I was told that a factory hardtop for a Bugeye is worth as much as $1000
depending on condition. I guess it's worth what someone would pay for it.
I would want one for any price...!
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> From: Bill Elliott <wcelliot@concentric.net>
> To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net; tzuchow@ibm.net
> Subject: Re: Sprite hardtop from metro??
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 3:57 PM
>
> 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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