After a 3,800 mile drive, Eric and the Red Baron have arrived in Santa Cruz, just 80 miles from the ferry that will take the car to Hawaii. His journey is fundamentally complete. He has spent the week with his son who lives in Santa Cruz and will head home in a few days, to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, whom he dated in a similar (blue) Bugeye 50 years ago.
[Read more…] about Cruising Santa Cruz in the Baron!NOW SOLD to Ken in Alabama! Congrats on taking home Bugeye # 433!
Here’s a great Bugeye for summer fun!
This is Isaac. He’s a 1959 Bugeye with a rebuilt 1275 engine, rebuilt rib case transmission, disc brakes, and superior later rear drum assemblies from a later Spridget. This car is great to drive, with a delicious exhaust note and impressive performance.
Isaac has has been completely rebuilt during the past five years. The restoration began in March of 2020 by an experienced restorer, from whom we have bought nice Bugeyes in the past. He repainted the car in the original Primrose Yellow you see on the car currently. Everything else that was bolted to the car was either replaced or restored.
The engine was rebuilt for uprated performance without going nuts. The head was skimmed and a nice new Kent 286 cam was used for a little better performance than stock. A new clutch kit was installed, and a rear main seal upgrade kit was also fit, a nice upgrade to reduce oil leaks. Additionally, new jet-coated header was installed, and the HS2 carbs were rebuilt. The distributor has points ignition (if the new owner prefers, we can put in an electronic ignition unit, which we sell in our parts catalog). K & N lifetime air filters are also installed.
All the gauges were rebuilt, and an aluminum radiator was added, along with a premium optima battery and a remote clutch slave bleeder. Later rear brake back plates were used, which is a really nice upgrade to give you twin piston rear drum brakes, which have better performance and are easier to bleed when servicing.
The Windshield glass is surrounded by new glazing. There are a few scratches in the glass-not bad, but if that bothers the new owner, we can put in a new windshield. The rear end is an original 4:22 ratio; the tires are 175 wide tires which provide better grip and were replaced in 2020 along with brand new minilite wheels. The grille was re-chromed at this time as well.
Included with Isaac is a spare tire, like-new restored side curtains, and a nice soft top and corresponding top bow. Pictures for these items will follow! There is no tonneau included, but we can fit a new tonneau for the new owner.
This is a very nice and nicely modified Bugeye with lots of great improvements. Click “read more” below for the full suite of photos and call us if you would like to take Isaac home!
[Read more…] about Wonderful restored 1959 Bugeye Sprite for sale, 1275 engine, disk brakes and more!NOW SOLD to John in Rhode Island! Congrats on Bugeye # 432!
If you’re thinking of your own cross-country adventure, this car is ready for your trip and the five-speed gearbox makes cruising a dream!
Emma is a Bugeye that has been here twice before, and a great one, since we have been through the car for two separate customers over the past ten or so years. And if you’re familiar our work, you know that each time we run through a car, it gets better!!!
Available for $37,995
Emma was our 294th Bugeye sold five years ago to a great client in Georgia and Florida. She represents a unique chance to own a fully-sorted five-speed, 1275 and disk brake equipped car that we fully prepared for a prior customer. She’s a blast to drive and well-fettled for maximum reliability, with all the best tricks from our tool box applied, so you can have the most drivable classic car possible.
We spent a full two months making this car wonderful for Emma’s prior owners (Bob and Sean, respectively) and now you can enjoy the fruit of all that labor. Bob owned the car for about 13 years and then Sean owned it for another five.
Now SOLD to Juan in Connecticut! Bugeye #430 sold! Congratulations!
This is a great Bugeye from a loving family with a long list of brand new parts! Meet “Rocky”, a 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite that came to us from Arizona after a lengthy stay there with its most recent owner.
A lot of modestly-priced British classics that you see on any of the popular internet selling sites may appear like an amazing car on the outside, but a lot of issues can linger underneath and turn your investment into a money pit. Ask us how we know, we have purchased more than 400 of them!
We’ve gone through this car and performed about $10,000 in upgrades, repairs and improvements that will save the next owner a lot of hassles. Rocky is ready to go!
To be specific, this week, we did the following work to the car to transform it into the amazing machine you see here:
A lot of time and money has been invested in Rocky to ensure its next owner is getting a car that they can trust to drive every time they fire it up. It’s a wonderful car, with wonderful upgrades, such as a peppy 1098 engine, electronic ignition, HS2 carburetors, aluminum radiator, three-point retractable seat belts, air horn, LED tail and turn signal lights, and more!
This is a car any Bugeye enthusiast would be happy to own! Check out the driving video above, click “read more ” below for a full gallery of photos, and give us a call or shoot us an email if you’d like to take Rocky home!
[Read more…] about 1098/disk brake equipped 1959 Bugeye Sprite for sale, well-sorted driver!NOW SOLD to Eric in Hawaii! Congrats to taking home Bugeye #431!
Now $15,995!
Drives wonderfully! New driving video below!
We have completely gone through this cool survivor Bugeye and refreshed just about everything that needed attention. Now, we have a well-sorted Sprite! A long list of upgrades done to the car is listed at the end of this post.
Meet “the Red Baron” (AN5L 41441), a sweet 1960 Bugeye that has been made ready for your driving enjoyment. If you like patina and want a mostly original car, Baron has been refreshed for you. If you are looking for an affordable Bugeye that has been extensively serviced by our Bugeye specialists, Baron is worth a serious look!
Now SOLD to Jock in Connecticut! A longtime friend of Bugeyeguys has added another to his collection! Congratulations! #429 sold!
Available for $7,495! New this week, we have fitted Kit’s doors!
If you are looking to build your own Bugeye, It would cost a lot more than $7500 to build-up a tub to this level! This is a fun project with the most difficult portion already complete! Check out the video below of the bodywork on the rear deck of Kit, it is very nicely profiled!
This is a 1959 Bugeye kit called “Kit.”
Kit had a massive amount of energy invested to date to create a painted and restored tub. There is more to do, but if you were thinking of doing a Bugeye Restoration, this is a fantastic way to start because a ton of the hard work is already done.
The underside is completely restored, new floors are such a nice foundation with which to start! The back deck and body panels have also been patched, primed, painted and restored. The rust has been addressed, and now all that’s left is assembly.
There is a little bit more body work to be done on the doors and the nose which will need to be fit to the car, but once you handle that (or use a body shop to handle that for you), then it’s a straightforward assembly project. We’ve fit the doors on the car and they are ready for their final bodywork and paint. We have the paint code… see the paint bottle in the gallery. And thus it’s a project that’s well within most people’s reach and also something that can be completed in your lifetime (starting from scratch often seems to take two lifetimes).
The prior owner did the hardest job and got Kit to an excellent launching point.. now you get to bring the car back to life.
Kit comes with a clear Michigan title and all the paperwork you need to register the car anywhere in the world. Most of the parts are there… we can help with anything that’s missing, and more importantly if you want to car built-up in any particular way, we can also contribute to help you get this car finished and driving by the summer.
For example, there are currently no front suspension components installed and the car comes with drum brake parts but we can also upgrade and assemble the car with disc brakes too. You have lots of options.
In addition, you can also upgrade the engine to one of our new 1275s, but it comes with a rebuildable 948 engine and smooth case transmission, so you have lots of choices, and we invite you to give us a call and discuss how you want to move this forward. If you’re looking for a project, this one deserves serious consideration!
Click “read more” for the full compliment of photos, including pictures of everything that will come with the car.If you’re interested in taking this project home and making it great, you can put down a deposit here.
[Read more…] about “Kit”, 1959 Bugeye project for sale!
