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. 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. Roger is now working on the Le Mans engine ready for it to be re-installed in the car, and he writes:
“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. Then I will chop it off lower or maybe just remove it. What do you think of the JAP Magna wheels on it?
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 .060″ over pistons, I’ve had on the shelf for at least 20 years. I took the Le Mans block along so they would have it to model the eyebrows and duplicate them into my Bugeye block. But, they said that Chevy 396 BB motors also have eyebrow cuts and they have sleeved many of them with no problems. So, they’re going to sleeve the original block!. I’ll have them surface grind the top of the block and and the mating surface on the head. Re-assembly should then be a breeze. I have bought a set of the “Max Speeding” H beam rods for 1275 as I have fitted Carrillos into a friend’s 948 vintage race engine”.
All sounds very good Roger.
