RickB
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Our mutual friend and fellow President of the Sprite & Midget Club - BillM, called last week to tell me about a '63 Sprite being stored in the garage of someone he works with.
He asked if I might be interested in it, and of course I was.
So today I went and met the (now) previous owner, Brian.
Real nice guy, we talked cars and telescopes and kids and came down to it and I asked what he wanted to get for the car.
Turns out the answer was exactly the amount I had brought with me.
So we exchanged papers.
I'm now the proud new owner of HAN7L38284.
Now where do I go to figure out how that VIN decodes?
The body is in great shape, under and over all great except...
Brian got the car in 1979, the PO before him had some sort of V8 or something in there that required a huge hood scoop.
The thing looks like a BUICK!!!
That's OK - I have 2 hoods here already so I can get one painted red and bolt it right on there.
Now it has a nice 948 in it with dual SU's. SWEET!!!
Oh, the car is Jalapeno Red. That the actual paint code, don't know what it's originally for.
It has a serviceable soft top and side curtains.
Needs new rubber seals, under the windshield etc.
Has seats that look like they are from a 79 Midget. They HAVE to go.
It has an aftermarket 70's looking deep dish steering wheel. It HAS to go.
I'd really like original seats & steering wheel in there and I'll be putting a proper bonnet on it ASAP.
Frankly... I need to do something just to be able to fit in the car - it has a huge roll bar that keeps the seat from going back very far and the deep dish steering wheel, well, just doesn't give me the kind of room I need.
If anyone has some original seats they want to get rid of, or steering wheel, send me an email.
I just bought this on Ebay Australia:
Bonnet Badge
So I guess the front bonnet badge with the wings can be had once in a while, if you are looking for one remember to check the ebay.com.au and ebay.co.uk sites as well as the normal ebay.com
The car will be delivered most likely in about a week. I'm pretty excited!!
Pictures in a minute...
He asked if I might be interested in it, and of course I was.
So today I went and met the (now) previous owner, Brian.
Real nice guy, we talked cars and telescopes and kids and came down to it and I asked what he wanted to get for the car.
Turns out the answer was exactly the amount I had brought with me.
So we exchanged papers.
I'm now the proud new owner of HAN7L38284.
Now where do I go to figure out how that VIN decodes?
The body is in great shape, under and over all great except...
Brian got the car in 1979, the PO before him had some sort of V8 or something in there that required a huge hood scoop.
The thing looks like a BUICK!!!
That's OK - I have 2 hoods here already so I can get one painted red and bolt it right on there.
Now it has a nice 948 in it with dual SU's. SWEET!!!
Oh, the car is Jalapeno Red. That the actual paint code, don't know what it's originally for.
It has a serviceable soft top and side curtains.
Needs new rubber seals, under the windshield etc.
Has seats that look like they are from a 79 Midget. They HAVE to go.
It has an aftermarket 70's looking deep dish steering wheel. It HAS to go.
I'd really like original seats & steering wheel in there and I'll be putting a proper bonnet on it ASAP.
Frankly... I need to do something just to be able to fit in the car - it has a huge roll bar that keeps the seat from going back very far and the deep dish steering wheel, well, just doesn't give me the kind of room I need.
If anyone has some original seats they want to get rid of, or steering wheel, send me an email.
I just bought this on Ebay Australia:
Bonnet Badge
So I guess the front bonnet badge with the wings can be had once in a while, if you are looking for one remember to check the ebay.com.au and ebay.co.uk sites as well as the normal ebay.com
The car will be delivered most likely in about a week. I'm pretty excited!!
Pictures in a minute...