Adrian,
Here's what you do: Pack it all up in boxes, put my name and address on
them, take them to UPS, and ship them to me. I will give the car a good
home and even put it together again someday. You can rest assured that,
although your beloved Midget is no longer with you, it resides with
someone who really cares about it.
You'll never get the money you put into it. Not when completely
assembled cars can be had for less (My parts car was $500 and it was
actually in better condition than my '74 at $2500, though in a few more
pieces). And storage can be expensive. Yep, you're best bet would be
to give it to me. I'll give it a good home, and it'll have a small
flock of other Midgets to keep it company.
-NORY
Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the
ONLY problem.
'71 5-speed Midget (my new baby)
'74 Midget & '71 parts car
'94 Ford Ranger
'86 Ford Escort
'89 Ford Probe
'96 North American Shepherd
'94 Tigger Cat/Wheel Chock
Car pages and other stuff:
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http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nory
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Listers:
I am facing a dilemma. My entire family moved off to the Fort
Lauderdale area (I am in Knoxville, TN) and they are trying to get me to
move. And the fact that I can double my salary by moving is inviting.
Problem is that I probably won't be able to get a garage because I will
have to rent an apartment. And here my Midget sits in millions of tiny
pieces, and there is no way I can get it back together any time soon.
My dilemma is this: if I move, what do I do about the car? Do I try to
sell the pieces? Put it in storage up here until I get to a position
that I can come and get it or can afford to have somebody else restore
it? I don't think I can possibly sell a project under restoration like
this, especially since I easily have $2000 in it already with parts,
rust-free body, engine machining, and paint trimming and don't feel like
just throwing that all away.
Has anybody else gone through something like this? If so, what did you
do? Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks for listening!
adrian
PS I haven't moved yet...it is just looking very very probable.
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J. Adrian Barnes
adrian@icx.net
http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
http://www.ravineware.com
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