[Spridgets] Frogeye/Bugeye values

[Mike/Donna Carpenter]

I think the difference is that in Britain all of their creations are more valuable because very small percentage remained there.

MC

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Bruce Evans <b-evans at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Nov 30, 2007 1:41 PM
>To: Spridgets at autox.team.net, midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com, bugeye at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Spridgets] Frogeye/Bugeye values
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>The September issue of the English magazine "Classic Cars" carried a brief article on the rising value of the Frogeye/Bugeye.  The article quotes Gary Lazarus of the British Midget and Sprite Club in part:
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>.     "You can get a basket case restoration for about two grand ($4,115), but a good car will cost you about #10,000 ($20,578).
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>.     "If any cars have risen dramatically in value, it is the absolutely pristine original examples---one sold recently in the States for $35,000 (#17,500), but driver-friendly modifications such as disc brakes and five-speed gearboxes keep values lower in the eyes of collectors.  That seems like a good thing---the Sprog-eyed Fright is set to continue as a good-value affordable Fifties sportster---and that's a very rare thing."
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>I wonder where the $35,000 was spent, and what people here believe Frogeye/Bugeyes are really worth these days.  (I really can't see Frank paying $4K for a basket case.)
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>Buster Evans


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