For the first nine years I owned my Bugeye project, I had nowhere to
work on it and it was stored with relatives or in various commercial
storage spaces. Then for a while I was able to work on it in an
apartment garage, even though that was technically against the rules.
Then I had a big dilemma, as I was moving from Riverside CA to Atlanta.
Fortunately my new employer paid for the move, but unfortunately most of
the big moving companies will not move an unregistered, inoperable car!
I found one that was willing to just shove it up into the truck and off
it went (at that point, I really might have had to get rid of it; the
cost of U-hauling it cross country would have been obscene). Then more
storage here, and now I finally have a house with a garage and workshop.
Over the years, I probably spent more renting storage spaces and those
dinky apartment garages than the car is worth. Yes that makes no sense
but neither does the choice to own one of these in the first place!
Some caveats: many storage facilities, like movers, will not accept
unregistered and/or inoperable cars. Most apartments with garages do
not permit you to do terrible things like change your oil, let alone
rebuild LBCs. Of course, what they don't know won't hurt them, so it
may be better to be discrete than ask up front...
Jeff Thorpe
'60 Bugeye
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From: J. Adrian Barnes
To: Spridgets
Subject: Dilemma
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 7:57PM
Listers:
I am facing a dilemma. My entire family moved off to the Fort
Lauderdale area (I am in Knoxville, TN) and they are trying to get me to
move. And the fact that I can double my salary by moving is inviting.
Problem is that I probably won't be able to get a garage because I will
have to rent an apartment. And here my Midget sits in millions of tiny
pieces, and there is no way I can get it back together any time soon.
My dilemma is this: if I move, what do I do about the car? Do I try to
sell the pieces? Put it in storage up here until I get to a position
that I can come and get it or can afford to have somebody else restore
it? I don't think I can possibly sell a project under restoration like
this, especially since I easily have $2000 in it already with parts,
rust-free body, engine machining, and paint trimming and don't feel like
just throwing that all away.
Has anybody else gone through something like this? If so, what did you
do? Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks for listening!
adrian
PS I haven't moved yet...it is just looking very very probable.
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J. Adrian Barnes
adrian@icx.net
http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
http://www.ravineware.com
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