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Re: Va-car-tion (New Midget!!)

To: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Va-car-tion (New Midget!!)
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 20:13:27 -0400
References: <20010707000427.82156.qmail@web11701.mail.yahoo.com>
Good job Ron, the link worked <g>.  And the car looks great too!  Lucky dog,
why can't I ever find 'em that nice.  lol

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:04 PM
Subject: Va-car-tion (New Midget!!)


> A perfect end to a perfect week here on the beach in
> FL...
> 
> Lynette and I had dinner and drinks with Larry Cogan
> and his S.O. Jody a few nights ago, and we started
> talking about his beautiful 1970 Midget.  We had a
> great time, and Larry decided he'd sell me the car for
> what I considered an absurdly low price, if the car
> was in the condition I remembered it to be.  So the
> next day...a short drive to Larry's place while
> Lynette is at lunch with friends.  I looked at the
> car, I could not find a flaw or a spec of rust on the
> car anywhere.  Nice "light" BRG, fully undercoated,
> complete, nice interior.  Not a crack or scuff on the
> dash.  All gauges worked perfectly with no needle
> bounce (weird).  Tight 1275, a little puff of smoke on
> throttle lift, no apparent leaks.  Snug Top hardtop,
> tons of spares with another 1275/ribcase, full axle
> w/diff, gauges, you name it.  Lynette comes by after
> lunch, and after a brief ride, says "we look at
> hundreds of these things, they're never this nice.  Go
> ahead."   So I'm 1200 miles from home, what the hell,
> it's mine!  The car is washed, waxed, covered and put
> away for now.  It'll sit in my mom's garage here until
> I can bring it home, and she graciously sprung for a
> dehumidifier as she is literally 100 feet from the
> Atlantic Ocean.
> 
> I cannot say enough good things about Larry.  A class
> act all the way.  A genuine pleasure to see him as
> always, and I have never had so much fun buying a car.
>  The scans at the link below were done by a local drug
> store during film processing, they suck and don't do
> the car justice, but here ya go (assuming the link
> works):
> 
> photos.yahoo.com/bc/soavero
> 
> =====
> Ron Soave
> 
> The optimist says the glass is half full.
> The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
> The engineer says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
> The British car owner says it's leaking.
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