Yeah, the paint did look too new to be original but then my '79's paint
looks pretty darn good when cleaned up and my Spitfire only has 40,000
original miles on it. It will be interesting to see if this car sells and
how much the owner gets for it.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura.G@141.com [mailto:Laura.G@141.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:58 PM
To: Jeff McNeal
Cc: Spitfire List
Subject: Re: Nice if they can get it..
Considering I paid $6700 for my Spitfire 2 years ago...I don't know...This
one looks nice and clean but, one never knows from pictures. If I had seen
an ad for Nigel before I bought it, I probably wouldn't have believed
it-until I saw it. I don't believe this one-for one thing, the rubber looks
21 years old, but the paint looks too new for it to be original. And 43,000
miles? Call me a cynic!
If they get $6500 for this car, those offers for mine at $10,000 were just
too low!
Laura G.
>
>From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:19:23 -0700
>To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Nice if they can get it..
>
>
>Check out the Spitfire on eBay. The seller wants to START the bidding at
>$6,500!!
>
><a
href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3260
28314&">http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=32
6028314&</a>
>r=0&t=0
>
>Do you think he means "Canadian" dollars?
>
>Claims original paint. I wonder what happened to the commission plate?
>Note the ripples on the bonnet and ding in the left rear quarter panel near
>the top. Other than that, it looks pretty nice -- but $6,500??
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Jeff in San Diego
>
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