Howdy,
Sorry, I haven't had a chance to catch up on my list reading until now,
been kinda busy lately. That is my site and the story is true.
My father is/was a construction worker, building highways, bridges, etc.,
in New Jersey. Anyway we didn't exactly get along so great when I was a
kid. I had a Sprite, a Volvo and a Renault all in various states of
disrepair when I was living with them. My parents lived in a ranch house
and the garage was two cars wide and two cars deep. My Volvo and my Sprite
were in the two spots furthest in and my father decided he wanted to turn
those two bays into a laundry room for my mom. The Sprite had the engine
out of it and was pretty much stripped down for refinishing / rebuilding.
One Saturday my father came home from work and made my brother and I help
him pick up the Sprite and put it in back of the dump bed Ford pickup
truck. He claims he buried it, I didn't go along for the ride to find out.
Needless to say it was a pretty awful day and didn't exactly help my
relationship with my father. That was in 1978, so that car has been
underground for 20 years now, I doubt there is anything left of it. The
same fate befell my Renault LeCar about a year later.
Funny thing is, it's 20 years later and my father loves my Midget, it's one
of the few things we can talk about and have in common (he restores old
motorcycles). He doesn't even realize that it is the exact same car he
buried all of those years ago, and I have no desire to bring it up when I'm
around him.
The Sprite is *probably* under a cement footing for some rt. 78 overpass,
right next to Jimmy Hoffa ;-)
Sad and strange, but true,
Robert Weeks
http://www.woozy.com
http://www.woozy.com/midget
http://www.losermagnet.com
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>On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
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>> I think someone should dig it up and see if there are any usable parts.
>> Maybe write it up for National Geographic.
>>
>> Larry
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
>> To: 'Larry and Sandi Miller' <millerls@email.msn.com>
>> Date: 16 November, 1998 9:06 AM
>> Subject: RE: Free Sprite (Backhoe Required)
>>
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>> >That's Robert Weeks' site. He's on the list, or at least he was. I always
>> >wondered if he was serious. He's a former New Yorker so you never know...
>> > ;-)
>> >
>> >Phil Vanner
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Larry and Sandi Miller [SMTP:millerls@email.msn.com]
>> >Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 9:59 AM
>> >To: Spridgets
>> >Subject: Free Sprite (Backhoe Required)
>> >
>> >While browsing the MG Web Ring I came across the following and wondered if
>> >Frank might want another Sprite to restore. It would probably be free to
>> >anyone willing to dig it up. Since Frank is a building contractor I figured
>> >he would have access to a backhoe.
>> >
>> >"Robert's 1969 Midget http://www.woozy.com/midget/
>> >GAN4U/67371G
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>> >When I was younger, about 19 years younger, I purchased a 1967 Austin
>> >Healey
>> >Sprite for $75. The car was in the middle of a complete restoration in
>> >which
>> >the owner had lost interest. I towed the car to my parent's house and
>> >proceeded to reassemble all of the various parts which were in cardboard
>> >boxes and milk crates. Armed with nothing other than a Hayes manual and a
>> >Moss Motoring catalog, I got the whole thing running and through NJ state
>> >inspection. When I brought home a Volvo to restore my father decided I had
>> >one car too many, so he dug a hole with a backhoe and buried the Sprite.
>> >-( "
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>> >
>> >Larry Miller (bugiiis@yahoo.com or millerls@msn.com)
>> >59 Bugeye (Starting to look like a Bugeye)
>> >59 Bugeye "BUGIIIS" (Undergoing a body transplant)
>> >78 911 SC (Faster than a Bugeye but not as much fun)
>> >Home Page http://members.xoom.com/bugiiis
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> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
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