Hi Peter,
<Did ANYONE offer to donate a correct mirror yet?>
One odd backfire to everyone's incredible generosity is that people who, rightly, feel they need to recoup some expense before letting go of a part, rarely contact us at all. Funds are certainly limited, but if we need something we would rather be offered the chance to buy it, than go without it completely. We can always graciously say no, something all of us silently say hundreds of times when 'thumbing' through e-bay. If anyone out there has something on our "wish list" (
https://www.teamsprite.com/WishList.html) to sell, please don't be sheepish about contacting us.
<You must be getting very close to your goal. When is the auction to take place? I hope it goes well for you. Very, VERY worthwhile cause.>
I suppose the end is careening towards us, but when I look at this thing (alone) in the evening, and realize just how many interrelated moving parts there are in the little guy, (and that hardly a single piece hasn't been apart), I need to (sometimes) grab on to something. If you shut off a running car, remove a piece and either rebuild it or replace it, in the back of your mind you are comforted that all the other parts on the car were, at least, cooperating with each other at the time you removed the key. Remembering the twenty-odd boxes of bits, some from other unnamed cars, are now stirred into this stew called AN5L620….whew! To belabor the metaphor, the flavor won’t even be known until, probably, two weeks before the dinner.
Somehow the idea that I have done this sort of thing before has become canon. Before I begged them to change it, Classic Car magazine’s website said I had "50 years of classic car restoration experience." In reality, I was sort of teacher/buddy who had a “sweet” idea for a “cool” class. I do have a very high fuss-level and can call on an abundance of sage advice. The encouragement from you’all has been a major contributor to the success of this “sweet” idea. Although I may sound a bit concerned, I am confident this little car will be a wonderful prize for someone. I just wish I could keep it myself.
Brian
www.teamsprite.com