[Spridgets] Budget Midget Progress

[Linda Grunthaner]

Wow Frank it's awesome. I know you undercoat the wheel wells but why don't
you paint them stock color first is it because the undercoat sticks to the
primer better?
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/spritenut/?action=view&current=022.jpg
Lin

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> And cost to date.
>
> I am working on the "Budget Midget" a 70s midget shell I picked up on Ebay
> for $50. My goal is to complete a show worthy safe Midget for $500 including
> the cost of the car.
> As of today I am up to $485 and I drove the car around the neighborhood
> yesterday.
> I still need a couple of small things from Vic Brit like the grille badge,
> a jack hole plug, yeah I have only 1 jack hole plug in all my totes of
> rubber goods. I do have 16 drive shaft hole plugs, go figure.
> Maybe a speedometer cable and a few other tidbits.
> These parts are $35 which will bump me over the limit by $20.
> Of course if I didn't have to buy a new battery, I would be under budget.
> I didn't even start the interior yet and I know I need a sheet of masonite
> to make the panels, some vinyl, but I do have the carpets.
>
> Pictures can be seen here
> http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/spritenut/
>
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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