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#607709 - 09/12/09 01:31 PM $200 '76 Midget in Seattle
Billm Silver Member Jedi Knight Registered: 04/12/06 Posts: 1098 Loc: Renton, Washington	I just went to look at it- it is nearly rust-free and mostly complete (no seats, top, interior, etc) http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/1366269709.html NFI Bill _________________________ '69 Sprite Mk IV '60 MGA '65 Midget
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#607750 - 09/12/09 03:13 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: Billm]
jlaird Bronze Member Great Pumpkin Registered: 11/13/05 Posts: 18725 Loc: Niceville FL	For $200 bucks you didn't take it home. Shame on you. _________________________ Jack Laird Retired USAF AN5L 24515, Eng. 9C-U-H 16218, Apr. 1959 "Miss Agatha" On the road again and smiling. We were there, Lake of the Ozarks, 2008!! We gona be at Euro Fest 2011, see you there.
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#607760 - 09/12/09 03:40 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: jlaird]
TOC Silver Member Jedi Warrior Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 494 Loc: Kirkland, Wash., USA	Looks like carbs in left photo to me. Writeup says no carbs. Boy, that right photo threw me for a few...... Photo is so dark, finally oriented to the chrome 3-spoke steering wheel, and rotated my monitor. All is well! All is well!
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#607775 - 09/12/09 05:02 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: TOC]
tony barnhill Great Pumpkin Registered: 11/16/02 Posts: 24196 Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA	Yep, that's a carb alright....for $200, I'd bring it home & part out on ebay if nothing else! Heck, he'd probably take $150! _________________________ Tony "theAutoist" Barnhill SUPPORTING VENDOR
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#607829 - 09/12/09 07:36 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: tony barnhill]
bgbassplyr Jedi Warrior Registered: 01/16/09 Posts: 765 Loc: Charlotte, NC	Weber carb, wire wheels, no rust. That one should have followed you home. If I were closer, I'd have had it. _________________________ LBC's previously owned: 2 '59 TR3As, 1 Driven, 1 raced in '64 '61 & '68 Corvairs, both 4 carb (non LBC) Sunbeam Alpine (former wife loved it) Volvo 122S (non LBC) '46 MGTC 0442 '62 Sprite (racer) Currently owned: '62 TR4 (CT5586 L) bought 1990, stored until 2008, now undergoing refurbish for a driver. Jim Browne A legend in my spare time. I started with nothing and still have most of it.
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#607836 - 09/12/09 08:00 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: bgbassplyr]
Billm Silver Member Jedi Knight Registered: 04/12/06 Posts: 1098 Loc: Renton, Washington	I already have one more project car than I have garage spaces and my wife would have shot me!! I didn't ask specifically about the carb discrepancy but he is a really pleasant kid who is actually looking for one in running/driving condition. Lady next door to him has an MGB hardtop with no car for it (divorce thing) which is apparently looking for a new home too. Bill _________________________ '69 Sprite Mk IV '60 MGA '65 Midget
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#607841 - 09/12/09 08:24 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: Billm]
livinginthepast Jedi Hopeful Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 182 Loc: Covington, wa	For fifty dollars more you could get this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-AUST...d=p4506.c0.m245 _________________________ Bill West 1960 Austin Healey Sprite - the Cheshire Frog "A Bugeye is more like a pet than a car..."
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#607850 - 09/12/09 08:58 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: tony barnhill]
RickB Silver Member Darth Vader Registered: 03/06/07 Posts: 2813 Loc: Snoqualmie, WA USA	Originally Posted By: tony barnhill Yep, that's a carb alright....for $200, I'd bring it home & part out on ebay if nothing else! Heck, he'd probably take $150! I was just going to mention the lack of space for more projects at Bill's house - he beat me to it!! I'm full up at the moment, but I saw it earlier in the week and was tempted... _________________________ "It's better to burn out, than it is to rust" Rust Never Sleeps (Out of the blue) - Neil Young 1979 '64 Austin Healey Sprite '63?? Mk 1 Midget '78 Midget W/ Nissan A15 power: 'Frank' (Now with 99% less rubber!)
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#607860 - 09/12/09 09:20 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: livinginthepast]
CraigZ Senior Member Registered: 09/03/09 Posts: 72 Loc: Cary, NC	Originally Posted By: livinginthepast For fifty dollars more you could get this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-AUST...d=p4506.c0.m245 Holy smokes...I'm getting ready to cut up a rotten '69 that looks better than that!
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#607863 - 09/12/09 09:32 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: CraigZ]
TOC Silver Member Jedi Warrior Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 494 Loc: Kirkland, Wash., USA	Yeah, but it's fully restorable...including the swing-away rear body and the separate LF wing and headlamp assembly. I'd bet he'd make you a deal on the Corvair in the background at the same time. Heck you could put the body on the Corvair, have six cylinders, and leak oil just like the original! Think of the handling with the engine in back!
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#607976 - 09/13/09 03:27 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: TOC]
CraigZ Senior Member Registered: 09/03/09 Posts: 72 Loc: Cary, NC	My '69 was cut up today and properly disposed of at a scrap yard. It was extremely rotten...a Sawz-All with a new blade went thru it like a hot knife thru butter. I salvaged the steel wheels, rear axle and springs but the front end was not recoverable - rusted utterly solid. Have had the engine and tranny out and dry for years; interior was in pretty poor condition and it was tossed out several years ago. Heck, the car was free when I got it...used it, a rusty red Midget and a green Sprite to build my first car on that old white '69. Still, sorry to see my first Midget go... and a toast to the good times we had...
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#607982 - 09/13/09 03:47 PM Re: $200 '76 Midget in Seattle [Re: CraigZ]
SilentUnicorn Gold Member Yoda Registered: 05/08/03 Posts: 3460 Loc: God's Country ,Vermont	Geez.. all the god stuff is on the left coast.. m _________________________ "Red hair and black leather, My Favorite color scheme.."
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