Mike Thompson wrote:
>>I was looking at a 78 Spit last night that was for sale and was wondering
if the rear was bad or otherwise. Instead of the tires being straight or
having the normal sag, it was sitting higher than normal with the tires
negatively cambered. The owner said he did replace something in one side
with a part from another Spit, maybe a half shaft.<<
This sounds very strange to me. *Higher than normal, (and yet) negatively
cambered*? I cannot imagine what would produce this situation.
>>The car is kinda
raggedy. needs a top, drivers floor, master cylinders, shocks, very tired
seats, a bit of grinding from the rear, dash cracks and speedo and tach do
not work. He is asking $1600. I'm thinking this thing is only worth $800 -
$1000. It does run fair.<<
Don*t buy. Run from this one. You can do a lot better. Buy it only
if you can get it for less than $500 bucks.
My impression of the state of Spitfire purchases -- for the moment -- is
that there are lot of them out there in this condition; verging on a trip to
their final resting place, but can be had for some price in the hundreds.
Others have been well maintained, aren*t rusty,
and can be had for $1500-$3000. Fewer still are perfectly done, and will
fetch $5-6. If you look around, you can take your pick.
--
Martin Secrest
73 GT6
74 Spitfire
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