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Superb Aston Green five-speed Bugeye Sprite for sale!

October 9, 2026 by bugeyeguy

This is the car for you if color is your thing… This is “Gerry,” (AN5L 47448) a 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite (titled as a 1961) we are honored to have for sale. It’s the best color (same as Gumby, so I am biased!). Aston Martin Racing Green is the most requested color when people call our shop wanting to paint their car. This green has lots of silver in it, and makes for a powerful color combination on these little cars!

Gerry was built by a Bugeye fanatic (in Canada) who wanted to build the ultimate Sprite. He had previously had several Bugeyes, and with this car, he wanted to leave no stone unturned. Thus, you will find here rear disc brakes with painted calipers, front brake disc brakes too of course, and a 1275 engine with slightly larger pistons to put out a healthy dose of horsepower. The car is also fit with 165 Vredestein tires with excellent chrome wire wheels. He also installed an extra capacity oil sump to ensure the engine always gets excellent lubrication. This is a common practice for Sprite racers. He’s fit a nifty expansion tank for the cooling system, as well.

We sold this car in 2020 to a very conscientious collector, who used the car sparingly, only about 350 miles since he purchased the car from us. For him, we installed a Ford Five speed transmission and new clutch, so now Gerry does it all! We also put in a GPS speedometer and electronic tachometer when the transmission upgrade was performed. The GPS speedo now shows roughly 350 miles, the mileage the most recent owner has driven the car.

The car has a black soft top in nice condition, as well as a good black tonneau and nearly new side curtains. Pictures to come! A good wire wheel spare tire is also included.

The car is extremely solid. The interior is beautiful! Perhaps the only thing I would do to it would be to add a flip forward nose conversion for better engine access. Check out the driving video below and see if you agree… Gerry is another extremely special Sprite that we are lucky to have for sale!

Click “read more” below for the full suite of photos, or call or email if you think this would be a great car for you to adopt!

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Kit Bit

October 9, 2026 by bugeyeguy

“Kit” is ready for departure! She’s a stunner! This car was a long time in the making, and we are delighted to take a car that was in progress for many years and finally complete it. In particular, it’s exciting for us to make a special car that really turns heads. We love to take idle Bugeyes and put them back on the road.

Check out the video below to learn more. If you like this sort of thing, you can purchase our car Angus, a similar build you can find on our website. Click here to learn more about Angus, or call if you would like us to build you one in your own color scheme!

Looking up

October 9, 2026 by bugeyeguy

We see a lot of bent front frames. That’s because they are supposed to be bent (upwards of course)!

*The angle of this frame horn in proportion to the cart underneath (which is level) may look bad, but in fact, this is how these are supposed to line up.*

In the video below, you can see how every Bugeye has a little bit of bend in the front frame… by design!

Superb 1960 Super Sprite for sale-deluxe!

October 8, 2026 by bugeyeguy

NEW driving video!

This is perhaps one of the best Bugeyes we have ever built and thus worthy of another post. The paint is stunning, with amazing silver highlights. The car has only gone about 110 miles since a ground up restoration. You get the best of everything at a very depreciated price!

This is Angus (AN5L 31994), a wonderful, fully restored Bugeye Sprite on which no expense was spared. We took a year to strip this car down to bare metal, weld-up any imperfections and then paint the car in a glowing pearlescent Lotus Elise blue color. This is one of the best of the best and thus worthy of our Super Sprite label.

We finished this car roughly 16 months ago. The American owner was living in Europe when we built the car and planned to spend time with it on regular USA visits, but life changes and circumstances have changed for him so he won’t be commuting to the US anymore and thus asked us to find the car a new home. He drove it very little after completion so the restoration is still quite fresh and like new. The car has primarily lived in a climate controlled classic car storage club since its completion.

In the video above, you can see a tour of multiple super Sprites at our shop, and this car at the 5:30 mark. It’s a stunner.

Power comes from a newly rebuilt 1380 CC uprated engine mated to a Ford five-speed fully synchronized transmission. The car is a blast to drive.

