos, there are some nice pieces of inspiration there!

I suppose that 40+ years after the fact there's very little that hasn't been done to these cars by someone. I was about through with the front tilt nose when a visitor to my site sent me a photo of a square Spridget with one. And someone here, can't remember who, posted photos of the front end of his square Spridget with the round turn indicators... that was the week AFTER the parts I bought to do the same conversion came from Moss. So, maybe it's true that there's nothing new under the sun.

Anyway, it's great fun to "imagineer" one, after being chained to factory original on my '73. So, Mike, to you and all the others that provided inspiration, "thanks", that's what this fun project is all about!

Ray

 

[BugEyeBear]

Re: Ray's McCaleb's "The Spridget Project" motor build

Thanks for the updates Ray!

It is good to see you are making steady progress! :thumbsup:
(Work keeps getting in the way of all of MY projects...)

I'll have to stop by one day & see the RestoMod in person!!

"Cheers!"
-Bear-

 

[Trevor Jessie]

Re: Ray's McCaleb's "The Spridget Project" motor build

There is an ebay seller with that is selling the Aluminum flywheel for $325, but I do not know if includes bolts/pegs... and they are not a brit car specialist.

 

[Hap Waldrop]

Re: Ray's McCaleb's "The Spridget Project" motor build

That's Ultrarev Trevor, I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them. That's a good price, Ultrarev, buy s large quanities from Fidanza, and this is why you don't see many smaller vendors selling their stuff anymore, because most vendor's dealers cost would only be a few dollars less than this, I think BPNW contracts 235 units per part number to sell at the price he does, this pretty much takes the samll guy out of the market. You would pee on yourself, if you knew what I paid for some racing Fidanza overstocked flywheel one tme, in a big package. It gotten to the point in the business that you almost always go thru a performance wholesaler now to buy, I even do this on my custom pistons, no longer is it feesable to by direct form the manufactuer. I think Ray probably pais a good 75 bucks more than that for his flywheel, which at the time was a good price, so the ultrarev price is really good.