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eeek,
that would be a decent buy at $600, but it is already beyond that.
 
Yeah, I'm watching that, I'm curious to see how much it goes for, as a gauge for the value of mine. My floors are better, but his sills are better! lol!
 
Trevor Jessie said:
eeek,
that would be a decent buy at $600, but it is already beyond that.
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Hmmmm, already gone up since I posted it!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif

I am constantly amazed at how complete many of these "rough" cars are though /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif
 
That's about as rough as mine when I started. It needs a complete overhaul then. If done right, it really doesn't matter how bad it is. I mean if you're going to replace the floors, it doesn't matter if the holes are small or big. As for the price? It's worth what the market will bear. I paid $1500 to transport mine from America, but the car was free at that time. And they are NOT available here otherwise. So the price was right.
 
racingenglishcars said:
And they are NOT available here otherwise.
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Why do you say that? Are they hard to find in the UK or all they all extremely rusty!?
 
During the same period that Spridgets were young, the UK local authorities had a hair-trigger approach to potential freezing in the winter, so salt - lots of salt - was the order of the day. ALL cars of this era were made without any kind of corrosion protection, so the lower parts rusted out very quickly - and there wasn't much you could do about it, the undersealing that was available was only somewhat effective (speaking from personal experience).

I would guess that a rust-free Spridget (especially a Bugeye) would be rare in the UK unless it had been VERY rarely used in wet weather, kept in a heated garage, and lovingly coddled for those 40+ years.

I am fortunate that mine spent its youth in California, and its middle age in a garage in Raleigh NC, rarely venturing out. Needless to say, this latter was not the way most UK Spridgets were treated.
 
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