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Old 10-01-2006, 09:55 PM
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Heh heh. Probably better material for off-list. But anyways (ahem) the Sprite kind of dropped in my lap, a guy had to be leaving town asap and I had the chance so I took it. Body was good, but car was a basketcase. In retrospect I probably would have waited for something German to come along, maybe a 914 or a pagoda roof SL fixer-upper. BUT after researching it, I did find the Mk2 948's are pretty rare, mainly because they are under-appreciated, or have been for quite awhile. I may hang on to mine on spec that they may go up in value eventually. The Mk2 has none of the cuteness of the Bugeye, yet have none of the enhancements that came later, such as window winders, door handles, and fold-back tops. Many were simply scrapped when a buyer couldn't be found, or converted to hobby racers or in the very least had bigger engines and disc brakes installed. Very hard to find a numbers-matching original that's never been modified. I like it. Not an interstate-driver for sure, but for short stretches at highway speeds it's OK, a nice little fun runabout that gets many happy glances and makes me smile when I drive it. Makes me smile when I can wash it with a spray bottle and an old towel!
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