On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Mark Endicott wrote:
> exactly as described. But, at last I think I have found something
> interesting. The car is a 71 Midget with 24,000 original miles. The
> car looks perfect except it has a few little things that I don't
> remember on the almost new Sprite that I bought in 63. This car has
> chrome wire wheels and a lot of chrome on the engine. It has disk
> brakes and and roll up windows. The seats are actually, well almost,
> comfortable and ther is no oil under the car. The floors are not rusty
> and I can't find any bondo. The only thing that is missing is the
> heater blower. The car is painted silver/gray, which I don't remember
> as original, but I can't remember what I had for lunch either. It has
> been stored inside a airconditioned warehouse for many years and
> reportedly has been started and run each month and driven at least once
> a year. I know enough to not think of this as transportation, I just
> want a LBC, that will fit in my garage, to shine up and drive to the
> lake every now and then. The Classic Price guide shows these to be
> worth about $5800 if in very good condition, this one is and the seller
> wants a little more than stated above. My head says go for it but my
> alter ego says "is it relally worth that much?" I have seen lots of
> "fixer uppers" for 1, 2, 3,000, but I really don't have the time to do
I expect lots of people will tell you it isn't worth that much. But if
it is really nice and hasn't been given a cosmetic "restoration" to hide
a lot of faults, I don't think the price is out of line. Maybe you could
find something as nice cheaper, if you are willing to keep driving around
being disappointed, but then maybe not.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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