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Re: MkI & MkII Questions (LONG)

To: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com, Ajhsys@aol.com
Subject: Re: MkI & MkII Questions (LONG)
From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:45:57 -0700
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
In-reply-to: <85256803.0054906A.00@ams-central-gate-5a.amsinc.com>
Reply-to: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
The split window coupe is currently the most sought after 'Vette. When I
was in college, a good friend was selling his, and I foolishly didn't snap
it up. At $1500, it would have been a steal too. As a college student, that
was a fortune to me though.

Gerard

>Guess wich one is worth more now - the
>one that is "better" (a '63 with the split cut out) or the one that is
>"original" (with distracting split).
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>Ajhsys@aol.com on 10/07/99 10:23:17 AM
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>To:   Herb Goede/AMS/AMSINC, spridgets@autox.team.net
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>Subject:  Re: MkI & MkII Questions (LONG)
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>In a message dated 10/6/99 9:29:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Herb_Goede@amsinc.com writes:
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><< I'll need to disagree slightly with Frank.  It won't be the first or
>last
> time.  Just like anything else a car is only worth what someone is willing
> to pay for it.  A  In my experience it is easier to sell one in close to
> original condition than one that has been customized.  "Improvement" is in
> the eye of the beholder.  Original is much less subjective. >>
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>There you go, perpetrating another old thread!  :-)  (Smiley inserted here
>means I'm not complaining!)
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>There are no black and white issues when it comes to this hobby.  My Midget
>is not original, and was not when I bought it.  It had been de-toxed and
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>ZS carb was replaced with a Weber.  I still like it, but there is a part of
>me that would like to have a completely original car.
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>There was a Sprite at MGs at Mercer last weekend that has only 1700
>original
>miles on it.  It is the lowest mileage Sprite in the US, and probably the
>second lowest in the world.  There is one with only 5 miles on the clock in
>the museum in Abingdon.  It would be a shame to change that car in any way.
>It even has the original tires.  But for a daily driver, I see no reason
>that
>it shouldn't be up to the owner to make it comfortable, or to make it
>handle
>better or a little quicker, if he or she so desires.
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>To each his own.  Just make sure you have fun with your LBC!
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>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport


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