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Beautiful Black/Burgundy MGA Mark II For Sale! Driving Video!

August 3, 2026 by bugeyeguy

We sold this car four years ago to a great home in California and we now have it back again!

Here is a rare opportunity to purchase a vehicle out of my own personal collection! This is a 1962 MGA 1622 Mark II. This car was prepared for concours judging when it was restored in Canada about 20 years ago, and it has been a dry weather driver ever since. It’s been used very little in that period and it remains in excellent shape. The underside is impressive; the interior is beautiful, with leather seats and the proper Mark II deluxe dashboard.

If you’re unfamiliar, the Mark II was the last of the MGAs; they are able to be distinguished from their Mark I brethren by their horizontal tail lights and more sculptural rear fenders, as well as a recessed grill that’s a little different from the earlier cars. In late 1961, the Mark II came along and was the shortest production run for the breed, producing just over 8,000 cars in its 2 year pruduction run before the MGB came out in 1963 and replaced it.

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Striking 1955 Austin Healey 100 BN1

July 31, 2026 by bugeyeguy

Available for $64,995

Here’s a special car! The 100 series is much more nimble than the 3000s and one of my favorites.

This car has about 27,000 documented original miles. There have been about four owners, and there are wonderful old service records back to the 60s. If you are looking for an unmolested 100, this is worth a serious look. It was purchased by our customer in about 2015 at a Bonhams auction. He put about 2000 miles on the car and has now asked us to sell it for him.

The car has been repainted once and still looks great. The interior was renewed in 1987. The leather driver’s seat has a stain and small tear but is still quite nice. Tires are beautiful Dunlop racing tires. Stunning to look at, and a bit hard. We can change to radials if the new owner desires.

Runs and drives great, OD works great, three speed gear box is fully synchronized and in great shape!

You can see my video tours below if you’d like more information! Call if you have questions!

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Thank you, Gumby.

July 31, 2026 by bugeyeguy

Gotta love Gumby. I don’t get to drive Gumby much (because I spend so many miles testing everyone else’s cars) but I am so delighted to have this car, and the car still looks awesome. Gumby spawned the Bugeyeguys business and the other Super Sprites we have built… if you like this sort of car, make sure to take a look at “Angus” and “Jesse.” They’re quite similar.

These three cars (as well as “Sage,” ((now living in Colorado)) represent the best of the best and are ideally suited for anyone who wants bragging rights at the next cars and coffee. I don’t get tired looking at Gumby, and don’t think anyone ever tires of looking at our Super Sprites.

Meanwhile, enjoy this short tribute to the Bugeye that started it all. If I hadn’t purchased Gumby back in about 1978, if the car hadn’t been such a beater, if none of the stars aligned, would have been no Bugeyeguys.

Thank you Gumby for getting us going!

*Gumby has seen snow. This is circa winter 2010.*

Gumby was originally red as you can see from the firewall above. I painted Gumby BRG in the ’70s. That laquer paint held up well until about 2017, when we completely restored the car and painted it Aston Martin green *and silver, the current livery.* *This picture above shows the body rust repairs that were completed and primed before the car went to be stripped and painted*.

Crunchy

July 31, 2026 by bugeyeguy

Ouch! A rear end hit is heart-breaking (and hopefully nothing else-breaking) and this is Izzy, a car we now have and are preparing for sale. In the second picture, you can see the repaired sheet metal with the dent removed. Izzy will next get prepped and painted and will look great soon!

Below you can see the sheet metal on its way to being smooth and great once again.

But this is actually a post about the blisters you see all over the car. It’s a post about moisture, and the damage it can do to your classic car. Each of the blisters you see on the back deck of this car is indicative of some rust on the metal. All of it needs to be cleaned out and recoated to keep it from spreading and delaminating later.

It’s possible the car was in humid air after stripping but before being re-coated. It’s essential to prime promptly before moisture gets between new paint and your car. Or maybe the last owner failed to prime the metal properly… for whatever reason, this little bit of surface rust wrecked this paint job. Thank you Izzy for giving all of us a chance to learn from prior mistakes!

