ULRICH BOECKMANN WRITES:
“I just found some old black and white photos of my Sebring bonnet during the conversion to a Sebring Sprite rep. between 1990 and 1992. I remember, that I purchased this bonnet (in) 1990 from a guy in Northern Germany. The air intake for the radiator was a little different as you can see on the fotos- and I keep it up till today. So the Mk I grille doesn’t really fit on it, cause the “nose“ is a little bit longer. Was it usual to optimize the cooling of the radiator in this way (if that is indeed the term to be used) ? The color of the bonnet was similar to French blue and the color layer underneath was white. There was no reg number fixed on the bonnet or any (of the) rest of it , so I have no history to it. But the guy told me that he purchased it in England (around the) end of the eighties”.
Certainly Ulrich’s bonnet looks different to the normal W & P Sebring front we have come to know so well, having a slightly extended ‘mouth’ or air intake with no flange on which to mount a standard Frogeye grille. Does anyone know whether someone marketed this as an alternative style bonnet in period? Certainly if Ulrich bought it in 1990 it predates the Archer Sebring kits which started to come off the line in 1993. MEI
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