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Re: [Spridgets] 5spd

To: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 5spd
From: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 05:52:40 -0500
Here's one
http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/878442353.html
Lin

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:

> http://www.rivergate5speed.com/rivergate.html
>
> Donor Datsun 210 5 speeds show up on ebay at a rate of about one or two a
> month.
> At the time of this writing, they go for around $700-900.  You should
> probably have it rebuilt.
> Cha-ching..
>
> Despite this, the Datsun 5 speed kit is still a less exspensive alternative
> to the Moss T-9 kit, but not by very much.
> The Moss kit requires modifying the body sheetmetal, the Datsun kit does
> not.
>
> You would be very lucky to find a 210 tranny in a boneyard.
> You would also be very lucky to find a 210 car with a 5 speed.
>
> At least that is what I thought...until yesterday when I was driving down
> the NJ turnpike and passed one.
> For a moment I thought about flagging the guy down and offering him $300
> for his car.
> Then I thought he probably wouldn't go for it since that ol junker is
> getting him about 45mpg.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hagopian" <
> mhagopian@hoppetool.com>
> To: <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Spridgets net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 5spd
>
>
>  Car is a 1275cc
>> My question was this...
>>
>> I am looking to do a 5spd conversion on our bugeye located in NH, I am
>> accessible in MA, NH, VT, CT, and FL, and pretty much anywhere along the
>> coast on the drive from FL to NH but my grandfather is in FL right now and
>> I
>> live in MA. I would like to know the cost to do a 5spd because Moss wants
>> $3599 for the kit and a rebuilt T-9 transmission. Thats extremely steep.
>> If
>> someone could give me a parts list/possible trannys to do this that would
>> be
>> fantastic. OR if someone could provide me with a LINK to a website that
>> sells a kit with or without the transmission, I would like to get a round
>> figure price... personally I would rather have a 5spd with either a 4.55
>> or
>> a 4.22 then have a 4spd with a 3.9 or a 3.7 if they have one!
>>
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