I'll have them surface grind the top of the block and and the mating surface on the head. So, they're going to sleeve the original block!. But, they said that Chevy 396 BB motors also have eyebrow cuts and they have sleeved many of them with no problems. I took the Le Mans block along so they would have it to model the eyebrows and duplicate them into my Bugeye block. 060" over pistons, I've had on the shelf for at least 20 years. I took the original Le Mans block along with the 948 Mk2 autocross motor from my my old Bugeye to the machine shop that does my critical work, along with the Le Mans head and a new set of Hepolite PowerMax. What do you think of the JAP Magna wheels on it? Then I will chop it off lower or maybe just remove it. "Next spring I'm going to apply for a title and if it has to be inspected, I'll leave the screen as is until after the inspection. Roger is now working on the Le Mans engine ready for it to be re-installed in the car, and he writes: It's good to see it back on its wheels after a long period in pieces and following Roger's unfortunate accident when it was on his trailer. I'm not sure that I ever published these photos of the Falcon Sprite (which raced at both Sebring and Le Mans) when its owner Roger Sieling sent them to me back in 2018, so here they are. Congratulations Dave ~ a job well done and another fine Sebring to join the clan. There are still a few tweaks in the pipeline to do but really chuffed with how it has turned out". The seats are Healey replica bucket seats trimmed in black with tartan red carpeting, finished off with a 15” Les Leston steering wheel. with aĤ5 DCOE Weber on a Maniflow inlet and Maniflow exhaust manifold and system. The engine is a Marina 1300 bored to 1330, fast road cam & duplex timing gears, high lift rockers etc. I also got a pair of Peter May lowered rear springs and a 3.7 diff from Martin Ingall. I purchased a few bits from Peter May, rear link arms, front link arm kit, panhard rod kit, braided front and rear brake hoses and clutch and oil gauge pipe. Halls did a fantastic job on the body and paint and I love the colour. I finally decided (changed colour 3 times) on Old English white with a red tartan stripe. He also said fitting the rear window was in his words “ a right “. This turned out to be a good move on my part as Jason at Halls had found some problems, mainly the alloy door fit on drivers side and bonnet alignment at the bulkhead. I’m not a bodywork man at all so I contacted Halls Garage at Bourne to see if they would fit the body onto the monocoque and prepare and paint it for me. While I was waiting for the tub to be made I had refurbished/rebuilt all the suspension, axle, petrol tank and steering ready for the rebuild. First job on the tub was to weld in fixings for the roll bar and alter the tunnel and cross member to accept both standard gearbox or a Datsun Rivergate set up I had found. I picked them up from Andrew in Feb 2015 after the fire at Archers. I then ordered the bodywork from Andrew at Archers Garage along with a pair of alloy doors and hinges. I picked up the tub in July that year along with a Sebring pedal box. We moved house in April 2014 so the project was put on hold for quite a while. After a long wait (nearly 2 years) it turned out to be the last he did before retiring and selling up. The tub was rotten and wanted a lot of work so I bit the bullet and ordered a new monocoque from Brian Wheeler. I was going to use this for the basis of the build, but after speaking to Gordon Ellwell one day who said he had a bare tub from a '59 Sprite with ID and loads of history (he got it from a deceased spinster's estate) and as I knew I was going to alter it from standard I decided to use this instead of the Mk 2. "I started the build in 2012 after I found a 63 Mk 2 Sprite walled up in a garage in Leicester. With the Classic Car show at the NEC Birmingham being cancelled this year, I made the decision to award the Brian Archer Trophy established by the late Ian Ashfield, to Dave Marriott who is in the process of completing his new Sebring.
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