You guys may recall several months ago a craigslist posting was forwarded to
the list for a NOS Bugeye hardtop in Torrance CA for $100. I have always wanted
a hardtop for my Bugeye, so I forwarded it to Zoom and Buster in SoCal with
instructions to buy it and if they didn't want it I'd take it. Buster responded
first, CC'ing me on his correspondence to the seller saying HE'D always wanted
one, and he'd take it. I was happy for Buster, but a little bummed that I'd
missed yet another hardtop. I'd even lamented this to Flounder repeatedly while
relocating his shop, which includes several rare and beautiful hardtop
variants.
Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. My wife sits me down and has a weird look on her
face (I'm thinking I was gonna be a papa again or something!). Turns out
Greyhound has LOST the hardtop that Buster bought and SENT TO ME (of course,
Frank, Peter and possibly others were in on it to some extent)! It was never
his intent to keep it, the whole thing was a ruse by him. Greyhound finally
finds it, it's beautiful and, like Buster's BusterCluster Sprite, means a
helluva lot more than than its tangible value. Buster's note says "Now, why in
the world would I ever live in a place where I need a hardtop?".
The top has inspired me to get my street Bugeye right, and I've been driving it
every day. An amazing thing to do, and once again proof that this hobby/list is
truly a brother (and sister) hood.
Cheers to all,
Ron
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