How bout my Friend that Did a concours restoration on a Rubber Bumper
Midget? and spend $10,000 doing it... couldn't believe it when he sold it
for $12,000 .... but again you go find a quality car that is as nice as a
true concours car for $12,000...
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Metallian6@aol.com
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: High dollar Sprites
> Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 7:40 PM
>
> I few years ago a man found out I owned a 1962 Sprite Mkll and offered me
> $5000.00 sight unseen. I told him that first of all it wasn't for sale at
any
> price. Second it was a rust bucket and did not run, hasn't run since
1977. He
> didn't care and again offered me $5000.00. Yes, you are reading this
> correctly, five thousand dollars. I said no again and that was the end of
> that. Like I told him some things don't have a price. But I think most
people
> would have sold especially with the condition it was in. But then again
most
> people think I'm a little odd anyway.
>
> Jamie
> 1962 AH Sprite Mkll (In restoration and priceless......to me.)
> Web site link: <A
> HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/darkside/mycar.html";>1962
Austin-Healey
> Sprite Restoration
> </A>
>
> In a message dated 7/19/99 10:42:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
billh@aaai.com
> writes:
>
> << While at the Santa Rosa (Northern Calif) Concours show yesterday (no
> spridgets just T-series & A's) I ran across a '65 Sprite for sale in the
> parking lot. From a distance it looked nice and then I saw the price,
> $8500! A slightly closer look revealed a poorly done wrinkle finish
> dash, mismatched (but new) blue interior, right fender popping put at
> bottom and rust bubbles coming through the lower rear fender. I didn't
> even look underneath or at the engine. You really have to look closely
> at what you're buying these days. Of course it probably didn't help that
> had just finished judging some very well fully restored cars. Also saw a
> red RB midget on an impromptu car lot on College Ave. in Santa Rosa.
> Didn't have time to go back and look though but if anyone's in the area
> check it out.
>
> Bill Hunt
> 64 MKII - Herbytoy >>
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