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Value of a '66 sprite
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aeronca65t
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Mine is decent, plus it has race-stuff. I have it insured for about half of that.
I've seen lots of decent "street-drivers" for under $4000 and the newer (and usually less-rusted) rubber bumper Midgets can be had for as little as $2000 in nice shape. If desired, converting a rubber-bumper car to look like and old Sprite is simple.
I've seen lots of decent "street-drivers" for under $4000 and the newer (and usually less-rusted) rubber bumper Midgets can be had for as little as $2000 in nice shape. If desired, converting a rubber-bumper car to look like and old Sprite is simple.
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That is what all my sources keep saying. I checked out the AHCUSA site, and it was along that line. I haven't even called or looked at the thing, I figure it might be a little rough to start negotiations with "Well you're over market by double and then some." It doesn't help that I really shouldn't even be looking at a Hot Wheels car just now much less a real one.
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Sometimes, people calculate all the money they've spent for repairs on a vehicle and that's the price they try and sell it for (as if they're really going to recoup their money spent), regardless of the vehicle's value. As most of us all know, we tend to spend far more on a vehicle than it's actually worth. Many of these vehicles are available (especially '76 through '79), in decent drivable shape for under $4000. In fact, I have a beautiful white '79, with roughly 70,000 actuall miles on it that I'd sell in a minute if someone whould offer me $4,000 for it... but I see them available all the time going for anywhere between $2000-$3500. I saw an add the other day for a 1965 in drivable condition going for $750.00. The one advertised in your local paper is way too expensive!
tony barnhill
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&, you didn't buy the $750 '65 Sprite?
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Tony,
One '59, One '64, two '67's, and a '79 midget. I've already enough projects... and have no more room, regardless of the cost. My goal is to restore the ones I already have back to decent operating and drivable condition and get rid of at least two of them before having room for another. I did stop and have to think it through twice however before walking away from the deal (my wife helped me see the light - I finally saw it when she hit me up the back side of the head when she found out I was considering adding another car to our driveway!)
-Don
One '59, One '64, two '67's, and a '79 midget. I've already enough projects... and have no more room, regardless of the cost. My goal is to restore the ones I already have back to decent operating and drivable condition and get rid of at least two of them before having room for another. I did stop and have to think it through twice however before walking away from the deal (my wife helped me see the light - I finally saw it when she hit me up the back side of the head when she found out I was considering adding another car to our driveway!)
-Don
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I'm going to look at a '64 Sprite this afternoon... asking price $750. New tires all around, all good glass, straight, supposedly runs with recent engine work done. Might use it for a parts car for my '64 I already have, or if it's in better shape, use it for the base restore instead.
-Don
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Geez, Don. $750 for a Sprite? I seem to have the things following me home like stray cats! I actually had to turn down a free '70, and a free '73, because there was no more room at the inn, so to speak. I just gave two Spitfires away, so now I can pick up a couple more Spridgets, as soon as the guy picks up the Spits.
Life is hard, sometimes!
Jeff
Life is hard, sometimes!
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Jeff,
Turning away something free, is a position I never want to find myself in. Sorry to hear you had to do that. If you ever find that you have to turn away any free '67's, or RWA '71-72's located in the Portland, OR area, please send them my way.
-Don
Turning away something free, is a position I never want to find myself in. Sorry to hear you had to do that. If you ever find that you have to turn away any free '67's, or RWA '71-72's located in the Portland, OR area, please send them my way.
-Don
Daily driver is OK if you tinker daily too. I drove one almost every day for three years and now switched over to one of my Bs. I picked up a sprite for 800 and a midget for 650... so most of the world would have to be from 800 to a couple of thousand... pristine/restored maybe 3000+. I also saw a Midget in a newspaper in Lubbock TX for 8000.00. Bottom line; Some people have "no Idea" what to sell it for and some people hope to sell it to people who also have "no Idea" and Blue Book doesn't list them at all.
Spousal excuses: "Honey, it is a collectors item... look what that guy is selling his for" (the one listed in the paper). If she buys that, then I can tell mine that your spouse approved and so should my wife.
Spousal excuses: "Honey, it is a collectors item... look what that guy is selling his for" (the one listed in the paper). If she buys that, then I can tell mine that your spouse approved and so should my wife.
regularman
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I saw one sell on Ebay that had never been titled and was kept in a new car dealership in Atlanta and had less than 100 miles on it. Can't remember the year but it only went for $5200. It was sweet and had almost never been outside.
