Hub of the matter


On ‘You need…’ page 16/17 in issue 52, Cecil Pearson says he doesn’t know what the hub fitted to his JAP is, only that it was available and looks right.

I can confirm it is a front hub from one of the Sprite models Frank Hipkin built in the Sixties and Seventies, so is a ‘period’ part.

I’ve attached some images from the Sprite website we run to keep the memory of these machines alive.

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Stephen Hipkin
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Thanks Stephen, the Sprite and American Eagle Facebook page is easy to find for those who do this social media thing… Tim.

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