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1275 side-draft Weber 1960 Bugeye Screamer for sale!

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This is Freebird ( AN5L 41797), a striking Bugeye we got from Virginia. This one was a roughly 30 year long friend of the prior owner, who rebuilt just about every inch of the car. This is a solid car and she looks great, and for $19,995, is listed at an unbeatable price!

Freebird has a performance flavor; the Weber side draft carb makes this car scream. Coupled to a 1275 with a new aluminum head, it’s quite fast. The downside is that it is a bit stumbly and rough at idle and low RPMs. The new owner may prefer a set of twin SUs, which would calm things down a bit, and smooth out the engine.

Freebird, much like the song, is currently rigged in “screw it, pedal to the metal” mode so if that matches your driving style, it’s perfect. If you are a bit more sedate, twin SUs are a good choice. We can manage that conversion for the new owner if so desired.

The transmission is a strong four speed rib case that shifts very well. A rear panhard bar has been fit, to stiffen the rear end while cornering. The Minilight wheels are straight and nearly new. The tires are older (from 2012) and probably ready to be changed just on age alone. The front disk brakes are working nicely. Electronic ignition is installed already and the car is fit with a great cross flow radiator from a later Sprite. These tend to cool better than the stock downflow systems, so this is a nice upgrade.

The body is quite good; the underside is solid, and the white paint has just been buffed and glimmers in the sun quite nicely. The interior is in great shape; the seats are a nice red/white color combination that is very popular amongst white Bugeye owners, and they have been re-covered recently. A tonneau is included and fits well.

All in all, Freebird is a good-looking, very quick Bugeye driver that is ready for its next adventure! Click “read more” for the full suite of photos and give us a call if you’d like to rock this holiday season with Freebird in your collection!

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Five-speed 1962 Sprite Mark II for sale! TNYNTUF!

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This is “Tiny” (HAN6L 4718), a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite Mark II which just arrived from California and is ready to for your garage!

While we’ve worked on many “Square Sprites,” we haven’t sold too many of them, but I’m excited to offer this one for sale because it’s a very interesting car. This is a Sprite Mark two from 1962, which came along immediately after Bugeye production ended. This was engineered to be an improvement over the Bugeye, with a light weight bonnet to open and a boot lid to improve access to storage and cargo. For all the Bugeye folks used to the AN5 prefix, here’s an AN6!

It has a 948 engine with a Ford five speed conversion, so if drivability is your priority, you’ll enjoy the fully synchronized gearbox and overdrive fifth gear. This conversion is expensive, so you can buy it installed in this car at a depreciated price-we thank the prior owner for investing so generously in his car!

This is a solid California car. It has a disc brake conversion and a Weber side draft carburetor. It looks cool and is very quick. Some clients may prefer a calmer twin SU set-up, which we can add for the new owner if so desired. Meanwhile, here’s a cool Sprite with some nice upgrades at a very reasonable price! (Were this a Bugeye, it would be sold for more!)

The interior is nice, with custom leather two-tone seats, freshly redone. There is a good tonneau and top included, these are removable just like on a Bugeye, and with this series, you have a trunk in which to store them! This is a great car at an awesome price! Click “read more” below for the full suite of photos and give us a call if you’d like to give “Tiny” a good new home!

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Getting your rear in gear

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Here’s an example of some compromised rear brake shoes. Fluid has leaked out and caked the entire brake system in grease. Greasy shoes don’t perform well under any circumstances.

How is the braking on your classic car? When was the last time you practiced a panic stop (in a safe place like a parking lot)? Many of the classic cars we love have subpar braking systems and thus need to be optimized to at least help give you 100% of the original design parameters. If they are compromised at all, performance deteriorates! Here’s a video from the driver’s seat of my Morris Traveler. I’m suspicious my rear brakes are not optimized, here’s how I did further diagnostics!

Striking 1955 Austin Healey 100 BN1 for sale!

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Reduced! Now Available for $54,995! Far more was spent on this restoration!

Here’s a special car! The 100 series is much more nimble than the 3000s and is one of my favorites. We’ve dropped the price to $54,995 to help this car find a new home. That’s a great price for a very stunning car!

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!

Click “read more” below for a full suite of photos!

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Modified 1960 Bugeye Sprite for sale, mini Cobra!

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Shelby has a new nose gap! We’ve adjusted the nose fit and welded the mounts so it cant move. Now, the body  lines look better than ever. Check out the video below for more info! This car is for sale, call for more info!

Shelby (AN5L 33967) is a one of a kind special Bugeye built in 1960. We first found this car about 15 years ago in Florida, where a hot rod restorer had some fun grinding off the beading and removing the park lights and custom building a Cobra-like rear license plate recess in the back of the car. This all made the car very smooth and sleek, a great look! He also added the roll bar. Check out the walk-around video below where we cover some of these custom touches, and more!

When we first found Shelby, it still needed more mechanical work, but it had a beautiful paint job that you still see today. The car was built at that time with a 1275 engine and four speed transmission, as well as front disc brakes.

Since then, we have upgraded various parts of the car for three different owners. For the first owner, we installed custom white gauges. These are original Smiths gauges re-done with white faces- a stunning and quite unique. We’ve never seen another with these faces. We were lucky to have had them screen printed this way. That owner also had us recover the seats with new leather blue covers with matching white piping. We also added a Ford Five speed transmission.

Subsequent owners had additional mods done. Shelby got a supercharger in November of 2015. (The odometer is not working currently but we estimate only about 1000 miles have been added since the supercharger upgrade). At the time the supercharger was installed, we also put in an upgraded (stronger) clutch kit to handle the extra power, as well as an upgraded roller throwout bearing and aluminum radiator with a new water pump. We put a new fuel tank in too at that time.  In March of 2022, we installed a new wiring harness and changed the rear brake wheel cylinders and battery. In July of 2023, we added adjustable control arms in front, tapered front wheel bearings, a new master cylinder, and new radius arms.

The result is an impressively modified trick Bugeye, certain to impress. Performance is great as shown below in the driving video!

Click “read more” below for more photos, and call if you are ready to take Shelby home!

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