- 1. RE: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 00:34:13 -0400
- bought my first spit for ~$850. needed interior, brakes and clutch m/c. was ripped off, perhaps, but had fun. saw spit locally recently, not _too_ much worse. owner will take ~$30. I need to get over
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00062.html (7,662 bytes)
- 2. Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:14:29 -0700
- Spitsters (g): After almost three months of searching, looking at cars from San Jose to San Diego, I finally found one with an acceptable (for me) combination of price, features, and condition. I'm g
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01063.html (7,618 bytes)
- 3. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:59:13 -0700
- What colour is it? What are you going to name it? When will we see it?
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01069.html (8,295 bytes)
- 4. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 07:22:31 -0700
- Hi Laura - It was originally Carmine red, but is now a brighter shade. It's one of those 10 foot paint jobs - You know - looks pretty good at 10 feet but the closer you get the more flaws you see. I
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01076.html (9,051 bytes)
- 5. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris DeStaffany <sjmeds@rockisland.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:00:19 -0700
- How much?
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01080.html (7,376 bytes)
- 6. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:33:31 -0700
- More than I wanted to pay...$3700 (down from $4500 asking). When I started looking I was hoping to pay about 2. But 15 cars later I realized that at least in Southern California I'd probably be waiti
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01081.html (7,789 bytes)
- 7. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:38:11 -0700
- Or a 2k car with things like...seats? I know a guy who just sold a spitfire for $1700-but it hadn't an interior! Needed new paint, but it ran decently enough. Anyone checked out Hemmings lately? Pric
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01082.html (8,490 bytes)
- 8. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 10:23:09 -0700
- That was the confusing thing about trying to buy a Spit - There didn't seem to be much consistency in pricing. Kelly Blue Book (kbb.com) says in SoCAl that a reconditioned spit at a dealer should sel
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01084.html (8,635 bytes)
- 9. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.uofs.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:18:36 -0400 (EDT)
- I've just joined the mailing list, but it looks like I came in at just the right time. According to Laura Gharazeddine: I just picked up a 1979 Spitfire at a used car lot. It has some rust but most o
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01086.html (10,149 bytes)
- 10. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: KHOCO@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 16:01:48 EDT
- Maybe I should take a long look at the spit down the street from where I work. looks to be a 78 of 79,good body(maybe a little bondo),little rust, good top, fair interior,mags,after market exhaust,en
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01092.html (7,903 bytes)
- 11. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: "rbonilla" <richard@bonilla.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 14:25:36 -0600
- na...they are much easier to keep in pairs...i would like to replace my 1st car (i was in high school) a 57 'tr3...(i paid $450) in '72... it ran good...had all parts, my wife & i were laughing the o
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01093.html (8,965 bytes)
- 12. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carpenter" <james.carpenter@jccsystems.swinternet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 23:41:04 +0100
- Any one in the UK who saw Deals on Wheels today (I did tell you last week) would have seen that chap sell a very good condition, but modified 1980 Spitfire 1500. He got 4000 pounds cash for it! Which
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01109.html (8,285 bytes)
- 13. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Huw Upshall <hupshall@wolfenet.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:00:55 -0700
- This brings up a very good question, How much is a spitfire worth? Ahh, Well, I am almost finished with my restoration and should be able to drive the sucker next week. BUT, on my way to get some fas
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01127.html (9,595 bytes)
- 14. RE: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:54:52 +0100
- I saw that! It looked nice - I'd have said 4000 pounds was a fair price for it. What was really sad was that the guy sold it because he needed the money to put into his Herald, which he races (rally)
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01131.html (8,936 bytes)
- 15. RE: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 06:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
- first i want to say, what a weekend! HOT and sunny and humid! i don't know how you guys in the southern states can handle it. i drove my spitfire all weekend again (about 300 miles total) and i don't
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01132.html (8,991 bytes)
- 16. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: "MICHAEL C ROSS" <MIKEROSS@prodigy.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:46:11 -0400
- I spent $4800 for a '68 Spit last Oct. The body is in great shape w/ no rust...that's the main reason I baught it. The chassis is in good shape w/ no heavy rust. Engine runs good, starts every time w
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01137.html (10,497 bytes)
- 17. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: Walt Fogle <foglew@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:28:08 PDT
- I'm new to the newsgroup and I wanted to kick in my two cents worth. Cost is so subjective unless the car your purchasing has ultra low miles and has only been driven by a little old lady on Sundays
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01139.html (12,792 bytes)
- 18. Re: Found One!! (score: 1)
- Author: "dtgebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:32:52 -0500
- I agree that a person will almost always have more "invested" than you could get back out if sold but how can you put a price on the fun and that fun includes head turning on the street as the cool L
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg01149.html (10,173 bytes)
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