As mentioned previously, the rear deck on my Sprite was cut away before I got it. I also need the front half of the floor pans (the part that sits in the footwells.) I would look at replacing the whole floor, but the parts under the seat are solid, so if I can get partial panels for a lower price, why waste the money, right? So I was asking about panels in various Facebook and internet forums, looking to see what was out there. A member of one of the Facebook groups replied to someone looking for parts, and I got hold of him. This individual, whom I will not name here (and whom is no longer in my "friends" list, btw!), claimed he worked making the replacement panels for not one but two of the companies specializing in Austin Healey replacement parts. He offered to make the parts for me (I assume on his own time). We discussed a new rear deck and a repair panel for the driver's side rear fender, where my car is rusted out. He said GBP 300.00 for both parts. He also offered me a half-floorpan for an additional GBP 50.00. Some screenshots are below. Fortunately, my Spidey Sense wiggled pretty hard, and I paid via PayPal so that I would have some protection. I remained well aware of the deadlines to file a dispute with PayPal, and let him have enough rope to hang himself. After several weeks stretched into a couple of months of back and forth, there was nothing but excuses coming from this individual, including “I’m moving”, “my mother is moving”, “its all boxed up and ready to go, but I have no money for postage to ship it” (bearing in mind that I had paid him for the parts AND POSTAGE in advance!). At long last, he promised a refund. Not leaving this to chance, I immediately put in a dispute with Paypal for them to process the refund, rather than wait for him to get around to it. Paypal had my money back to me within a couple of weeks. He never responded to another message or call again. So, I am still in need of new ½ floor pans and the rear deck behind the seats. (And a rear fender repair panel, as well). I may just find a 59 frogeye and take a contour gauge and tape measure to it so that I can make my own rear deck from sheet metal.
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