The new tires are here: Bridgestone Potenza RE92 P165/65R13
The windshield has been removed because it was cracked when attempting to replace the sun visor mounts.
NOTE: If you have to drill out the rivets near the windshield make sure you drill too far…
The steering wheel hub has been sandblasted and will be repainted black.
This car had wire wheels only on the rear. Time for a full conversion. No adapters will be used, all proper wire wheel parts will be used.
A lot of work has been done since the last update. All new fuel and water hoses has been put in. The heater box, air filters, radiator and support, valve cover, washer bottle support, and brake/clutch pedal cover have been painted. A new alternator has also been fitted and an electric radiator fan has been added.
Just for fun a grill from a Series 1 – 2 Alpine has been installed. The mounting holes are different and the grill opening on the early cars is smaller so you going to have to mess with things to get it to look good. I think it looks much better than the Talbot bar.
All metal parts have been removed, sandblasted and painted. New competition springs are going in later.
The factory jack has been given the same treatment and probably looks better now than it did new.
Here is the front suspension. This going to need to be cleaned up and any worn parts replaced.
Here is the engine as it arrived. Looks pretty ugly with the light blue paint. Everything will be sandblasted and turned to it’s original color. This sprites engine should be Hammertone Green.
Here is the Sprite as it was picked up. It has disc wheels in the front and wire wheels with a wire wheel rear end in the back. It hadn’t been started in five years but after some plug and wire changes and a drain of the gas tank it ran pretty well.
