Wow I stand corrected.... Sorry I thought it was another fairy tale.... My
mistake and my earnest apologies... thanks for setting the record straight
and of course I agree that a true Gold level restoration of that nature
deserves to be preserved and protected....
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: $30,000 Bugeye
> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 5:45 PM
>
> To all listers,
> I know this thread died out quite a while ago, but I just spoke to Rob
> Garofalo on the phone. I had mailed him hard copies of what was said on
> the Spridget list about his car. You wouldn't want to talk about
> someone behind his back, would you? All this talk of just driving the
> damn thing sort of struck Rob as uninformed opinions. And you know what
> they say about opinions... Rob wants everyone to know that he had the
> best of both worlds when he did his World Class Restoration. Rob also
> owns another 60 Bugeye that has been in his posession since 1964.
> Although it has a 1275, he has not missed the Bugeye driving experience
> for one minute. His $30,000 (the price the guy that bought it from him
> wants) did not start out as a Gold Level restoration, but it turned out
> that way. That's when the dilemma of what to do with it struck him.
> All of the parts on that car were NOS. There were no reproduction
> parts. It even had original C-41 Dunlop (38 years old) tires on it when
> it was judged. Do you really think you would just drive this car? How
> could you do another restoration to that level again? He did what he
> thought was his only option, sell the car to a collector who would take
> care of it. This collector later turned out to be a dealer! This is why
> you see the $30,000 price tag on it.
> Rob abd I just wanted to set the record straight.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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