We built the car with a flip forward nose and Custom driving lights for a Sebring effect on the front. The car also is equipped with a chopped windshield for a more aggressive look. If you need or prefer more weather gear, we could fit a conventional windshield instead. You’d need the taller stock windshield (which we have) if you wanted to fit a top… the prior owner had no plan to ever take the car out into wet weather so only a tonneau was fit-no top currently but we could add a blue one. We fit a custom matching navy tonneau that looks great on the car.

There are no wiper arms, but we can make all of that work for the new owner if desired.

This is truly a breathtaking Sprite that will turn heads anywhere! Click “read more” below for the full suite of photos, including some taken during the build process!

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Sharp green 1959 Bugeye Sprite for sale, hardtop included!

October 2, 2026 by bugeyeguy

This is Horton (AN5L 17256), a mostly stock Bugeye with the original 948 engine and smoothcase transmission, drum brakes on all four corners, and an attractive hardtop to match the white wall tires! Back in 2012 we sold this car to a great owner in North Carolina who has put very few miles on the car in the intervening years. Before it left, we made a number of modifications to make the car more reliable than ever.

For example, we put in an electronic fuel pump, a new electronic distributor, and a generator/alternator conversion. We added new three point retractable seatbelts, a new tonneau, new side curtains, and also a side curtain wallet to protect them. We also added rubber floor mats and installed a hidden cigarette lighter so you could charge your phone. The car is now negative ground as well. We put in a better and slightly larger dashboard mirror, and also put in new rear shocks and replaced the fuel gauge sender.

The car is quite solid, and the new owner gets the benefit of the work that we’ve done and our checklists that we’ve used to run through the car and look for any issues when we sold the car last. That said, there are going to be some new issues to address just from age and if anything, lack of use; for example, even though they look great, the tires are aged-out and the master cylinder is leaking. From sitting, these fail, and we should restart the clock by replacing these items.

I love the hardtop! It’s a good one with an original glass window and the white and green contrasting tires and roof makes a great look! But if the new owner hates the hardtop, we will be happy to take the hardtop out of the equation and give you a $1,500 discount off the purchase price of the car.

There is no soft top currently and no top bow because the car has lived with a hardtop for the last 15 years; that said we have those additional components in stock so that you could run the car with a soft top alone. The tonneau is in great shape, and most of our clients are primarily running with just a tonneau anyway.

So if you’re looking for a solid car, that’s mostly original and quite cute, Horton is an excellent candidate.

We’ll change the master cylinder so that’s new for the new owner, and that’ll be included in the purchase price.

It’s up to the new owner to choose which tires they like… I prefer white walls but the buyer can decide. So a new master is included in the sale, but new tire are not. We’re happy to discuss tires options as well as any other details!

Click “read more” below for the full suite of photos, and give us a call if Horton speaks to you!

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Barry’s (dad’s) Bugeye begins its journey!

October 2, 2026 by bugeyeguy

Let’s nerd-out on a Bugeye Sprite restoration right from the start. This is Barry’s Bugeye. It’s been sitting in a field for a very long time; the restoration was started by his father, and our job is to finish it. This is a car with tremendous sentimental value, and Barry has hired us to finish his tribute to his dad so the legacy can live on for future generations.

The car will need at least a year to be usable, and the first step to achieving this is a massive amount of fabrication and welding to build the foundation for bodywork and paint. Only then will assembly begin.

Check out the video below, in which I describe a few of the central foundational issues that we need to address first and foremost. Too often we see restorations where critical details have not been addressed at this stage, and you end up paying the price because once everything’s painted, it’s way too late to correct some of the alignment issues that this car now needs addressed.

Like everything in the restoration world, preparation makes a world of difference. I would argue that this stage of the restoration is the most important of any piece of the process that lies ahead. It may not seem very glamorous, but unless we fix all of these minor details, well, we won’t end up with a car that’s worthy of the massive amount of energy and work that’s about to begin.

If you want your car restored (or want anything else fixed on your classic vehicle), please get in touch. We’re happy to go to work for you with passion and integrity!