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> OT/ Neighbor is selling his Sprite, Bummer, cause I really like it
jsayre914
post Jul 5 2012, 10:00 AM
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My next door neighbor is an older retired man, he keeps this thing in the garage 364 days a year. He only drives it to get it inspected and registerd each year. He told me he was getting to the point where he just couldnt get in and out easily. He said it just wasnt fun. Now its on Evil Bay.


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funny thing, if my 914 wasnt at translog, it would be in the background lol


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post Jul 5 2012, 10:02 AM
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Buy it. You know you want it.
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:02 AM
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Nice, but not a BugEye (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:23 AM
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I have always called it a bug eye too! But on Wheeler Dealers, they called it a frog eye! Whatever, it is still a classic!
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:46 AM
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I have always called it a bug eye too! But on Wheeler Dealers, they called it a frog eye! Whatever, it is still a classic!


That's because it's always been known as a Frog Eye in England and a Bug Eye here. VWs were always Beetles in England and Bugs here. Two nations, separated by a common language.
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:56 AM
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nice, but this car is later than the bug / frog eyed cars. my good friend just purchased a red Bug Eyed AH Sprite three weeks ago, nice project car, super light, no windows (cept front), no outside door handles, no opening trunk, does have the heat option however, less than 1 liter motor.

the later sprites such as this one where much more civilized
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:05 AM
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Cute little car. I'm a bug eye fan myself. My dad had one when I was a baby
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:10 AM
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Cool little car. I enjoy British cars - my first car was a TR4 - but I enjoy them even more when they are in someone else's garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:30 AM
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Can I get this one dad??
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Nice car, pre-74 as mine is a 74 and has the black grill. I would love to get my hands on a bugeye or Frogeye as the Brits call them.

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I'd settle for a Healey too, not greed just love the design.
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:31 AM
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Cool little car. I enjoy British cars - my first car was a TR4 - but I enjoy them even more when they are in someone else's garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)



Read: leaking oil on their floor, not yours? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) My dad still has my gdad's 51 MG TD, which will be mine someday.
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post Jul 5 2012, 12:07 PM
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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Jul 5 2012, 01:10 PM) *

Cool little car. I enjoy British cars - my first car was a TR4 - but I enjoy them even more when they are in someone else's garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)



Read: leaking oil on their floor, not yours? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) My dad still has my gdad's 51 MG TD, which will be mine someday.


No, I have German and American cars to fill that role. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) My 914 is much friendlier for driving on a regular basis: spacious cabin, top system, storage space, fit and finish, handling, on & on. My '54 Merc ragtop is just plain fun and makes people smile...but they both are equal opportunity puddlers.

I just like the Brits because they have a LOT of character and nostalgia, but they also have enough idiosyncracies to make owning one a full time job to keep on the road. (there's a jackstand joke in there somewhere)
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post Jul 5 2012, 01:12 PM
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That's because it's always been known as a Frog Eye in England and a Bug Eye here. VWs were always Beetles in England and Bugs here. Two nations, separated by a common language.



But we speak English correctly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Jul 5 2012, 01:20 PM
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I just love watching Wheeler Dealers because of the different words they have for the same thing.


Bonnet---Hood
Boot---Trunk
Hood---Rag Top (Convertible Top)
Motor---Car
Bright Works---Chrome
Respray----Paint

I am sure there are others I have missed!

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post Jul 5 2012, 02:20 PM
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...And so much of what they find on their cars is "in good nick". Or, good shape as we would say. Or it's "knackered", in which case you know Edd (the big man) is going to get his hands dirty.
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post Jul 5 2012, 06:54 PM
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I had Sprites that I autocrossed in the Sixties, Bugeyes through a 1275 MkIV chrome bumper with rollup windows (wow!). You might think you want a Sprite but you don't, not really.
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post Jul 5 2012, 07:21 PM
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Nice start for a project.

Here's an Alien Project that either needs to be finished or needs to find a new home. Unfortunately it won't be cheap though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/assimilate.gif) I can't believeWe have had this car that long and not finished it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)

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post Jul 5 2012, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Jul 5 2012, 11:20 AM) *

I just love watching Wheeler Dealers because of the different words they have for the same thing.

Bonnet---Hood
Boot---Trunk
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What I enjoyed was that when I saw a couple episodes earlier this week where they came to the US to buy some cars, they started giving both names. What, did their English viewers suddenly forget the "proper" names for things just because it's a Yank car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 5 2012, 11:32 PM
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Someone might have gotten a bargain. Nice motor.
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post Jul 6 2012, 06:56 AM
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Spanner = wrench
Diff = rear end
Lorrie = truck
Choc ice = ice cream
Sherbert dab = cab
Apples and pears = stairs
Cream crackered = knackered = wasted = drunk (or wrecked)

Okay, so the last few were cockney.
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post Jul 6 2012, 11:48 AM
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My buddy has a 67 GT6 which is basically a spitfire coupe/hatchback. I've helped him wrench on it some.

It is a great looking car but it's really 1950s technology. The straight 6 makes a nice noise but is gutless and the thing is downright scary if it his a bump on an onramp or offramp. The side-draft SC carbs are rube goldberg contraptions. I won't comment on the lucas electrics. When I get out of his car and into the 914, the 914 feels much more like a "real car," if you can believe that.

Of course, if he ever sells it I told him to call me because i'd buy it in a second.
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