Yes, that's why I hung on to my '79 all these years. I contemplated selling
it several times over the years but didn't for "sentimental" reasons. I'm
glad I kept it and am having a lot of fun fixing it up. I don't think the
total annual US production of Prozac would have been sufficient to deal with
the post-sales depression I would [still] be experiencing! :-)
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff McNeal [mailto:jmcneal@ohms.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:52 AM
To: BILL McDEVITT; Spifires Autox Team
Subject: Re: Run it Hard!!
No problem, Bill. You should actually be quite relieved that I hadn't
already found my car and accepted your offer. You would be suffering
seller's remorse BIG time by now -- just like the gent I purchased my car
from. I stayed in touch with him for awhile asking questions and so forth,
until he lamented that he was "depressed" seeing how much I'd done with the
car, wishing he could have had the time and money to do what I've
accomplished so far.
I actually felt sort of bad for the guy. He'd owned the car for twenty
years!
Ciao for now,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: BILL McDEVITT <wmmk1@informatics.net>
To: Spifires Autox Team <spitfires@autox.team.net>; Jeff McNeal
<jmcneal@ohms.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: Run it Hard!!
> Jeff, Mistake??? Very poor choice of words on my part!!
> I should have used"Opportunity", as you are the only
> person I've ever offered to sell it to. I fully understand
> your quest to find one like you owned years back. You
> probably will go way over budget before you are finished,
> just like I did!! I sold my 1970 Spit back in 1991 to help
> me finance the restoration of this MK1. I didn't really have
> any plans on selling it until I had a gentleman and his
> wife insist on having it for the sum of $ 7,000.00. I never
> gave them a price, this was their offer!! So, I could now
> afford to go all out on the MK1 and do it the way I always
> wanted to do one!! Anyway, sorry that I implied that you
> made a mistake. Bill
>
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > I don't consider it a mistake not buying your Mk1. I wanted a Mk3 --
just
> > like the one I had when I was younger and that's what I got. In fact,
I'd
> > already bought it before you mentioned yours to me at all!! I'm happy
for
> > your successes, however. Your note here makes me all but certain I
> couldn't
> > have afforded your Mk1 anyway.
> >
>
>
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