Tim Dziechowski writes >
>So how did you and your Midget come to part ways, Phil?
It was the classic case of "the other woman". I threw Bridget over for a
Lotus. She is of course having the last laugh.
I sold the Midget with some TRS suspension bits and scads of spare parts to
help finance a Europa. Then I took the Europa apart to check the frame and
have not had it back on the road for over a year. The frame has been stripped
and painted now, and I am slowly proceeding. I hope to have it on the road and
autocross courses next spring, then fiddle with the body work after it is on
the hoof.
>1965 Austin Healey Sprite, in primer, 3 spare engines & trans, spare doors,
>trunk lids, windscreen, assemblies, dashboards, etc. $975 for all.
>804-366-9447, Virginia Beach.
Not bad. I got $2000 out of Bridget, which is more than I had in her.
I originally bought her for $600, with piles of old spares, but I will bet
anything that the body on this Virginia Beach job is not as rusted out.
>This is a great deal, especially if the spare engines are 1275's.
I got lucky there, my '66 had had a 1275 installed, and there was another 1275
in the lineup of spare engines.
>I'd go for it, but I'd have to convince my wife to swap our 6 BR,
>2 garage bay house for a 2BR 6 garage bay house.
Gee, I wish I had bought that fire station in 1970.
Phil Ethier, THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans Street, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676
h (612) 224-3105 w (612) 298-5324 phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
It's still hip to be octagonal. What shape is a Lotus emblem?
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