Barney is a wonderful car that just keeps getting better! This Bugeye has been through our shop several times now, and has had many upgrades and repairs performed here, including an all-new wiring harness, a new solid-state fuel pump, new water hoses, and just this week, new tires, a new heater valve, new radius arms, new air filters, and new front shocks. Give us a call to hear more and to inquire about taking Barney home!

Check out the ALL-NEW driving video below, showcasing Barney ‘s features. Good fun!

Barney (AN5L 33261) is a great 1960 Bugeye driver. He came to us from Idaho and is ready for its next home! If you want a modified Bugeye you can use without guilt, this is a great choice.

“Barney” underwent a round of upgrades in the fall of 2024 in our shop to make the car even better! This list includes:
– re-wire the car
– recover the dashboard with a custom sewn pin stripe detail
– install new upgraded gauges – a new GPS Speedometer & new matching electronic tachometer
– install new cables and switches: choke cable, starter switch, wiper switch, turn signal switch, oil pressure gauge line/hose/fitting
– install new fuse box, dummy regulator and flasher unit (the car is fit with an alternator, the dummy regulator provides an additional fused link)
– replace both battery cables

– install an engine-driven upgraded six-blade fan and new water hoses
– install new park/turn signal rubber sockets and bulb sockets, new tail light gaskets
– restore horn cone
– replace the valve cover gasket
– replace the hard brake line on the firewall and the right front brake line
– re-seal the fuel tank with a new fuel sender with brass float and new gaskets
– a new solid state fuel pump
– new fuel lines throughout
– new fuel filter

Prior owners have spent generously on many upgrades, all of which you can buy now at a depreciated price. The car is great, and drives great.

This car has many of the best upgrades… a 1275 engine with upgraded roller rockers for improved valve-train performance, rib case transmission, front disc brakes, front sway bar and rear tube shocks. Also installed is an upgraded 123 electronic distributor, flip forward nose upgrade, an alternator for improved charging, cockpit roll bar, luggage rack, upgraded leather steering wheel, chrome shift tower, minilight-style wheels, twin wing mirrors, and more!

The custom tonneau is good, but could use new velcro around the roll bar (which we can sew on for the new owner). This would be to help the tonneau seal around the roll bar if that matters to you… in a dry climate, this is not needed.

The top has a small tear at the front but is useable as-is – we’d love to mount a new one for you! There is no top support bar included (the bar in the top-up photos was used only to display the top and is not included) but we have new two-piece top bars available should you desire to use a top. Two-piece top bars are nice when a roll bar is fit as it is much easier to store the two piece bars in the boot and one piece bars are hard to stow when a roll bar is in place.

The side curtains are in great shape. The flip nose received reinforcing braces during the last round of upgrades in 2024 to reduce floppiness… The car is solid. The floors are fine, just not tournament-grade restoration work but very solid.

This is a great car, very useable, fun, tight, solid, quick, nice action on all controls, good tight shifting, great gearbox that doesn’t complain, I like the many accessories that were added. This is a great car you can drive anywhere without worry! Click “read more” for the full photo gallery or give us a call to discuss Barney today!

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NEW walk-around tour!

NOW $13,995, LOTS of car for the money!

We’ve lowered to the price on this Sprite so that Kitty can find a new home! You get great value and great curb appeal for a very nice price! Check out the ALL NEW driving video below!

This is a great car for someone looking for a Bugeye on a budget! Meet “Kitty” (AN5L 23927), a 1960 Bugeye Sprite driver. Kitty represents the perfect “entry-level” Bugeye; that is to say, a Bugeye that runs and drives well, in a mostly stock configuration, at a price that suits most budgets!

Kitty still boasts an original drivetrain configuration of a 948 engine with upgraded HS2 carburetors and a smooth-case transmission. This is a delightfully basic arrangement that provides adequate power for its size and will still get you where you need to go! Original-type drum brakes are also still employed on all four corners and stop the car well.

Of course, Kitty also has a number of delightful upgrades and frills! The bonnet has been converted to a flip-forward, allowing easier engine bay access for service. An alternator and air horn have been fitted, as has a heater assembly from a later Sprite/Midget. Vintage Minilite wheels look sharp against the Iris Blue-esque paint, which is in good condition and shines well. In the cockpit, the previous owner installed one of our removable steering wheel hubs with a color-matched blue leather steering wheel, which allows easier cockpit access for taller and larger drivers. The interior itself is finished in dark blue with contrasting light blue piping on the seats, and is in very good condition.

The really nice thing about a Bugeye in this price range is you can either cruise around the neighborhood with the car as-is, which it is perfectly suited for, or you can utilize it as a “blank canvas” of sorts and perform your favorite upgrades to make it into the car of your dreams. Feel free to call if you’d like to discuss the many options we offer and let’s partner to design your personal Bugeye build-out!

Of course, as with any 70-year-old British automobile, there are things we would like to repair for the new owner. For example, the flip-forward nose could use our X braces to reinforce it. The tires are 25 years old and are aged-out; a new set of 165 tires (175s are currently installed) would look great on the Minilight wheels. A nice short tonneau is included, but there is no convertible top; we can fit a new blue one, either in vinyl or perhaps in stayfast canvas. We can do as much or as little as the new owner would like!

This is a good car at an incredible price! Click “read more” below for the full compliment of photos, and give us a call if you’d like to learn more about Kitty today!

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