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

[Rick Fisk]

Apparently reading the entire post before responding hasn't reached the Spridget world.  Bill asked for our opinion.  Read the title of the post - "is $10, 000 a fair price... I'll go from there".

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> On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Jay Fishbein <jfishbein at snet.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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