Hi Harris ,
Thanks for sharing the pictures with us .Body restoration is often the most
expensive part of the whole restoration process . Luckily anything can be
fixed . It looks like this car has a fair bit of rust. (Our British friends
refer to the car as having been visited by the tin worm) Make certain that
the sockets where the quarter elliptic springs are attached to the body are
in sound condition . Rusted metal panels cannot be repaired satisfactorily .
(unless we are talking minor surface rust ) Rusted out panels need to be cut
back to sound metal in order for the repair to last . Because of the way a
Spite is constructed each panel adds to the strength of the overall
structure . Fortunately every conceivable repair panel for this car is
available . Unfortunately , judging from your pictures I think you will need
more than $700 dollars worth of repair panels to do the job right . It is a
very satisfying experience to save one of these wonderful cars . Good luck
Harris ! God save the Queen Mark Hanna
AN5
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harris Goodkind [SMTP:harris@lightspeed.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 8:03 PM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Off to the body shop
>
> Listers,
> Well, my poor little Bugeye is off to my friend the bodyman's! He has
> been
> hard up for work lately so I struck a deal with him to pull the body off
> the frame (which I will bring home in the meantime and go through) take
> out
> all the dents, block the body down and paint it back to original (not sure
> what color that is yet) using urethane paint. All for the reasonable sum
> of $700!!
> Pictures of the car are at:
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/7172/bugeye.htm
>
> Comments are welcome!!
>
> Harris
> '59 Bugeye Sprite AN520769
>
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