Curt.... that just doesn't sound like to much for the car...honestly it's a
reasonable number when you consider it's a California car..... K
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> From: CNAArndt@aol.com
> To: toyman@digitex.net
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net; spritenut@Exit109.com
> Subject: Re: LBC Related Questions
> Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:53 PM
>
> In a message dated 2/5/01 6:08:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> toyman@digitex.net writes:
>
> << what would
> be a good ballpark to expect to pay for a car similar to what I
> described (Frank, your price doesn't count since you always get your
> cars free) >>
>
> Brad, Frank and All
>
> I have to agree with Frank on the $2500 limit if it needs everything.
After
> years without a Sprite, my wife and I found our car, a Two owner 53K
original
> mile '60 Bugeye that was a very original car. Stored since '82 but
running
> when they put it up, it had every thing to include all original
mechanicals,
> interior (still has the original rubber floor mats and the seats are very
> good with no tears), and top, which other than a tear is still
serviceable.
> The car had a poor quality re-spray some years ago but other than that it
is
> virtually rust free and straight with the original chrome bumpers front
and
> rear.
>
> I figured the car to be worth about $2500 to $3000 as it sat but the
owners
> had illusions that it was worth quite a lot more. We finally got the car
for
> $3500, but the towing was free and I've gotten a lot of help with parts
from
> are local club members. I will have about another $1200 into the car
just to
> get it running properly, i.e. all new brakes, hydraulics, cooling system,
> tires, fuel system, etc.
>
> The owners to this day feel we got the deal of the century since they
think
> that the car was worth close to $5000 and had it not been for my wife's
> rapport with the owner, a woman who loved the fact that my wife had had a
> Sprite as her first car, they would not have sold it. I still feel that
we
> paid about $500 too much for the car but it now has a good home now and
there
> are no regrets.
>
> Bottom line, don't get too emotional.
>
> Curt Arndt
> Carlsbad, CA
> '55 BN1, '60 AN5
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