<div dir="ltr"><div>Well.  The buyer certainly wasn't after originality.You don't do "upgrades" during a restoration. It's a mechanical and cosmetic rebuild.I suppose you could look at it like it would cost more than that to do it to a Bugeye yourself, especially a checkbook mechanic. My 2 cents, don't mean much. It's not my money.</div><div>Mike MacLean<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 10:27 AM HealeyRick via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1959-AUSTIN-HEALEY-SPRITE-BUGEYE-ROADSTER-272278" target="_blank">https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1959-AUSTIN-HEALEY-SPRITE-BUGEYE-ROADSTER-272278</a><br><div><br></div><div>Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"</div></div>
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