[Spridgets] 1959 bugeye

[Larry Daniels]

Just today I went on a road trip with the local Brit car club.  I took my 67 
Austin A60 pickup that my wife absolutely hates.   No power steering, no 
power brakes, no air conditioning, hell, not even a heater or radio. 
Everything she hates about it, I love about it.  The complete starkness of 
it is what I love.

Went to visit John Gunnell, the automotive author, today after the trip.  He 
is about 45 minutes from me.  I took all the back roads home.  Got 
completely lost.  Loved every mile home that took an hour and a half.

That is what owning these cars is all about.  Explore, drive slow and enjoy 
it, get lost and enjoy that, too.  I purposely didn't bring a map.  It's a 
blast!  Saw things that are less than an hour from home that I have never 
seen before.  It was a blast!

LAD

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From: "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 6:23 PM
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>; "Frank" <spritenut at comcast.net>; 
"Dean Hedin" <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 1959 bugeye

--- On Sat, 4/17/10, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:
> It depends on the situation, Maybe a
> $10k Bugeye.

I'm not a rich man, but it isn't cost that makes the decision for me. Heck, 
I drove a Lotus Turbo Esprit every day for 3 years right up until it 
exploded - the radiator cost more than my race Sprite did. I'll be honest 
and open myself up for ridicule - I think roll-up windows are the greatest 
innovation on LBCs since, well, since anything. I admire the simplicity of 
being able to race an old LBC without having to do anything to the weather 
system except unfasten it, but in a beater it is akin to using chopsticks 
instead of a fork. That's why I never stuck with it for long as a daily 
driver. I'm OK without A/C, radio, heat, etc., but I personally need windows 
for everyday use. There, I said it.

Ron
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