Wow! You made out pretty good!
I also had an early Christmas this past weekend-I met up with the
gnetleman who is selling his stunning '78 that I recently posted a
message about. He had a trunkful of goodies for me-including a
rear end! So, now i have an extra one!
I came home, and went through all the little bits and peices and
just felt like the luckiest girl in all Spitfiredom!
Laura G.
p.s.-anyone wanna buy a set of front turn signals?
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:20:29 -0500
> This message is totally void of useful information -
however, I must
>gloat over my good fortune incident to visiting my son in
Cincinnati this
>past week-end.
> About a year ago, I bought by email a pair of Spit 1500
seats which my
>son picked up for me and stashed in his basement awaiting my
pick-up. I
>didn't get around to picking them up promptly, because the
refurbishment of
>my old seats was much more successful than I anticipated. I
finally visited
>my son this past week-end, and viewed my seats. What a pleasant
surprise -
>they're tan vinyl (not houndstooth), need only one seam
re-stitched & a good
>clean-up, and include all the hardware (except tracks). John S.,
the
>seller, kindly threw in an extra headrest & a beautiful tan
boot-cover, plus
>2 more seat-bottoms without covering, but with BEAUTIFUL foams.
> Sunday afternoon I went to check out an '80 Spit for sale in
Newtown.
>It was quite decent - repainted BRG (professionally done), no
obvious rust,
>nice interior, smooth-running, etc. But, for whatever reason, it
didn't
>particularly turn me on (cars are like the opposite sex - some
turn you on &
>some don't, and you can't often explain why). The seller, John
R., a real
>pleasant guy, has apparently shifted his interest now from Spits
to a Jag
>he's re-doing. After looking over the '80 Spit, John's Jag, and
various
>other works-in-progress (a mid-80's Trans-Am, some sort of a
>rail-car/dune-buggy/mud-runner, a couple of Farmall's, etc.), I
homed in on
>the '77 Spit parts-car outside the barn. Pulling the tarp aside,
the first
>thing I noticed was YAHOO! a proper 1500 luggage-rack - by
proper I mean
>the one with the oval bars front and back and the raised oval bar
in the
>back, six flat fore-and-aft slat-bars, overall about 18" X 36".
John was
>happy to let me have that for next to nothing - plus anything
else I wanted
>from the parts car (he got it for the tranny, which he pulled &
put in his
>'80).
> Sure am glad I took the truck to Ohio rather than the car,
because on
>departure Monday I had more than 1/2 of the truck-bed filled with
Spit
>goodies, to wit: 2 tan vinyl seats, 2 uncovered seat-bottoms, 1
tan
>headrest, 1 tan boot-cover from John S., plus 1 luggage-rack, 3
>bumper-guards, 2 black knee-pads, 1 black transmission cover, 1
black
>tonneau-cover, 1 tan top-boot, 1 black radio-console & plate, & 1
complete
>soft-top frame from John R. ----- total, overall expenditure
$110 (I do
>believe in Santa).
> Being an ancient geezer approaching my 7th decade (I'm
probably even
>older than you, Fred), one would expect me to instantly collapse
into the
>sack last night after a 500-mile journey - but where was I in the
wee hours?
>Not in the sack, but down in the workshop cleaning up my "new"
luggage-rack!
> This, BTW, is not a sneaky solicitation by me to peddle any
of these
>goodies. I'm sort of holding them in reserve aimed toward another
Spit less
>than a mile away that I'm trying to get. The young man who owns
says he's
>going to fix it up because it's been in the family for a number
of years &
>has great sentimental value, etc. But meanwhile it's been
sitting outside,
>untouched, un-tarped, for more than a year with the elements
taking their
>toll through disintegrated quarter-windows & back-window. I hate
to see
>that thing just sitting there, rusting away. But, that's another
story.
> Meanwhile, Merry Christmas to me!
>
>Cheers, Ree G. in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
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