Herb
You're quite right, I came <---> this close to buying AN5/518 last
summer. This is the 18th bugeye built. The car is in Dallas and owned
buy a guy who wants a 1275/5speed/big tire/etc etc. car. While this is
NOT bad, it is with THIS car.
Not terrible rust, but collision damage, calling it a beater is kind. It
does run. Worth $12-1500. maybe. He wouldn't sell for $3500. cash. I
feel the car was worth it for it's historical value. Might be the
oldest remaining. I offered to get him something more appropriate as
part trade, no sale. I backed off as I was pissing off the jerk and
didn't want to burn future possible bridges.
George Procyshyn
'58 AN5
Herbert Goede wrote:
>
> Daniel,
>
> People have been missing my point. It is not that I do not appreciate some
>of the
> modifications and understand their reasons. I really love the period mods.
> I even helped a friend make a very driveable 64 with 1275, rib case .....
>But, the
> car was nothing special to begin with. The original 1098 was blown (and I
>got a
> spare smotth case.) It was one in several thousand at least.
>
> What I do not agree with is the idea of cutting up a good, rare car to make
>what
> is essentially a limey hot rod. It irritates me when I see an ad for a bugeye
> that has been "totally restored" only to find out it has fiberglass flares,
>seats
> from a Pinto and the tranny from a Datsun - none of which were made within a
> decade of the original car.
>
> If someone who wants to build a 200 HP pocket rocket finds a bugeye that was
>once
> Donald Healey's personal driver, I hope he sells it to me before firing up
>the
> heliarc. I'll find a trasher for him to melt down.
>
> Herb
>
> Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 12/2/1999 2:34:58AM, hgoede@uswest.com writes:
> >
> > << with 1 1/4" or worse (Webers) >>
> >
> > Don't knock the DCOE Weber carb. It has been around since at least 1968 and
> > probably a long while before that. My two pence worth is that I think
> > modified cars are great and especially so when they use 'period
> > modifications'. So, if any Spridget has a Weber carb fitted (as long as its
> > not a DGV) it could be claimed that it was fitted early in the life of the
>car
> > - and on that basis has argueably more right to be their than a pair of HS2
> > SUs.
> >
> > Daniel1312
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