"Maintain an even strain" --Chuck Yeager
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From <Tommy_Samuels at markivauto.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: I must be going nuts
> There must be something about Spridgets that makes people lose their minds.
> As many of you know I just got my 67 Sprite on the road. I pulled this car
out
> of a barn two years ago.
> It had been ignored for about 12 years and I just happened to spot it as I was
> driving by.
> Needless to say, I went from one british car to two.
> Then I thought I needed a prts car to get my hands on all those little things
> you need as spare
> Voila - three little British cars
> So I strips the bits and goodies and sell a nice restorable body to another
> eager obsessed individual
> Finally back to two cars, but the garage is still full and my wife is losing
her
> patience with me.
> So I put my 70B up for sale, let's see what happens
>
> Now what do I do this past weekend?
> Drive 150 miles and buy yet another Sprite.
> A 69 this time, very little rust, low mileage, good engine and tranny, needs
a
> top and interior work
>
> I guess I'll find out Just How Much my wife loves me
> Tommy
> 70B daily driver
> 67 Sprite alternate driver
> 69 Sprite project
> 91 Trooper - everybody needs a truck
> 94 Caravan - hauls the kids to soccer, basketball , baseball, girl scouts, etc
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