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eeek,
that would be a decent buy at $600, but it is already beyond that.
 

John Moore

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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!
 
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Trevor Jessie said:
eeek,
that would be a decent buy at $600, but it is already beyond that.

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
 

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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.
 

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And they are NOT available here otherwise.

Why do you say that? Are they hard to find in the UK or all they all extremely rusty!?
 

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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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