[Spridgets] Spridget Parts

[Ron Soave]

I'm picking up a boxed up and bubble wrapped 66 Sprite on Sunday. I get half
the boxes, Porasik gets the other half. I guess he'll get the doors...

--- On
Fri, 8/13/10, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brad Fornal
<tequila.brad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridget Parts
> To:
"CosmicMag1380" <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Spridgets"
<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 5:55 PM
> I have
doors, and boot lids strapped
> to the rafters in my shed. There is a
> woven
1" wide polyester strap that was used at my last job.
> I "borrowed" a
>
partial roll, and use it to hold the parts up. I have used
> it as tow rope,
>
and also to keep leaning trees forced upright. Even after 2
> years in the
>
Texas sun, they change color, but do not rot. I have no
> concern of my
>
suspended parts crashing down.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM,
CosmicMag1380 <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at
1:02 PM, Robert E. Shlafer
> <pilotrob at msn.com>
> > wrote:
> > I think my
asking price on the doors is reasonable as
> well. And if
> > Spritedom
doesn't appreciate same, I''d rather throw
> them away than
> > give them away
to the unappreciative.
> >
> > ______________________
> >
> > CB, for what
it's worth, I have been dealing with
> spridget parts for
> > about 40 years
now and I can tell you from experience
> that there is
> > pretty much NO
market for doors from windup window
> cars. I have a set
> > of perfect doors
too that I can't find a buyer for at
> any price. I
> > offered them at $50
for the pair and a guy walked away
> from that deal.
> > I would rather sell
them cheap to someone who could
> use them than send
> > them to the boneyard
but I have a storage problem
> anymore.
> >
> > The reason seems to be that if
the doors are rusty, so
> is the rest of
> > the car and that ain't gonna get
fixed either. If a
> door gets hit in
> > an accident, the car is probably
totaled too. I did
> sell one once for
> > $50 which was pretty good at the
time bask in the 80s.
> I happened to
> > be at a buddy's body shop and he was
working on a
> Midget. He said he
> > couldn't find a door for it anywhere. I
told him to
> come over to the
> > house and take his pick from the half dozen
or so that
> I had sitting
> > around!
> >
> > Doors and trunk lids are just
storage problems in the
> spridget world.
> > They sit outside anymore. I do
keep a pair of Bugeye
> doors as spares
> > inside though! Bonnets and perfect
front fenders are
> worth the storage
> > space.
> >
> > --
> > Kent
> > 1960
Bugeye
> > 1967 Sprite - following in the 73's footsteps to the
> boneyard...
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