Reply To: My new ’25 Roadster

[Gregory Long]

I thought It was the Tom Sparks car. And it is confirmed by the non-standard carburetor just barely seen in the above photo.

Tom modified all his cars to have a down draft carb that would start with a push of a button. Since most of his cars were rented or leased to the movie studios for filming movies.

The original pierce carburetor for a S80 requires some technique to operate well. The single throat down draft carb on this Tom Sparks car is pretty much, ‘tap the pedal and turn the switch, push the starter button.’.

Tom, if you don’t have a copy of the series 80 parts manual, you should get one, the first half of the manual is very well illustrated, and shows a wealth of information about your car.

Email me if you want a copy of the illustrated section of the manual.

Greg L

BTW: I saw this car at Tom Spark’s incredibly FULL garage in 1992 or ’93.

GL