[Spridgets] another E= Bay joke for sale

[Larry Daniels]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill L" <pythias at pacifier.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] another E= Bay joke for sale


Hello Leo,


      It's not a travesty. It's HIS car. He bought it. He owns it.
        It's his do do with as he pleases. While WE may not agree with
        HIS vision, It's still his car......

        I used to feel this way about guys who found old cars in barns
        in near original condition, then chopped, channeled,
        sectioned, and frenched 'em. ..... I now realize it doesn't
        matter what I think is right all that matters is does the owner like
        it.
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Bill, I've never had more ambivalent feelings on any topic than this.  Three 
guys who's opinions I value and respect as much as anybody's and whom I have 
regular contact with are Ron Soave, Peter C and WST.  I think we all have 
similar opinions in some respects and maybe waver a bit in others.

Ron just missed buying an incredibly well done MGB GT with a V-8.  Some 
would consider that sacrilege.  WST told me how it was a steal at well above 
what it ending up selling for.  If I had seen it for sale and didn't know 
Ron was bidding on it, I would have bought it.  Some people would cringe at 
that car.  I just bought a bunch of Aluminum V8s and trannies, etc. and will 
put one in my wife's MGB.  And I don't care what anybody thinks about that.

On the other hand, when I see a relatively rare and desirable car, I really 
hope that it stays in a relatively stock, original state for those who 
appreciate that.  That just isn't always me.  Sometimes, sometimes not.  I 
don't have a problem with a Bugeye with a 1275 and disc brakes, etc., but 
really appreciate a dead stock BE.  That's pretty cool, too.


Larry D