Hi Bryan,
Four years... you call that postponement? Mine sat under a tarp for sixteen
years, falling further and further down the list if priorities. I guess
that's why I ended up with one to restore and one to drive. Things sort of
got out of hand after that...'-) I can relate to the support from the home
front... we should talk sometime.
Gerard
At 4:00 PM -0800 3/13/00, Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>Bill,
>
>Yeah, but that was after I put the sprite on hold while I had spent 4-years
>remodeling a house, moving, and remodeling another bathroom , and another
>kitchen. (oh- yeah, and having two kids)
>That's when I said 'I'm not going to take on another project until I
>finish the
>sprite'.
>I spent way too many nights out in the garage, after putting the kids to bed,
>working past midnight trying to get the car finished. Looking back, I'm
>amazed
>that I got it on the road at all given the minimal ammount of support I
>had on
>the home front. I hope you have a better time at it than me:-)
>
>Good luck - Bryan
>
>>To: "'Glen Byrns'" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>, spridgets@autox.team.net
>>Subject: RE: Mini-Mania meet
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
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>>Hey Glen, that's my photo and it's copyrighted! Just kidding, I'm glad it
>>gives you inspiration. Just going out there and seeing cars like Bryan's and
>>David's (h**l even anybody who has a running Spridget) inspires me. I just
>>have to keep at it and do a little at least every week if not every day. I
>>have to say what someone (Bryan?) said Sunday to their SO, "The Sprite has
>>to take priority now" (paraphrased).
>>
>>Bill Hunt
>>64 MK II Sprite - HRBYTOY
>>(and maybe a HRBYTOY2 in time for summer)
>>
>>
>>snip>The photo of his car that was just posted is now my computer wallpaper
>>to
>>inspire me each day to work harder on mine each night. No kidding Bryan,
>>that is one beautiful Bugeye<snip
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