back in the 80's i worked for an export company specialising in interesting
cars. i have driven 100-4, 100-6, 3000, xk120,140,150, etype 6&12, various
triumphs, and more mercedes than i'd prefer to admit! the bugeye is a
breath of fresh air in comparison. and! if you try to enjoy any of the
stone age sports cars after you get out of your rice ride rocket ship,
forget it! unless you are a die hard sports car enthusiast you are going to
hate the ride, handling and lack of power if you attempt to compare vintage
to modern equiptment! but! if you are gifted with the ability to
apreciate a car for the era it represents and enjoy that time capsule
"experience", then you are a minority and should feel lucky to be able to
enjoy sampling that sort of experience. me? i learned to apreciate what
i have (that darn bugeye) and that's why i still have it and a few others
too!
chuck
the same darn bugeye for 29 years and counting!
-----Original Message-----
From HealeyRic2 at aol.com <HealeyRic2@aol.com>
To: macleans@earthlink.net <macleans@earthlink.net>;
spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Selling???
>When I was rebuilding my bugeye in the late '70s I had a chance to buy a
>factory 100M for $5000. It was a solid car, needed cosmetics but since I
was up
>to my eyeballs in the bugeye resto, I passed. As the prices of 100Ms have
>risen in to the $30-50k range, I regularly kick my butt over that decision.
While
>filling up at a gas station at Lime Rock last week, a guy in a 5-series BMW
>asks me about the bugeye and tells me he has a 100M. He says the bugeye is
>more fun to drive. That's the trouble with being car lovers. "So many
cars, so
>little time (and money)" We'd all love to sample those cars we've always
>lusted after and I'm sure a lot of us play the game of what we could buy if
we
>sold whatever cars we have at the time. In fact, I considered selling my
bugeye
>and big Healey to buy an M Roadster at one time. Maybe we should all buy a
>differrent car and start trading them around the list for a month at a
time.
>That way, we could all get a shot at our dream cars.
>
>Rick
>AN5, BJ7, BMW gray market 323i, Z/28
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