[Spridgets] Story about a hardtop

[Tim Collins]

I assume that you are a bachelor!
Tim

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM Bill L. via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hello Weslake1330,
>
>
> Here's my hardtop story..
>
> I saw one on ebay for $600, local pickup only.The guy had completely
> restored it for his Mk IV Sprite, but after finishing it he found it didn't
> fit as it was for a MK III. Lucky Me!  It was on the east coast, Florida or
> the Carolinas, I can't remember exaclty. I communicated with the guy and he
> agreed to ship to Washington state, if I would pay for the boxing
> materials. Well, he made the box so big and heavy that it could only be
> shipped motor freight.  I paid him $400 for the plywood, and he shipped it.
> That shipping was $500! So now I'm into it for a $1000. They wouldn't
> deliver it from Portland so I had to borrow a truck from my neighbor to
> pick it up. The truck got 10 mpg and it was 120 mile round trip so there
> was another $60. We unloaded the truck opened up the box, took out the top
> and I went into the house.  About an hour later the police came knocking on
> my door asking me if it was my truck in the ravine! I had forgotten to set
> the brake and the truck rolled back, across th
>  e street and over the edge! The offered to pull it out, but since I have
> AAA I called them so it wouldn't cost me anything for that at least. Turns
> out the frame was bent and the truck was a total loss. Of course I had to
> replace the truck as my neighbor didn't have coverage for that and either
> did I. We found a replacement for $1400. All in my top cost me nearly
> $2500, on a car I paid $2000 for. But it IS a nice top and MK III tops are
> the rarest of them all.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Bill                            mailto:Zormecteon at comcast.net
>
>
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