Best Midget Ever
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NJ, I joined the Sprite board and have tried to pass them off there. I recently got an e mail with three spridgets offered for a couple hundred dollars with in 50 miles of the shop. With in a 1/4 mile of the shop there is a recycle place and running them across the scale is an option. Steve (CTR)
Unless these are non-running sheds/parts cars, I'm gob-smacked.
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NJ, I joined the Sprite board and have tried to pass them off there. I recently got an e mail with three spridgets offered for a couple hundred dollars with in 50 miles of the shop. With in a 1/4 mile of the shop there is a recycle place and running them across the scale is an option. Steve (CTR)
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Dinner discussion started simply -"The Midget has gotta go"
"OK Honey, I know I know , Its a classic and not resourceful to the family, Ill put it up for sale and see if it goes anywhere.
Fulfilled the quest.
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...They are stored inside and I'm thinking of throwing them away to make room for more minis. I have tried to sell and no luck. Have clean title for one ...
Steve (CTR)
?? Ask Howie how you can put it on the Spridget list. There should be a number of folks that would surveil your dumpster to save you the haul away charge.
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The rear end and the disc brakes of the late sprite are kind of cool, but there isn't much market for these cars, but maybe we just are not paying attention to the higher end...
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It's hard to figure, I have a side curtian Sprite and a 77 or later Midget and both were given to me. They are stored inside and I'm thinking of throwing them away to make room for more minis. I have tried to sell and no luck. Have clean title for one but not the sprite. Steve (CTR)
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Also, word on the street is that Zippy the Pinhead is selling his moke to buy this car.
The street lies!
My tuppence - If it had a complete Miata drive train (and there is a nicely-done one around here) that's still a looooong way to go for a square-nose, even with the radiused wheel openings. ...and that's from a former MK III owner.
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nice car, but $25k for a late model Midget would be tough in my opinion. They simply aren't worth much. I have a '66 Sprite, and although I love the car, I realize that at best, I am going to get back no more than the money I have spent on it in parts.
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Guys, guys, it isn't a contest. There is bad in every picture, so pulling as much bad out as you can is only going to give you a hernia. Just buy two brand new Fiats with your $25 000
Also, word on the street is that Zippy the Pinhead is selling his moke to buy this car.
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There's a few little detail things that annoy me on that car more than someone casually folding the top down for pictures. Like the paint following the rocker panel instead of staying under the trim. No hood buffers. Odd carpet in the trunk. Paint showing on trans tunnel between carpet pieces. What appears to be black electrical tape holding the heater duct on. I'll forgive the duct itself for appearing to be dryer ducting, as it could be the camera or the lighting playing tricks.
I've got a '79 Midget and never gave it a thought to value it anywhere near that amount. Maybe I should get an appraisal and revisit the idea of selling it. Or insuring it for more.
I even have a new tach on a shelf for it. The one in it does work, though. Can never have too many spares.
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That is a pretty car. Round rear arch are the better looking cars IMO. I have a 73...would love to get it driving.
Runs like a charm.....now if only I could engage a gear!
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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That is not my car.
Your neighbor's car, with Rivergate conversion, sounds like one excellent deal.
I went to see the movie The Piano with a girl from my university latin class. She had never been near any sort of British car in her life, however she intuitively understood how to put the hood down - pull fabric all the way back and let the mechanism go down, fold fabric over the mechanism to keep from damaging the rear window, tuck it under, etc. She also immediately figured out where the seat belt was, and how to use your interior hand to open the door handle. Yet here we see people asking huge money for a car and they don't even know how to put the hood down.
The way the owner folded that roof down is a good way to ruin a nice top. For $25k you would think the wipers would park.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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That is not my car.
Your neighbor's car, with Rivergate conversion, sounds like one excellent deal.
I went to see the movie The Piano with a girl from my university latin class. She had never been near any sort of British car in her life, however she intuitively understood how to put the hood down - pull fabric all the way back and let the mechanism go down, fold fabric over the mechanism to keep from damaging the rear window, tuck it under, etc. She also immediately figured out where the seat belt was, and how to use your interior hand to open the door handle. Yet here we see people asking huge money for a car and they don't even know how to put the hood down.
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This car is for sale for $25000, slightly less than the appraised value.
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