[Spridgets] 1986-87 Graduate model

[Ron Soave]

Montana Bob? 

The car in the Graduate was an Alfa Duetto Spider. Alfa offered a Spider in "Graduate" form in the later 80s  in bare trim rather than the Veloce or Quadrofoglio to appeal to "graduates" on a lesser budget. 

Kirk and many others have been on this list for many years, and this list draws upon everything automotive as well as cats, Zappa, witchcraft. 

Ron Soave

> On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Joel Baldwin via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I think you're mixing up 'spider' and 'sprite'.
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> As I remember, the tiny sports car in 'The Graduate' was a Fiat Spider.
> 
> And neither Sprites nor Midgets were being built in 86-7.  This list is for the British cars 1958-1969 Austin Healey Sprites and 1962-1979 MG Midgets, not the Italian car Fiat Spider.
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> --On Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:48 PM -0700 Kirk Hargreaves via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Help me please, I am tempted.  A guy near our home has this up for sale,
>> a Graduate original 68k on the odometer (unless rolled back but the car
>> with all records looks like the accurate mileage).  
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>> Red with paint having been buffed to hard on trunk . . white showing. No
>> mud in the body that I can tell via magnet and second owners testimony.
>> 
>> 
>> Seams in the seats beginning to come apart. 
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>> He says the electrics have been re-done with an updated harness to
>> hopefully avoid gremlins common to this mark.  
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>> 
>> Wants 5k - which according to "sold cars" on eBay indicates they trade
>> for around 5k, give or take.  
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>> 
>> Soooooooo . . . how difficult are these cars in terms of reliability? 
>> 
>> 
>> Is "Fix it Again Tony" the thing that consistently applies to this
>> model? 
>> 
>> 
>> Kirk 
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