Brad,
It sure looks pretty solid. I know zero about these little trucks but I like
them & I would guess they are like our Spridgets but pick up version : )
Is the Conestoga cover the cover in the last photo and is that the current
owner when it was white?
Last question for all can we really make our little A series engines daily
drivers like this guy says? If so that's my goal.
http://www.brrta.org/brad
Lin
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad@gmail.com>wrote:
> Well, I got some photos, it isn't pristine by any stretch, but it runs
> great
> and doesn't look bad. He even has the Conestoga cover
> and most of the parts to fasten it all down that goes with it. I took 9
> photos of the truck, 1 of a photo of a truck with the cover on it, and a 15
> second quicktime file of the engine running. It accelerates quite well for
> a
> 948 single carb, but it feels like it would need Peter to give some
> attention to the shocks. I can send photos and video to interested parties
> BUT, he just called me, and is starting to have second thoughts about
> selling it. In order for him to put fresh paint on it, and purchase an
> interior kit, he is now thinking of selling his 67 Morris convertible. It
> has the 1098 in it, and he will be moving it out of the garage for photos
> later today, if the rain doesn't come in. He says he will be asking $2000
> for it.
> I told him that I could take photos and pass them around here, but I
> couldn't promise anything, since this isn't a Morris community.
> He may, or may not call me, to take photos.
> If you MIGHT be interested, please, let me know asap, and I'll call him
> back
> and tell him I have "X" number of folks waiting for photos. He was
> surprised
> that I already had several folks asking for the pictures of the truck.
> I guess the warmer weather is bringing out the British cars from the barns
> and sheds they are hiding in.
> IF my posting these finds is NOT appropriate, someone please say something,
> and I'll find another way to keep folks informed as the cars come out of
> the
> thaw.
> FWIW, I also went and checked out a 71 Midget. Body has a dent in the left
> door, left fender dented from where he backed his pickup into it with his
> tailgate down. A few small bubbles on the bottom of both A pillars, but
> lower hinge mounts are solid. Left rear lower wing rusted inside and out.
> Top frame broken, top rotted, but seats and floors not too bad. He says he
> has fuel up to the carbs, but it won't start without force feeding them.
> There are wires hanging back around the fuel pump, and out of the right
> side
> of engine compartment. Brake master is empty, so I have some concerns about
> the condition of braking system.
> The title is in the name of an owner that is a guest of our Texas prison
> system serving 3 life sentences (I guess not ALL Spridget owners are good
> people) but he claims that he can get that fixed. He is asking $4500 for
> it.
> I asked him to contact me after he has held it for a while. With the issues
> it has, and our Texas demographic, I just don't see him getting that kind
> of
> money.
> If it had a clear title, and was a running, driving, stopping car, it would
> be a different story, IMHO.
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Well.. what did ya find out?
> >
> > Lester
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