I think someone should dig it up and see if there are any usable parts.
Maybe write it up for National Geographic.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
To: 'Larry and Sandi Miller' <millerls@email.msn.com>
Date: 16 November, 1998 9:06 AM
Subject: RE: Free Sprite (Backhoe Required)
>That's Robert Weeks' site. He's on the list, or at least he was. I always
>wondered if he was serious. He's a former New Yorker so you never know...
> ;-)
>
>Phil Vanner
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry and Sandi Miller [SMTP:millerls@email.msn.com]
>Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 9:59 AM
>To: Spridgets
>Subject: Free Sprite (Backhoe Required)
>
>While browsing the MG Web Ring I came across the following and wondered if
>Frank might want another Sprite to restore. It would probably be free to
>anyone willing to dig it up. Since Frank is a building contractor I figured
>he would have access to a backhoe.
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>"Robert's 1969 Midget http://www.woozy.com/midget/
>GAN4U/67371G
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>When I was younger, about 19 years younger, I purchased a 1967 Austin
>Healey
>Sprite for $75. The car was in the middle of a complete restoration in
>which
>the owner had lost interest. I towed the car to my parent's house and
>proceeded to reassemble all of the various parts which were in cardboard
>boxes and milk crates. Armed with nothing other than a Hayes manual and a
>Moss Motoring catalog, I got the whole thing running and through NJ state
>inspection. When I brought home a Volvo to restore my father decided I had
>one car too many, so he dug a hole with a backhoe and buried the Sprite.
>-( "
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>Larry Miller (bugiiis@yahoo.com or millerls@msn.com)
>59 Bugeye (Starting to look like a Bugeye)
>59 Bugeye "BUGIIIS" (Undergoing a body transplant)
>78 911 SC (Faster than a Bugeye but not as much fun)
>Home Page http://members.xoom.com/bugiiis
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