[Spridgets] Hi, I'm new. Please help me and my '76

[Andrew Payne]

Thank you David.  The workings of the list are much clearer.  I agree with
the (il)logical aspect of Midgets.  I have owned many practical cars, Miatas
and now a WRX. Plus, I already own the Midget, and the rust.  This is also a
more forgiving car to learn bodywork on than a '62 Austin Mini Cooper with
full race heritage.

> Plus having a car from California makes listening to Brian Wilson all the 
> more enjoyable. A blonde in the passenger seat is even better.

Well the east coast cars have rust
I really wish they weren't so bad
And the southern cars with the bullet holes
They make me scared to try to buy

The mid-west farmer's Midgets get trashed by tor-na-does
And the northern cars, all rot' from salt
They leave their drivers stranded at night

The west coast has the sunshine
And the cars all stay so dry
I dig some wire wheels on a Hawaiian island
Sprite by a palm tree in the sand.

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of cars
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest car from other parts of the world

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California cars


-----Original Message-----
From: David Lieb [mailto:dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:26 PM
To: tinydog at snet.net; Andrew Payne; Spridget List
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Hi, I'm new. Please help me and my '76

> For some it's a hard concept to grasp, but the easiest and cheapest way to

> enter Spridget ownership is with a rust-free car from the West Coast. 
> Shipping is cheap in comparison to solving the problems straightening-out 
> a car that needs rockers, sills, and floors.
>
> Plus having a car from California makes listening to Brian Wilson all the 
> more enjoyable. A blonde in the passenger seat is even better.

Logically, you are probably correct. However, logically, who would own a 
Spridget?
Emotional involvement is necessary to keep things going when logic says it 
is better to throw the whole heap away and buy a Toyota.
There is a lot to be said for re-discovering an old friend that you wish you

had never sold. T^alk to Chuck Christ about his darn Bugeye sometime...

> I am still figuring out which messages come directly to me, and which come
> to me in digest form only.

Andrew,
If we send our reply only to the List, you will only see it in the digest. 
If we hit reply to your message and leave your name in the "To:" field, it 
will go to you immediately AND to the digest eventually. Why subscribe to 
the digest? Go live and live dangerously ;-)
David Lieb