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Re: Taking a 67 Sprite out of deep storage...

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Subject: Re: Taking a 67 Sprite out of deep storage...
From: M Brouillette <mbrouill@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:49:40 -0400
Reply-to: M Brouillette <mbrouill@ix.netcom.com>
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New England based, so finding a rust free car is a rare...

At 09:12 PM 8/13/98 -0400, David Wood wrote:
>Mike!
>
>       Which side of the Border are you on and what side is it on?  I just
>have this inclination you are on the Canadian side.  If you are it may
>not be too bad at all; it may seem a lot to an American.  Canadian $5000
>is only $3300 American give or take, which is alright if you can stand
>the $5000.  Get a look at the car.  Like I saw earlier, on the list, a
>lot of the rubber will be dead; the brakes may be seized and all other
>stuff like that.
>
>       Good Luck
>
>M Brouillette wrote:
>> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>>         I'm new to your little world here.  Folks that were at Summit
98, Hi!
>> 
>>   I have the chance to buy a 67 Sprite with 23K miles, that has been stored
>> in a heated warehouse for 25 years!  This thing has been rolled from one
>> end of the warehouse only over this period.  The motor probably hasn't even
>> been turned over in at least 20 yrs.
>> 
>>   The questions I have are these:
>> 
>>  The guy wants $5000 for the car, being a low mileage car, would you do it?
>> 
>>  As the car has been sitting that long, does anyone have a checklist for
>> bringing this little guy back to roadworthyness?
>> 
>>                                         Mike B
>> 
>> 
>> 
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