1958 Jamaican!

I love these, but its too much of a project for me right now.

http://clarksville.craigslist.org/cto/5173768139.html

That seems legit for the money. What's the market like for good finished ones?

In reply to nocones:

I have no idea. I never see them for sale.

Maybe wspohn will stop in and give some input - He has one.

That's a good price compared to the ones I seen rotting away elsewhere.

Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed when people put pictures in an ad of what their car could possibly look like after the addition of a metric CrapTon of time and money.

I like that the asking price is $3500 OBO, but then in the next sentence he talks himself down to $3000. Seems like he is at least trying to move the car on to a new owner.

Woody wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed when people put pictures in an ad of what their car could possibly look like after the addition of a metric CrapTon of time and money.

Correct. Its just you. Now stop reading my worthless posts and get back to finding me a race car.

Never seen one of those before. That's got the potential to be beautiful!

bravenrace wrote:

Woody wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed when people put pictures in an ad of what their car could possibly look like after the addition of a metric CrapTon of time and money.

Correct. Its just you. Now stop reading my worthless posts and get back to finding me a race car.

FYI, I visited the Turner again last week...

I want one of these just so when people ask me what kind if car I have I can tell them, "I drive a Jamaican"

In reply to Woody:

I looked on their website a week or two ago and didn't see it so I thought it was sold.

Ummm, as someone who owns a couple, first, the '58 is a bit of a sacred cow. This should only be done to a later sprite. Second, who is ever going to fit in that? Third, with a flimsy chassis, isn't anyone concerned about big hp and torque? Just sayin'

Mark, Don't think its Sprite based, the front arches look like they're off of a Big Healey. The Jamaican body is a bit too bit to fit to a Frogeye chassis/body unit.

Rod

You may be right. Still looks like a sprite front end to me but with the inner fenders modified. Even a "big" healey is a small beast. Can't imagine trying to fit in that thing. It'd make a vintage lotus or 356 cockpit seem roomy.

Pretty sure this was based off an MG, no?

Oops, looks like I was wrong.