Just out of curiosity... what does a Bugeye hardtop go for?
Bill Elliott
Lake Mills, WI
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> The metro isn't history yet, I'm just checking for 'possibilities'. I know of
>a few 'totaled'
> metros that still have there tops intact, so even if I was to do it, it would
>probably be from
> another car. The body I saw last night, while it didn't look like it had any
>sever rot, had been
> completly stripped of paint several years ago, and is now completely surface
>rusted. I also noted
> that it uses the same ignition switch as a bugeye, and some of the same
>knobs. I couldn't see too
> much else, since the car was filled with scrap lumber and buried in weeds.
>
> If a hardtop could be easily made, it might be a nice option for some of us
>with more time than
> money...
>
> - Bryan
>
> >To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: Sprite hardtop from metro??
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> >You might want to look into the value of "a complete rolling Nash
> >Metropolitan (no-engine)" before you start cutting it into scrap metal.
> >That's a rare, 40-year-old antique auto you have there and it has its
> >enthusiasts.
> >
> >To me, that's like scrapping a complete Bugeye to make a neat gizmo for a
> >'61 Impala.
> >
> >Tom Zuchowski
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 2:20 PM
> >Subject: Sprite hardtop from metro??
> >
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>Does anyone know anything about making a bugeye hartop by cutting the top
> >off a Nash Metro???
> >>Last night I helped a friend pick up a Bugeye 'project' car that he just
> >bought. It came with a lot
> >>of miscellaneous spare parts, and also included a complete rolling Nash
> >Metropolitan (no-engine).
> >>They guy he bought it from , said he had the metro, because he was going to
> >cut off the top and use
> >>it on the sprite. Apparently it uses the same windshield glass as the early
> >sprite, and after
> >>looking at the top, it does indeed look almost identical to a bugeye
> >hardtop. I guess the trick
> >>would be figuring out how to handle the rear glass.
> >>In any case, has anyone done this or seen it done???
> >>
> >> - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> >> San Jose, CA
> >>
> >>
> >
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