[Spridgets] For Sale... the red thing.... is $10, 000 a fair price... I'll go from there

[Jay Fishbein]

Apparently the courtesy of not knocking/publicly criticizing sellers ads and asking prices hasn't reached the Spridget world. 

Jay

> On Jan 29, 2017, at 8:45 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Your car sounds good, but......in my humble opinion no Spridget with rust in the usual places is worth anywhere near $10k.  The mods and upgrades you list are great, but rust repair is the biggest, toughest, most expensive pain in the butt on these cars.
> 
> I bought this one last year for $1,500.  It had problems and took a while to get running reliably, but the rust repair had already been done.
> 
> Rick
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> Sent from my keyboard
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>> On Jan 29, 2017, at 12:24 AM, Bill L. via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Spridgets,
>> 
>>  VTO wheels
>> Tires less than 5000 miles.
>> Wind block
>> Space Saver spare tire.
>> Folding top in very good shape
>> Hard top (6 coats imron paint + clear coat)
>> Red tonneau with tonneau cross bar
>> 5 Speed Datsun  tranny (MorrisService kit installed by Paul A.)
>> 3.9 rear pumpkin (spare 4.2)
>> 130 db Horn
>> Crane electronic ignition (set up by Jeff at Advanced Distributors)
>> Seven Leaf racing rear springs (with lowering blocks to achieve standard ride height)
>> Maniflow LCB header with complete Maniflow exhaust System
>> 1275 bored .30 over.
>> Weber Carb professionally jetted and set up on Dyno. 
>> Seats recently redone
>> 
>> 
>> Includes orignal wheels, original  1098 engine (not running)
>> and bunches of extra this and that.
>> 
>> The car has won some awards at meets in the Pacific Northwest. 
>> #1 Box Sprite Seattle,  2013? Third place Portland, 2015. and best Mark III Sprite 
>> at the 50th reunion in Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) 2008. Yes, I drove it back there from
>> my home in Washington State.
>> 
>> On that trip I claim the 21st Century longest single day drive in a Sprite... 1187 miles from Gillette Wyoming to Kelso, Washington via I-90 thru Seattle. 
>> 
>> Most years I've been driving  it the Vancouver B.C. ABFM, about 500 miles round trip.
>> 
>> I've worked really hard to get rid of all the squeaks and rattles and very nearly succeeded.  
>> 
>> The down side... Mr. Tinworm has been at work in the usual places, and there is a sping in the hood 
>> where I closed it and created a dimple. 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Bill                          mailto:Zormecteon at comcast.net
>> 
>> 
>> If it walks out of your refrigerator, LET IT GO! 
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