[Spridgets] 57 rusty wrecked speedster gets 57k on eBay

[Linda Grunthaner]

Bud & Spridgeteers,
Yes I agree but I do recall several years ago watching a link where a guy
heated, hammered and welded a similar mess and it looked amazing. We all
know Frank would have been able to do it.
Lin

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, Bud Osbourne wrote:

> Seriously?  Lin, I've been welding for half a century and I can tell from
> looking at that body that there's not enough left to weld on/to.  It's
> gonna
> need so much new sheet metal that it wouldn't be worth doing.........even
> if
> the body wasn't so horribly bent.   Roosevelt means nothing in the Porsche
> world.  There was never a successful or famous racer of that name, so, what
> we are left with is a very much used-up parts hulk.
> I just don't see the Speedster market value growing enough to make this
> pile
> of iron oxide a winning proposition.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Linda Grunthaner
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> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 57 rusty wrecked speedster gets 57k on eBay
>
> List,
> If I'm not mistaken this horrible crashed body can be hammered out and
> welded. Also being it was from a famous family "Roosevelt", that and the
> vin
> plate means $. But still crazy price, surly the new owner  has money to
> burn.
> Lin