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drooartz

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If I didn't have the Bugeye...

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110267283732

I love this generation of Spridget, my favorite (especially in Midget form). RHD makes is just right. Pop in my new Hap-built motor and carbs, and good to go. If only I had funding... and room... and patience...
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That's the year Midget I'm looking for....its just too far away.
 
I can be there in an hour and a half, give or take! Let me know! :smile:
 
I'm watching it - way too early to bid!

Edit: Wonder how many forms of "2/to/too/two" I can get in 1 sentence? "I'm watching it <span style="text-decoration: underline">to</span> see if I can add it <span style="text-decoration: underline">to</span> my collection of <span style="text-decoration: underline">twenty-two</span> cars but its way <span style="text-decoration: underline">too</span> early <span style="text-decoration: underline">to</span> bid, plus right now there are only <span style="text-decoration: underline">2</span> other bids, <span style="text-decoration: underline">too</span> few to matter."
 
I like the '67 with the full convertible top and 1275 with a better crank for that year only (nitrided? I think), but otherwise looks the same. Have been fortunate enough to have owned two of them. (not that I have anything against the '66, which was my first car, but was a Sprite.

Also like the round wheel arch cars well as the series II Sprite and Series I middget, just because you don't see too many of them anymore.

Greg
 
I'm watching it as well, but no possibility of bringing it home. One project at a time, that's the rule, and I don't think the seller would take a partially disassembled Bugeye in trade. :smile:
 
Apparently the rarest of the rare. Only one of that body style Spridget at LotO! Removable top like the earlier, wind up windows like the later.

TRUNKS RULE!
 
I like the 66 because it's got legitimate windows and the top removes for a clean roadster look. I swear it's not just because that's the year I've owned :wink: Also, it's got all the gauges and interior items it needs and none of the ones it doesn't.

I prefer the sprite since it is devoid of the chrome strip on the hood.

I think Pythias has my twin car. Mine is a bit newer I guess since my VIN ends is HAN8L59710.

I don't remember what my other '66 was, but it was within 200 of my current one.
 
Those are great looking midgets! A guy I know up here has a 66 restored to concurs condition. It's Old English White and magnificent, I saw it two days ago at a cruise in and my eyes always pop! I love the chrome stripes.
 
You guys are killing me. I'm trying to figure out how I could make a deal work, but there's just no way. Someone needs to buy it, then trade me for my project... yeah, that'll work...

But then I'd have no Bugeye either... I need a bigger garage. And a bigger income.
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Well, its gone over $3,000 & the reserve hasn't been met...I dropped it from "My Watched List"....if I'm gonna buy one I'd probably disassemble it anyway so no reason to bid on a car that's gonna go well over $6,000.
 
I'm still watching, but just recreationally.
 
Drew, I put it on my watch list the other day when I first noticed it. I sold a '66 Midget a couple years ago for $3K and it's available again for $4500...after a quite nice restoration that brought the total investment to over $6K. I'm tempted...there are a few things the car needs, the tranny is notchy and the grille is wrong (Sprite...should be a slatted Midget), but those things can be remedied pretty easily.

I have to agree, the mid-year Midgets are a favorite of mine...especially since my very first car was a '65.

Ray

circa 1968

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I just had to look....its at $9,000 and counting!
 
That's promising. They should have mentioned that you can drive the snot out of it and get better fuel economy than the Prius in the background.

I think the little vintage cars like this are going to rise in value as gas keeps getting more and more expensive.
 
Good that folks are finding it worth that much. Also good since I truly couldn't afford that much. Hope it finds a good home. :smile:
 
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