For "any price" I might be tempted to part with mine!!!!
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: Harris Goodkind <harris@lightspeed.net>
To: Bill Elliott <wcelliot@concentric.net>; Bryan Vandiver
<Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <tzuchow@ibm.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Sprite hardtop from metro??
> I was told that a factory hardtop for a Bugeye is worth as much as $1000
> depending on condition. I guess it's worth what someone would pay for it.
> I would want one for any price...!
>
> ----------
> > From: Bill Elliott <wcelliot@concentric.net>
> > To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> > Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net; tzuchow@ibm.net
> > Subject: Re: Sprite hardtop from metro??
> > Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 3:57 PM
> >
> > Just out of curiosity... what does a Bugeye hardtop go for?
> >
> > Bill Elliott
> > Lake Mills, WI
> >
> > Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> > >
> > > Tom,
> > >
> > > The metro isn't history yet, I'm just checking for 'possibilities'. I
> know of a few 'totaled'
> > > metros that still have there tops intact, so even if I was to do it,
it
> would probably be from
> > > another car. The body I saw last night, while it didn't look like it
> had any sever rot, had been
> > > completly stripped of paint several years ago, and is now completely
> surface rusted. I also noted
> > > that it uses the same ignition switch as a bugeye, and some of the
same
> knobs. I couldn't see too
> > > much else, since the car was filled with scrap lumber and buried in
> weeds.
> > >
> > > If a hardtop could be easily made, it might be a nice option for some
> of us with more time than
> > > money...
> > >
> > > - Bryan
> > >
> > > >To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>,
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > >Subject: Re: Sprite hardtop from metro??
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> > > >
> > > >You might want to look into the value of "a complete rolling Nash
> > > >Metropolitan (no-engine)" before you start cutting it into scrap
> metal.
> > > >That's a rare, 40-year-old antique auto you have there and it has its
> > > >enthusiasts.
> > > >
> > > >To me, that's like scrapping a complete Bugeye to make a neat gizmo
> for a
> > > >'61 Impala.
> > > >
> > > >Tom Zuchowski
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> > > >To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > >Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 2:20 PM
> > > >Subject: Sprite hardtop from metro??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Hi all,
> > > >>
> > > >>Does anyone know anything about making a bugeye hartop by cutting
the
> top
> > > >off a Nash Metro???
> > > >>Last night I helped a friend pick up a Bugeye 'project' car that he
> just
> > > >bought. It came with a lot
> > > >>of miscellaneous spare parts, and also included a complete rolling
> Nash
> > > >Metropolitan (no-engine).
> > > >>They guy he bought it from , said he had the metro, because he was
> going to
> > > >cut off the top and use
> > > >>it on the sprite. Apparently it uses the same windshield glass as
the
> early
> > > >sprite, and after
> > > >>looking at the top, it does indeed look almost identical to a bugeye
> > > >hardtop. I guess the trick
> > > >>would be figuring out how to handle the rear glass.
> > > >>In any case, has anyone done this or seen it done???
> > > >>
> > > >> - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> > > >> San Jose, CA
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
>
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