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Re: One eyed sprite!

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: One eyed sprite!
From: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:19:30 -0400
Reply-to: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
The guy had insurance?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>

>Thanks for the sympathy...
>
>I went to the shop at lunch, and it's looking like it will cost 1500-2000
to fix. The body guy
>pointed out alot of things that I didn't even see at first, including the
fact that the top of my
>radiator tank had buckled upward, putting a dent in the bonnet from the
inside. also the top of the
>inside rt fender had a buckle in it, as well as some damage below the
grill.
>
>What a day!
>
> - Bryan
>
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>>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
>>CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: One eyed sprite!
>>
>>Hi Bryan,
>>
>>Ouch,  Sorry to hear that.  Hope he had insurance.  Most of the parts are
available.  Keep your
>chin
>>up, at least you got to drive it for a couple of tanks full.   Man that
would burn me up, but I
>guess
>>what can you say.
>>
>>Sorry
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>>
>>> Well,  I decided to drive my freshly restored bugeye to work this
morning. It's been really fun
>to
>>> drive, especially now that I've worked most the bugs out. So far I've
only gone through two
>tanks
>>> of gas.
>>> So I strap the child seat in the car to take my oldest son to daycare
(Tyler - almost 3). He
>loves
>>> riding in the car with me, and has a fit, unless he's with 'daddy'. In
any case all goes well,
>the
>>> car is running and driving great, and Tyler's having a great morning. I
take him into the
>daycare
>>> center, they have the Shania Twain CD on (Tyler's favorite) so we do
some dancing (he loves to
>>> dance to all music), and I leave with both of us in a great mood. I walk
out to the parking lot,
>>> and some guy in a large pickup has just finished backing into the front
of my car!! Took out the
>RT
>>> headlight assembly, and slightly buckled the bonnet around the headlamp
:-(
>>> Needless to say, I was less than thrilled.
>>> So at lunch I'll be seeing the guy who originally did my body/paint for
an estimate.
>>>
>>> BTW - anyone out there have a orginal chrome inner and outer headlamp
ring set for a bugeye in
>>> excellent condition?? Hopefully it won't be necessary, but I may be in
need of a nice straight
>>> steel bonnet too.
>>>
>>> Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
>>> San Jose, CA
>>
>>--
>>52 MGTD,Sparky    74 MGB, B-tris    76 XJ12 Coupe, Jacque
>>60 Bugeye, Puddles      58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
>>http://www.softcom.net/users/walters
>>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4644
>>
>>
>
>


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