[Spridgets] Hardtop from Heaven

[soavero at yahoo.com]

You guys may recall several months ago a craigslist posting was forwarded to the list for a NOS Bugeye hardtop in Torrance CA for $100. I have always wanted a hardtop for my Bugeye, so I forwarded it to Zoom and Buster in SoCal with instructions to buy it and if they didn't want it I'd take it. Buster responded first, CC'ing me on his correspondence to the seller saying HE'D always wanted one, and he'd take it. I was happy for Buster, but a little bummed that I'd missed yet another hardtop. I'd even lamented this to Flounder repeatedly while relocating his shop, which includes several rare and beautiful hardtop variants. 

Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. My wife sits me down and has a weird look on her face (I'm thinking I was gonna be a papa again or something!). Turns out Greyhound has LOST the hardtop that Buster bought and SENT TO ME (of course, Frank, Peter and possibly others were in on it to some extent)! It was never his intent to keep it, the whole thing was a ruse by him. Greyhound finally finds it, it's beautiful and, like Buster's BusterCluster Sprite, means a helluva lot more than than its tangible value. Buster's note says "Now, why in the world would I ever live in a place where I need a hardtop?".

The top has inspired me to get my street Bugeye right, and I've been driving it every day. An amazing thing to do, and once again proof that this hobby/list is truly a brother (and sister) hood. 

Cheers to all,
Ron