VINTAGE SPYDER FOR SALE $35,000 firm

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Almost forgot: tranny features a Quaife limited slip Also, Coco Mats have been installed. Clam-shell straps (black) and front/rear Porsche script and badges have been added, plus "original" turn signal and brake light lenses. These items were extra-cost stuff that were added to the car's base cost.

THAT.... is god damn sexy.

Yes.. yes it is.  Good luck with sale.  If I had more room in my garage, I would SERIOUSLY consider this beautiful car.

That is one nice machine and a Subaru engine - WOW

The deal killer for me is the heated seats...

Barry, that is one awesome car.

I'm sure it will sell quickly.

Barry, are the number 37 on the car now?  The pictures show some with and some without the numbers.

How much are you asking?

$35,000 firm is the mentioned price (in the heading of the thread)

The "37" numbers appear on different "meatballs" because I had been playing around with different backgrounds and numbers. Clear didn't seem to work, and I finally ended up with a white background, settling on "37," the year I was born (1937).

The meatballs, or "roundelles," can be easily removed because they are static cling. A new set costs around $100, give or take, depending on the size and vendor. I bought the existing ones from GoChecker. Russ at Fibersteel offers some nice ones with an antiqued background.

The price is firm. I may offer the car in Hemmings, but the price will be closer to $40,000 if and when I decide to go that route. Although I am in no hurry to sell the car and don't need the money, an extruded disc in my lower back makes driving the car for any distance an experiment in pain, no matter how many pain pills I take.

I put up with it for long enough, but after attending the Pacific Grove Rally recently, I could hardly walk for three days after returning home. This has been going on for quite a while and I have just put up with it, but I have finally decided to pull the plug and pass the car on to someone else who will recapture the fun factor I used to enjoy. 

Man, sorry to hear that Barry...... lower back stuff is a problem for me too, I'd have trouble even getting in & out of a spyder. I found a shiatsu expert that has helped me a lot. 

It is a tough call, but only you know when it is time to pass that bad ride on to someone else. Good call!

Four years ago, I could not walk 40' without sitting down...constant, pain and numbness ... had the whole ball of wax...L4, 5...stenosis.. .bulging ...herniated...

pinched...all of it...tried everything...nothing even helped....headed for major surgery...

had nothing to lose, bought a Back2Life...used it a hour a day... in two weeks saw improvement...within a month cancelled the surgery...

today, I am able to hike and ski am free of pain and even the numbness is gone...who knows what happened and why...we didn't do another MRI...

just a thought...bart     

Sorry to hear of this, Barry, but I know what you mean. While at Carlisle, I did just a quick jaunt from the hotel to the showfield with Danny P. in his Spyder. Really put a hurting on me. I screwed up my L-4 at work last year and it's really a pain in the a$$ and down my leg. I'm pretty good standing and walking, but sitting is the killer here. Good luck with the sale!

~WB

Whoa.....say it isn't so.....Barry - you've been a mainstay of No Cal Spyderdom 'forever' - however I do understand that those of us 'over 50' - can't keep squeezing into these tiny cars forever.......eventually the considerable thrill wears off.....I enjoyed mine for 7 years and still miss it.   Someone's going to get a very nice car - as I recall this was your second Spyder, and you put everything into it that you'd wished for after owning the first one......should move quickly!!!

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RickJ

Barry, certqinly no one here is happy one bit about this news.  One idea that I guess you have alreqdy considered is different seats;  maybe something with different, more comfortable seats?

Quite a wonderful car and the first up front Suby I have seen.

Jack, the Suby is midships like all Spyders. Did you mean the company Outfront that supplied the motor?

Barry, sorry to see you are selling. You are one of the few "oldtimers" left at Spyderclub! It's been a great ride!

On the back thing, mine was impossible for a while, but I removed some stress from my life and started exercise and lost 15 pounds, on my way to another 10 or 15 which will put me where I want to be. My Spyder seats are identical to yours and for long trips I roll a shirt and put it in the small of my back. In two weeks I'll be driving to the Pumpkin/Palooza run, 280 miles for the third year in a row!

Thanks for the kind words, everybody.

I hope this doesn't mean an end to the jokes, Barry.

No, Terry, I'll still post the jokes.

BARRY, COULD YOU TELL WHAT SIZE TIRES YOU ARE RUNNING FRONT AND REAR? BEAUTIFUL CAR! GOOD LUCK, SORRY YOUR IN PAIN....

THANKS

IIRC, they were 185s in front and 205s in the rear. 15" wheels, Bridgestone Pole Position tires from TireRack. The tire size was perfect for the car.

I'm pretty sure the fronts are 185/65/15. I have 195/60/15 in the back on my Vintage. I think Barry has 60 series on back but he'll have to verify the aspect ratio.

Danny, the car now lives in Fresno with its new owner and I forget just what the rear tire ratio was. The car had come with Pirellis. I pulled the Pirellis and put them on my 911T and added the Bridgestones to the Spyder. I scoured my maintenance notes to myself and found this....

"10-20-07: New Tires installed within the last week. Two at Monroe (rears) and the fronts at Les Schwab. I had both tires balanced also, and had asked that the weights be placed on the inside of the wheels, if possible. I backed the air pressures off from 37# to 25# for both front and back. May need adjusting in future. Mileage at tire change was approximately 3,780. See the clear plastic bag for receipts, etc. The original Pirellis were measured prior to their removal. The rears were almost ½ inch wider than the new Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position RE960AS tires. These tires were rated the number one ultra-all-season tire by Tirerack. Total cost was $74 per tire, so: $332 (including shipping), and $90 for mounting and balancing. No tax paid. Took 2 days to arrive after ordering. Tire Rack’s warehouse is in Nevada.

The original stems were replaced. Monroe charged $15 per tire and Schwab charged $30 per tire, but I had Schwab do the two front tires because their equipment was new and the guys there looked sharper. Schwab wants $80 to align the wheels, but so far, the car drives fine just the way it is. I checked with other outfits (Valley Tire is one), but they want even more.

Larry Jowdy (and others) said not to replace only the rears, since it would result in mismatched tires, so I just replaced all four tires."

IIRC, I removed the wheels in my garage and left the car on jackstands. I didn't want these guys to use air wrenches to reinstall the wheels (at the small local shop, they didn't speak English), so I reinstalled them myself with a torque wrench. I took off the front wheels first, had the tires installed, leaving the rear wheels on, then did the same thing for the rear wheels. Kind of anal when I look back, I remember that stripped studs is not a good thing.

Yes, I don't like air wrenches on wheels either. I torque mine by hand and again a few days later after some miles are on them.

My Spyder wears the exact same tires. I think they are discontinued and Bridgestone has a newer version now.