After 14 years of faithful service as a four season daily driver, my 78 is showing some serious rust. In addition, the mechanicals are still hanging in there, but are definitely getting tired. I've been keeping it going by welding patches and/or bondo-ing and it's probably good for another couple of years but at some point it's going to need a restoration. Frankly I'm not up to it from a time, skill, inclination or financial standpoint.
A business acquaintance of mine who has an antique car hobby just contacted me about a 79 spitfire he received in trade and doesn't want. I looked at the car and the good news is that it only has 62,000 miles, an OD transmission and the body is totally rust free with completely straight body panels. The bad news is that the interior was restored with a cloth interior that looks it came from a used car salesman's sports coat on the seats and on the door panels (although the fit is pretty good). The carpet is shot. The car was re-sprayed an unattractive reddish-brown, looks like with handheld cans of spray-paint and the top (hood) is in tatters. The car has been sitting for a number of years and there are some niggling things associated with disuse - passenger door sticks, tach doesn't work, brakes leak - and I'm sure others will crop up. Because of the brakes, I couldn't take it for a test drive, although the engine started immediately and ran and revved smoothly. All the emissions gear is still in place. The guy is asking $3500. He may take less later if it doesn't sell, but at this point the $3500 is firm. Does that sound like a reasonable price to you guys? At this point of my life (kids in college), that would be a fairly significant investment for me and I'm torn whether to go for it or not. The good news is that I now have a "winter beater" so I should be able to keep this thing reasonably rust free. TIA! Greg Rowe Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
