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Re: [Spridgets] Semi Charitable Bugeye Restoration

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Semi Charitable Bugeye Restoration
From: "K. Valentine" <kevin@valentinephoto.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:06:29 -0400
Frank,

Just let me know when and I'll be there.

Can you make a list of parts and post them?

As you know, I don't have a lot of Bugeye stuff, but I'll donate  
anything I have that will work.


Kevin



On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:20 PM, Frank Clarici wrote:

> I already mentioned this to the Oshit team and now that I have spoke
> with the retired Priest, I think it's a go.
> There is a retired Priest that drives a 69 Midget, he found me and I
> routinely repair his Midget. He wants to pay for the repairs, but  
> he is
> a priest. Not my priest but I am a catholic ;)
> He learned of the 1.5 Bugeyes I picked up at the auction last  
> month, he
> wants one in the worst way. He always did and the Midget is the  
> closest
> he could come to a Bugeye when he retired.
> So I was over his house Sunday to get the Midget running, he said it
> needed a coil, I replaced the plugs and it fired right up, stuck choke
> equals fouled plugs real fast.
> Anyway, I tried to tell him that the cars are rough, no floors, no
> sills, and I told him about a few others for sale. The ones for  
> sale are
> "way out of his price range". So I told him that just the parts are
> going to be $4000-$5000 just to buy them. I mean there is no interior,
> no seats, no nothing in these Bugeyes.
> I do have a 1098 and a few working transmissions, a dashboard, and  
> maybe
> a few other bits and pieces. Most of my stuff is now used up since the
> Rally car, 58 Sprite and recent 67 Sprite projects. Parts cars sort of
> dried up and so did my stash.
> My question to the list is...What do you guys think about a
> JACK-SHIT for Father Jack? But we can't call it that.
> This will not happen until after Missouri, but I will need help  
> making a
> Bugeye out of  http://home.comcast.net/~spritenut/auction1.jpg
> Like a Bustercluster, learn welding, body work, bring parts!
> Whatcha think?
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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