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<div style="font-size: 10pt; "><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Montana Bob....ahhh yes! The good old days of snappy answers to snappy questions......yes those were the days my friend....</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Chuck</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Former Alfa parts man.....( ruined my career...)</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></p><div id="SignatureBox" dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Sent from my LG Mobile</div></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; "><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">------ Original message------</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>From: </b>Ron Soave via Spridgets<spridgets@autox.team.net></spridgets@autox.team.net></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Date: </b>Mon, Jul 25, 2016 2:50 PM</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>To: </b>Joel Baldwin;Spridgets;</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Spridgets] 1986-87 Graduate model</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></p></div><pre>Montana Bob? The car in the Graduate was an Alfa Duetto Spider. Alfa offered a Spider in "Graduate" form in the later 80s in bare trim rather than the Veloce or Quadrofoglio to appeal to "graduates" on a lesser budget. Kirk and many others have been on this list for many years, and this list draws upon everything automotive as well as cats, Zappa, witchcraft. Ron Soave> On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Joel Baldwin via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:> > > I think you're mixing up 'spider' and 'sprite'.> > As I remember, the tiny sports car in 'The Graduate' was a Fiat Spider.> > And neither Sprites nor Midgets were being built in 86-7. This list is for the British cars <a href="tel:1958-1969">1958-1969</a> Austin Healey Sprites and <a href="tel:1962-1979">1962-1979</a> MG Midgets, not the Italian car Fiat Spider.> > --On Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:48 PM -0700 Kirk Hargreaves via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:> >> >> Help me please, I am tempted. A guy near our home has this up for sale,>> a Graduate original 68k on the odometer (unless rolled back but the car>> with all records looks like the accurate mileage). >> >> >> Red with paint having been buffed to hard on trunk . . white showing. No>> mud in the body that I can tell via magnet and second owners testimony.>> >> >> Seams in the seats beginning to come apart. >> >> >> He says the electrics have been re-done with an updated harness to>> hopefully avoid gremlins common to this mark. >> >> >> Wants 5k - which according to "sold cars" on eBay indicates they trade>> for around 5k, give or take. >> >> >> Soooooooo . . . how difficult are these cars in terms of reliability? >> >> >> Is "Fix it Again Tony" the thing that consistently applies to this>> model? >> >> >> Kirk > > > > > ------------------------> ><a href="mailto: spridgets@autox.team.net"> spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> > Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a>> Suggested annual donation: $12.75> > Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a>> Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http<a href="mailto:://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com">://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com</a><a href="mailto:------------------------spridgets@autox.team.netDon">------------------------spridgets@autox.team.netDon</a>ate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.htmlSuggested">http://www.team.net/donate.htmlSuggested</a> annual donation: $12.75Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archiveForums:">http://www.team.net/archiveForums:</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/forumsUnsubscribe/Manage:">http://www.team.net/forumsUnsubscribe/Manage:</a> http<a href="mailto:://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com">://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com</a></spridgets@autox.team.net></spridgets@autox.team.net></pre></div></body></html>