David,
You may be right, however, given all the erroneous decisions, poor taste
and ignorance that is obvious, it raises a BIG question in my mind as to
how much of the work that can NOT be seen was done and what sort of more
serious errors in judgement were made. In my experience, cars put together
this way have more serious problems waiting to be discovered. It could be
fine, but I'd be very reluctant to buy a car like this sight unseen. $6000
is a lot to spend with "ill informed or ignorant until proven guilty"
staring you in the face!
Gerard
At 9:24 AM -0400 6/19/02, David N Waldmann wrote:
>I'm frankly disappointed in the lack of respect for someones apparant
>enthusiasm for this car.
>
>As several have pointed out, it would have been easier and better to put a
>1275 in. Why do you suppose he didn't? I really don't know. But maybe he
>thought the 1500 was a better engine. After all, it IS bigger, and it IS
>newer. Not everyone has access to the collective knowledge of a list like
>this. OK, maybe he did it because he had one, or got it for free. But who
>knows.
>
>You know, 99.9999% of the American public would think that this little car
>was totally awesome and could care less about whether the Sprite Arrow is in
>the right location or if it has a boat anchor of an engine. As Jay so aptly
>put, it's the preservation of the integrity of the body/chassis that is most
>important.
>
>I'd prefer to think the guy was simply ill-informed or ignorant until proven
>guilty.
>
><dnw>
>
>1972 Midget
>1998 Safari
>1999 9-3
>1964 (me)
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