"The car started out life as a 1960 Sprite "Frogeye.”  When I towed the car, with the owner's help, out of a barn in western Pennsylvania it had a 1098 cc engine, and about 3/4 of the rear wings and none of the rocker panels. The bonnet was, however, amazingly intact. Once I had the car home, I began a year long disassembly that included timber framing a rotisserie (I tested it in my garage by bolting on the stripped chassis, giving it the biggest shove I could manage and running like hell. It spun seven revolutions and moved less than a 1/2 inch on the floor).
 
A change of job locations sent me to south western Virginia and the car (now just a shell devoid of all but the 1/4 elliptical springs) and rotisserie came along. I managed to locate a hot rod/race car shop in a neighboring town. They media blasted the car and cut out the entire floor, replacing it with a single sheet of reinforced steel. The spring boxes proved to be completely rotted away and so were rebuilt using a variety of manufactured replacement parts and in-house solutions.  New rockers and the lower portion of each of the rear wings were replaced at this time. I used Excel to draft a preliminary version the roll cage design and with the shop's input, a final configuration was agreed upon. We ended up reversing the drawing in order to convert the car to RHD. A fuel cell with pan and a quick release steering joint were also added. In the meantime I had been busy buying Brooklands racing screens, Raydyot mirrors, Monza style fuel cap, MGA headrest faring, Kirkey racing seat and Revolution alloy wheels with Avon tires. I was able to locate the Williams & Pritchard bonnet near my parents home and convinced the owner, who had purchased it new in the mid-60's, to part with it for $300.00.
 
A new job location took me to north central West Virginia with the, now structurally sound if not historically accurate, Sprite in tow. After a few months I was able to located yet another nearby shop and, after installing the disc brake front suspension, anti-roll bar and the rear axle, sent the car off for another stay at "boarding school". This seemed like a good time to have the engine "freshened", new bearings and head gasket surface where just part of the treatment. After some prolonged wrangling with the new rear springs (I'm still not happy) it was time for paint. The shop applied a credible race car paint job on the car, as I asked. I rebuilt the master brake/clutch cylinder and hung the windshield, mirrors and Fuel cap (with the addition of a dry-break system made from the remains of an old NASCAR entrant). This all lead to the engine re-install, which in itself is a fairly straight forward affair, the electrical and plumbing are another matter. Currently, I'm in the process of wiring and fabricating the fuel, brake, clutch and fire suppression lines and fire suppression lines. I'm finding this part of the project the most challenging so far.
 
We look forward to hearing more from Dave as the build is finished and he gets the car out on track.