• 20R-Powered Sprite Wiring Hell Nearly Complete: It Lives!

    Remember that Fiat tachometer I scored at Junkyard Half Price Day? Well, it and many other scavenged pieces have found their way into my Toyota-engined '67 Austin-Healey Sprite.

    Cutting to the chase, the Sprite starts and runs now, so now I've just got to do some major minor to-do list items such as rebuilding the entire braking system, mounting those Miata seats I grabbed cheap, cooling and exhaust system assembly, and so on. Since the hardest part of any Hell Project (the registration paperwork) is taken care of, should be utter torture smooth sailing from this point forward! Continue with this sequential gallery thingy to hear my tale of Wiring Hell:

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    By Murilee Martin
    Jul 19, 2009 10:30 PM 0
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    20R-Powered Sprite Wiring Hell Nearly Complete: It Lives!

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