Bill you win best story!
Ryan
> On 03/24/2026 2:02 PM EDT Bill L. via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Weslake1330,
>
>
> Here's my hardtop story..
>
> I saw one on ebay for $600, local pickup only.The guy had completely restored
> it for his Mk IV Sprite, but after finishing it he found it didn't fit as it
> was for a MK III. Lucky Me! It was on the east coast, Florida or the
> Carolinas, I can't remember exaclty. I communicated with the guy and he
> agreed to ship to Washington state, if I would pay for the boxing materials.
> Well, he made the box so big and heavy that it could only be shipped motor
> freight. I paid him $400 for the plywood, and he shipped it. That shipping
> was $500! So now I'm into it for a $1000. They wouldn't deliver it from
> Portland so I had to borrow a truck from my neighbor to pick it up. The truck
> got 10 mpg and it was 120 mile round trip so there was another $60. We
> unloaded the truck opened up the box, took out the top and I went into the
> house. About an hour later the police came knocking on my door asking me if
> it was my truck in the ravine! I had forgotten to set the brake and the truck
> rolled back, across th
> e street and over the edge! The offered to pull it out, but since I have AAA
> I called them so it wouldn't cost me anything for that at least. Turns out
> the frame was bent and the truck was a total loss. Of course I had to replace
> the truck as my neighbor didn't have coverage for that and either did I. We
> found a replacement for $1400. All in my top cost me nearly $2500, on a car I
> paid $2000 for. But it IS a nice top and MK III tops are the rarest of them
> all.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bill mailto:Zormecteon@comcast.net
>
>
> Man who pick nose - head cave in.
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