Elizabeth in Texas... Spridgetstock 1998 or so. Wicked madness.
Ron Soave
> On Jul 25, 2016, at 11:29 AM, Phil Nase <nases@verizon.net> wrote:
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> Witchcraft?
>
> Phil Nase
> Applebachsville, PA
> http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
>
>> On Jul 25, 2016, at 7:38 AM, Ron Soave via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> Montana Bob?
>>
>> The car in the Graduate was an Alfa Duetto Spider. Alfa offered a Spider in
>> "Graduate" form in the later 80s in bare trim rather than the Veloce or
>> Quadrofoglio to appeal to "graduates" on a lesser budget.
>>
>> Kirk and many others have been on this list for many years, and this list
>> draws upon everything automotive as well as cats, Zappa, witchcraft.
>>
>> Ron Soave
>>
>>> On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Joel Baldwin via Spridgets
>>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I think you're mixing up 'spider' and 'sprite'.
>>>
>>> As I remember, the tiny sports car in 'The Graduate' was a Fiat Spider.
>>>
>>> And neither Sprites nor Midgets were being built in 86-7. This list is for
>>> the British cars 1958-1969 Austin Healey Sprites and 1962-1979 MG Midgets,
>>> not the Italian car Fiat Spider.
>>>
>>> --On Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:48 PM -0700 Kirk Hargreaves via Spridgets
>>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Help me please, I am tempted. A guy near our home has this up for sale,
>>>> a Graduate original 68k on the odometer (unless rolled back but the car
>>>> with all records looks like the accurate mileage).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Red with paint having been buffed to hard on trunk . . white showing. No
>>>> mud in the body that I can tell via magnet and second owners testimony.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seams in the seats beginning to come apart.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He says the electrics have been re-done with an updated harness to
>>>> hopefully avoid gremlins common to this mark.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wants 5k - which according to "sold cars" on eBay indicates they trade
>>>> for around 5k, give or take.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Soooooooo . . . how difficult are these cars in terms of reliability?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is "Fix it Again Tony" the thing that consistently applies to this
>>>> model?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kirk
>>>
>>>
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