The paint might have lasted a lot longer if the car was in a climate controlled environment. Instead, this car has spent the last ten years in South Carolina in moist air in a car port. That wet environment accelerated and activated any moisture under the paint.

Time under a wet car cover can be fatal to a car’s paint job! If your cover gets wet, make sure to get it off the car so both can dry. Otherwise, a wet cover on a car is simply an accelerant for the blisters you see here.

Go Iris!

July 30, 2026 by bugeyeguy

Lucky Iris (and lucky new owner) as she got a massive paint restoration this week. She’s sanded and buffed to a high level. We stripped the trim and spent a lot of time maximizing the shine. The car looks great! We’ve also added cockpit carpet rubber threshold covers to protect this high-wear area. This is a nice detail you can see in photo 32 (the other interior photos are from a prior photo shoot).

Now available for $28,995

White tonneau, black top and nice windows are all included and fit well. Go Iris!

This 1960 Bugeye Sprite (AN5L 20328) is called “Iris.” She has been living for the past 13 years in Monterey and Palm Desert California, which is where we sent it with 26,489 miles in 2013. This is a 948 powered car with the correct 948 engine and an upgraded rib case transmission (in excellent shape).

The odometer now reads 28,037 so the car traveled only about 1500 miles in those 13 years. When it was here in 2013, we added electronic ignition, front disk brakes with a brake power booster for stronger braking, three point seat belts, new white wall radials (now outdated but with only 1500 miles) LED lights, new steering column bushings and a top and side curtain storage pouch. More importantly, we went through every inch of the car to prepare it for that owner. So we have a great car that now needs only a little maintenance before we send it to a new home.

In my drive video below, I call out the front shocks need to be replaced… those have now been changed to new premium front units with new shock bushings. The carb float bowls also need some service, which we will also do for the new owner as part of this sale.

For the new owner, tires would be nice, to start with fresh rubber and the improved ride quality one gets with new supple rubber. And you might want a fresh new battery. Other than those items, this car is pretty much ready to go. This is a very sharp and solid car.

Top is quite nice (see pictures) and windows are nearly new. A nice white tonneau is also included.

Click “read more” below for all of the photos, and call if you are interested!

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Making Ice Cream (When the world gives you lemons…)

July 24, 2026 by bugeyeguy

It’s time for my quarterly Sprite fuel gauge post.

Running out of gas happens to the best of us.

There I was, on another glorious test drive living the dream… when sputter, sputter, hmmm, gas gauge says full, and then, like Dustin Hoffman on his way to rescue Elaine, I was out.

I had become a dead Bug on the side of the road.

*The discarded Ice cream machine that became my temporary throne, (King of broken Bugeyeville)*

The gas gauges on these cars always need to be taken with a grain of salt. I took off the fuel cap, shook the rear end of the car, and no liquid was to be heard. I had once again run out of gas.

Once I rolled clear of the road and into a condo parking lot, I called Nick to bring fuel for the rescue and happened upon a discarded ice cream maker, upon which I sat in the shade while waited, pondering life in cars for whom “distance to empty data” wasn’t even remotely a thought when their dashboards were conceived. Modern cars sometimes make our old cars look really old-fashioned.

I speculate in the video above that the sender was in the empty position but the rheostat that speaks to the gauge was a bit wonky and shorted to open, which tells the needle to read full even though there is not an ounce to be found. We thoroughly test each fuel sender we install for functionality, but for whatever reason this one was throwing out a false reading near empty.

We removed the sender, installed a new one and resealed the screws, and everything works great again.

Moral of the story… always go for the audible if you think your gas gauge is lying (and fill-up and use your trip odometer to verify your range)! A 7.2 gallon Spridget fuel tank will take you at least 150 miles and you can fill up again and calculate your exact mileage and range from there!