Spridget based cars ?

[Compo_Simmonite]

I've been wracking my (limited) brain for a Spridget based car but can't think of any. Closest I can get is the Turner 950 that used A35 running gear but different type of rear suspension.
Can anyone else think of a Spridget based kit car ? I don't mean front and rear body conversions like Arkley, Frogeye, Ashley, Lenham etc but compeltley new chassis.

Paul h

Edited by Compo_Simmonite on Thursday 13th June 10:16

[Shaun_E]

http://www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/XI.html

[Frankthered]

Shaun_E said:

http://www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/XI.html

Not to mention the original, pre-litigation Westfield "Seven" (or whatever it was actually called).

[qdos]

There was the Dragonfly which was quite a nice little machine

Edited by qdos on Thursday 13th June 22:54

[Compo_Simmonite]

I sat down yesterday with my A-Z of Kit Cars books and, despite getting sidetracked by all the tempting cars of the past, managed to look at everything listed. Not one car that uses the Spridget as a donor. There are body conversions like the Arkley, Frogeye, Lenham, Ashley, Dragonfly and such but nothing that had a new chassis to take the components. There are cars that used some parts such as engine/ gearbox, frotn uprights, modified rear axle etc but no "one donor" type kit based on the Spridget.

Paul H

[tr7v8]

I had a Dutton Phaeton S2 which had Sprite 1275 engine & box & fuel tank. It was dog slow & when I was going to rebuild it was going to be swapped for a Fiat Twin Cam.

[Snake the Sniper]

As pointed out above, the Westfield XI is the only one I know of.....

[Mistron]

My (unknown make of) '60s clubmans racing car is being rebuilt to use a midget based engine and box. Front suspension is Triumph, and the rear axle is Riley 1500 though.

I used to own a car called the Coldwell Mink, another '65 clubmans cracer, originally fitted with 1000cc Aseries engine and box, but it had a split Ford front beam axle (like Lotus Mk6) and a fully independant rear end using Mini Cooper driveshafts.... It also ran in F3 in '65 and '66, despite beingfront engined.

Both had unique chassis, but weren't entirely Midget based.

[PaulKemp]

Westfield X1