Why not have it done a year in advance and tow it to various events to
sell tickets all summer and help advertise the event? Debut at Import
Fest '07 in someone's booth space, take turns keeping it and towing it
to shows & vintage races. AACA does this with a mustang each year and
gives it away in October. Some local clubs have built an antique or
street rod each year and do it that way too. It could still have the
final shakedown January '08 after the tour ended.
Make it like the Earls Court Healey 100/6. O.E. white with gold plated
trim. Not so sure about mink interior, but something special.
Dave & Bobbie
Frank Clarici wrote:
>Rick Moses, coordinator of the every five years Sprite anniversary
>gatherings proposed a question.........
>
>Why not have, "the list," any individuals, sports car garages and those
>interested, restore a Bugeye Sprite? When it is completed we can sell
>raffle tickets for this car and give it away the last day of the 50th
>anniversary of the Austin-Healey Sprite gathering in May of 2008. The
>revenues from the raffle tickets will help to offset the registration
>costs of the 50th party for our special guests and EVERYBODY.
>
>Rick's initial idea....Have a Bugeye passed around to whomever wants to
>help restore it. Since the 50 anniversary is usually a "golden"
>anniversary lets paint it gold, or gold with black accents or black
>with gold stripes and accents. Anything gold may be possible.....
>maybe even a real gold plated Sprite arrow on the boot!
>
>Sell chances on the Sprite for $X per ticket.
>Someone will win the car at
>the last day of the 50th anniversary meet.
>
>We will have to have some sort of basic rules like the winner has to pay
>for transfer of title, tax and tags. AND, of course, the winner HAS to
>be present to win. (sort of like how the Carlisle people give-away one
>of their cars.) Rick, Cindy, and family and Frank will not be eligible
>to win this special car BUT YOU ALL CAN WIN IT.
>
>Each participant in the "AH SPRITE 50th" Restoration Project must donate
>their time and ability. Rick will donate a sound bugeye tub, bonnet
>and clear title. Rick will also loan his Sprite trailer to move the car
>about the country. The other participants must choose a particular area
>of interest, scrounge the bits they need, and do their part ALL IN 60
>DAYS. They must also make all arrangements to trailer the Sprite from
>their workshop to the next workshop where the next person does his part
>and moves the car along the "assembly line." With any luck, the parts
>needed can obtained new from donation of parts by the companies that
>provide us with our parts. This will also most likely give us
>advertising of our project. All those that participate will have their
>name engraved and what they did on a special "golden" plaque that will
>be permanently attached to this special car. Everybody is to take as
>many photographs of their portion of the restoration and make a
>duplicate set to show at the AH SPRITE 50th to brag about.
>We want as many cooks in this stew as
>possible so everybody can have a piece of this project.
>
>The car must end up in Toms River, NJ by January 2008, 5 months before
>this big, LAST meet so Frank and his crew has it for a any last minute
>details and a 2 month shakedown.
>
>This can be a 2 part project. Body and mechanicals. Someone can be
>doing body and paint while some one else can do engine and trans.
>The body and mechanicals portion might work something like this:
>1st Body Strip Down & Assessment
>2nd Welding/Body work
>3rd Paint
>4th Suspension ... making it roll again
>5th Brakes ... making it stop
>6th Electric system
>etc....
>PUT YOUR BID IN NOW TO JOIN THIS TEAM !!!!!!!
>
>The cost of putting on this large AH SPRITE 50th Anniversary Meet is
>going to be substantial. Everything costs big bucks these days. We want
>to make this Meet financially ACCESSABLE to EVERYBODY that cares to join
>us. If we advertise this Golden Sprite and make enough from the raffel
>maybe we can have a NO or very LOW COST registration fee AND put the
>Meet on with all the frills for everybody.
>
>If we get this *idea* rolling soon, we have almost 5 years to make a
>stunning golden anniversary Sprite. Just think YOU might even win it!!
>
>What do you people think?
>
>Rick & Frank
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