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David Riker
74 Midget
78 Midget
63 Falcon
----- Original Message -----
From: David Sullivan <pbsarcht@mindspring.com>
To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 7:54 PM
Subject: Another Newbie
> Dear Fellow Listers:
>
> I have been lurking about this list for 3-4 months now (actually I like
> "passively observing" better than lurking) and have thoroughly enjoyed it.
> Twenty-five years ago I owned a 1967 Sprite for a couple of years. For
six
> months of that time, while attending a Navy school, I drove from
Pensacola,
> Florida to Atlanta, Georgia and back every other weekend to see my
> girlfriend (now my wife). When we got married I did what I thought was
> responsible and sold the Sprite.
>
> Well, I have seen the error of my ways, due in no small part to the
unknown
> encouragement of the Spridget List. My fifteen year-old son describes it
> as a mid-life crisis, but I insist that there is no crisis at all --
simply
> a second chance! I am now the proud OWNER of a 1968 Mk IV.
>
> Although routine maintenance and minor repairs are no problem for me, I am
> no mechanic, so I was not looking for a "project" car. Via the 'net, I
> found what I wanted. This car underwent a body-off restoration two years
> ago by an IBM program analyst in Austin, Texas. He is now working on an
MGA
> and needed garage space. He now has more working room and I have a daily
> driver.
>
> Having monitored the list for a few months, I had a better understanding
of
> what questions to ask and what answers to expect. My first Sprite was the
> only other used car (previously owned?) I've ever purchased, but you all
(ya
> 'll) made this experience much easier for me. After months of
> correspondence (e-mail), questions/answers, and exchange of photos, I had
> essentially decided to buy the car, so I flew from Atlanta to Austin for a
> personal inspection. It was everything I had expected and we completed
the
> deal. I drove it across town (Friday afternoon traffic, 107 degrees) to an
> auto dealership where I would have it picked by a transport company. A
week
> later, it arrived at Atlanta Classic Cars where I picked it up and
promptly
> took the rest of the day off to "drive it home."
>
> Thanks again, listers!!!
>
> David Sullivan
> 1968 BRG Mk IV
> Atlanta, GA
> pbsarcht@mindspring.com
>
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