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[Spridgets] Budget Midget is done

Subject: [Spridgets] Budget Midget is done
From: pchast at francomm.com (Pete Chast)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:30:14 -0500
References: <4D3AFC2F.8060501@comcast.net> <4D3B0C28.8000703@wi.net>
Amen







On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:56:08 -0500, Woerpel <dwoerpel at wi.net> wrote:

>
> Way to go!  Looks great Frank.
>
> So, tech session at Midget 50th: complete a car under $500 during the  
> week!  ;-)   They actually assemble a car at one of the U.K. shows.   
> Nah....we'd miss too many other events.
>
> Lesson here is: NEVER throw away or get rid of any old parts!
>
> Dave W.  - facing N.J. and bowing to the Patron Saint of Spridgets.   
> Hey, what's good for Pope Paul is good for St. Frank
>
> On 1/22/2011 9:47 AM, Frank Clarici wrote:
>> And I have exactly $500 into this car from just a shell to a real nice  
>> looking, great runni9ng Midget.
>> My total out of pocket spent on this car, including the car was $491.  
>> So I just put $9 worth of gas in it to round out the total.
>> My goal was $500, I hit it dead on.
>> Now that number does not include all the spare parts I had in my garage  
>> like fenders, bonnet, boot lid, doors, engine, trans, wire wheels, rear  
>> axle, A arms and everything else that is missing on just a shell.
>> But those parts have long been acquired or paid for so those were not  
>> "in this budget"
>> But I did by all new brake pipes and hydraulics, new battery, bushings,  
>> etc. Anything that really matters is new.
>> So IF you have a COMPLETE  running car, you can restore it for $500.
>> I just did.
>> BTW, that front nerf bar was a result of my electrician screwing up on  
>> a conduit bend, when I saw what he made, I told him to mirror image  
>> those bends and now I have a nerf bar made out of 3/4 conduit and a  
>> little powder coat.
>>
>> Pics here
>>
>> http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/spritenut/
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