Good job Ron, the link worked <g>. And the car looks great too! Lucky dog,
why can't I ever find 'em that nice. lol
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:04 PM
Subject: Va-car-tion (New Midget!!)
> A perfect end to a perfect week here on the beach in
> FL...
>
> Lynette and I had dinner and drinks with Larry Cogan
> and his S.O. Jody a few nights ago, and we started
> talking about his beautiful 1970 Midget. We had a
> great time, and Larry decided he'd sell me the car for
> what I considered an absurdly low price, if the car
> was in the condition I remembered it to be. So the
> next day...a short drive to Larry's place while
> Lynette is at lunch with friends. I looked at the
> car, I could not find a flaw or a spec of rust on the
> car anywhere. Nice "light" BRG, fully undercoated,
> complete, nice interior. Not a crack or scuff on the
> dash. All gauges worked perfectly with no needle
> bounce (weird). Tight 1275, a little puff of smoke on
> throttle lift, no apparent leaks. Snug Top hardtop,
> tons of spares with another 1275/ribcase, full axle
> w/diff, gauges, you name it. Lynette comes by after
> lunch, and after a brief ride, says "we look at
> hundreds of these things, they're never this nice. Go
> ahead." So I'm 1200 miles from home, what the hell,
> it's mine! The car is washed, waxed, covered and put
> away for now. It'll sit in my mom's garage here until
> I can bring it home, and she graciously sprung for a
> dehumidifier as she is literally 100 feet from the
> Atlantic Ocean.
>
> I cannot say enough good things about Larry. A class
> act all the way. A genuine pleasure to see him as
> always, and I have never had so much fun buying a car.
> The scans at the link below were done by a local drug
> store during film processing, they suck and don't do
> the car justice, but here ya go (assuming the link
> works):
>
> photos.yahoo.com/bc/soavero
>
> =====
> Ron Soave
>
> The optimist says the glass is half full.
> The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
> The engineer says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
> The British car owner says it's leaking.
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