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Old 07-29-2020, 06:32 PM   #14
rotorwrench
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Default Re: Any info on A217, Sport Coupe on MAFCA website?

Most of those early cars got hit by service bulletins due to problems that were found after they hit the streets. The car is enjoyable the way it is. To make one of these older cars a high point restoration takes a lot more time and funds to find all the rare pieces for that type of car. Some folks like the high point cars and some folks like drivers. I don't consider critiquing the current configuration a bad thing. It's just stating factual information that would be required if it ends up a high pointer.

The Sport Coupes are hard to restore to high point due to one major factor. The original type top material hasn't been available for a very long time so that would require a maximum effort to overcome. They are nice cars though and were very highly sought in that first year of production. The popularity sort of fizzled after about a year and a half. I'm sure that the Cabriolet sort of helped with that.
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