Sounds actually pretty close to me! However there are always variables that must
be checked with the car in front of you. Bottom line is always "Is it worth it
to you".
I personally try to restrain myself and look for the steals. Bought a 70
Spitfire for a project and it turned into one I could not complete.(It is for
sale!) Months later I found an Austin Healey sprite 1960 model for twice the
money and spent about 16.00 to get him running. Don't pass up your dream....But
don't rush into a nightmare!
Thanks
Bruce Lowry
Gambony, Jim wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I just stumbled across a '79 Spitfire for sale, and wondered if:
>
> a) the price was in line
> b) anybody wants a solid rustfree Dallas car.
>
> the details: it appears to be a Spitfire 1500 built in April of 1979 (ugly
> rubber bumpers!), white with matching factory hard top. The seats have some
> awful fuzzy seat covers and the carpet is shot. The body is very straigth
> and solid (even the paint in the trunk looks new!), the paint is generally
> ok, hard to tell with the dust on the car. A Stewart-Warner oil pressure
> guage was added in the dash on the left side....
>
> No, no overdrive switch obvious. Standard steel wheels with new no-name
> tires. Claims to have had a recent brake hydraulics overhaul. The car
> starts right up and idles about 1000 rpm.
>
> The asking price on the car is $3200.
>
> Out of line?
>
> Jim
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