If you’re looking for a winter project, then look no more! We have our project Bugeye posted on ebay this week. Click here to take a look, bidding starts at just $1,295!
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NOW SOLD! Congrats to the great couple who have adopted this car and given our 345th Bugeye a happy new home!
Meet “Royal” (AN5L 40317), a striking Bugeye with Shelby graphics. This is a solid Sprite which was owned for the past seven years by a Healey lover in the Boston area, who kept the car in great care. The car only covered about 250 miles during his stewardship.
The car has a striking paint job that still looks very fresh. The stripes are properly laid down, sealed under the very sharp clear-coat finish. The flip forward nose kit makes engine access a breeze.
The car has tons of power and a nice exhaust note. The 1275 engine is fed by a side draft Weber, which is working quite well.
The car also has a cut off switch on the dash, so you can remove the red key to the right side of the dash, which kills all electric power if you park the car for an extended period, or can be used for anti-theft. A rear tube shock conversion was also fit to replace the rear lever shocks with later tube type dampers.
There is (an unconventional) red starter push button on the dash to engage the starter. It works just fine. The new owner can decide to keep this perfectly functional set-up or to have us convert the dashboard back to an original starter pull.
The top is fine but a top bow is needed, and the car hasn’t been used with a top in forever anyway. Tires are from 2002 so they are ready to be retired.
This is a great car, with great wheels and a great look. It’s solid and striking and please give a call or email if you want us to send Royal to your door!
SOLD to Rob in Ohio. Congratulations Rob on being the happy new owner of our 327th sold!
We just got this Bugeye in from Oregon and it is a good one! This is “Mikki,” an excellent restored car. Everything was done when the car was restored. Any body issues were addressed with new sheet metal welded in place as needed. Floors are excellent. Paint is excellent, engine bay is immaculate. She was fully restored about five years ago.
The car is fit with its original 948 engine, four speed smoothcase transmission, and upgraded front disk brakes. A 12-volt power cut off switch was fit to the underside of the dash, a nice feature for long term storage and/or anti-theft. The car also has a nifty custom vinyl screen for the boot opening… snap this vinyl sheet to the rear bulkhead and your trunk is completely blocked off from the cockpit, which is a nice feature when parking the car in a public place, and you can see in the photos, there are also little pockets in the screen for storage.
A good tonneau came with the car as shown. No top is present, but there are bows, and we are happy to custom fit a new top for the new owner.
The wire wheels are great, in fact they look like brand new 60 spoke wheels, and the spinners are also new and barely show any marks, one more clue that the car has been driven little since the restoration. (These are usually scarred since you have to hit them with a hammer to remove.)
165 series slightly wider tires are present, and so is a nice wooden steering wheel. If you like chrome bumpers, this is a good one, although it is also easy to remove. As a reminder, bumpers are not required in any state for a Bugeye Sprite, and they don’t do much since they are so low. People love or hate them, and they are ultimately a nice chrome accent for people who like that sort of thing.
She shows 28135 miles, but I would guess that fewer than 1000 miles have been added since the restoration. An electric fuel pump is present, and we just put in a new gas tank. This is a great car, so do give us a call if you want to take Mikki home!
Now SOLD to Pete of New York! Congratulations on taking home our 328th Bugeye sold!
Looking for a superb modified and more useable, more reliable Bugeye Sprite that still looks completely stock? If so, this is a great one to consider!
Meet “Willis,” (AN5L 47705), a superb 1960 Bugeye that we have known since about 2013, when we bought the car, upgraded it, and sold it to a client in Connecticut. When he was done with it, we bought it again, and sold it to a client in Idaho, in 2016 with 774 miles showing. That customer made the great drone video while the car was in Idaho’s wide open spaces, so you can see how this Bugeye looks from 30,000 feet in the video below:
The car then went to Maine, changed from Minilites to original steel disk wheels and joined a stunning private collection of other classics for a while (without getting much use) and from there I was able to buy it again. I love this car. It has always been one of the better restorations, and it drives and looks great. The car now shows a mileage of 2,305 so there has only been 1,500 miles since this car left us in 2016 – it still looks quite fresh.
I made a drive video today and you can see it starts easily (even when cold), runs smoothly up and down through the revs, and stops really well (the rear brakes are working too ((always nice)) as evidenced by the rolling handbrake test you can see in the video).
Like all classic British cars, there is a punch list, and this one is pretty short… the dashboard turn signal indicator is not working so we need a new flasher unit… and the horn is not working, so we need to figure out which link in the chain is not functional. These are pretty common challenges that are easy for us to address.
The new owner might also want us to refresh all the hydraulics before we ship the car, to zero-out the always ticking hydraulics-are-about-to-start-leaking clock. There is no tonneau present, and these are pretty much essential. And of course, we would be delighted to upgrade this great car even further with a five speed/rear disk brake/ supercharger/ aluminum radiator package!
Every time Willis comes here, he gets a little better (and he’s already quite good)!
Prior upgrades include twin-tipped muffler, flip forward nose, exhaust header, sway bar, good top, three point seat belts, side curtains, LED light kit, solid state electronic fuel pump and more!
This is a special cars, because most of the fleet is aging and needing more and more after the past 10 years, but this one just keeps getting better! Call or email if you are interested in adopting Willis!
Now SOLD to Geoff in Indiana, who will soon drive Chap back to Indianapolis from our shop! Congratulations! Happy retirement! Our 325th sold!
This is “Chap,” (AN5L 15917) a 1959 Bugeye driver in Lotus colors, named after Colin Chapman. This is a nice car that turns heads. If you are looking for a sharp car at a good price, give this one a serious look! It has lots of curb appeal!
The car is 948 powered with a four speed transmission and front disk brakes. It came from California. The flip forward nose makes engine access a delight. The wind wings and wind blocker on the roll bar keeps the cockpit quieter. It has a smoke gauge too, so you can tell if you have let the smoke out. This seems to be one of the all time favorite classic British car jokes… but our job is to make sure there is no smoke in anyone’s experience of this car!
The car also has a German speedo hanging under the combo gauge under the dash. I am not sure if this is a joke from the prior owner too, because the original speedo in the car works fine.
The car is ready, with a new battery and drives nicely. We can further upgrade and/or modify the car for the new owner, including removing the smoke gauge and putting in an ammeter, for example, or a clock or voltmeter depending on your preference.
There’s a smart cubby in front of the shift lever, nice to store your wallet and phone when on a drive. Our larger dash mirror is in place, a good upgrade. And there is already an electric fuel pump installed. A radiator expansion tank is also present, a nice upgrade from a later Sprite.
We can remove the under dash speedo, and/or you can tinker with these details yourself. It’s a good car and a solid car, and we look forward to finding “Chap” a new home.
The car was serviced a year ago by the prior owner and came back with 175 compression numbers in all cylinders, a great sign of a good engine, and it shows… the car is fun to drive! Give a call if you would like to make Chap your own!
NOW SOLD! Congratulations Chuck from PA on giving Floyd (our 341st Bugeye sold) a new home!
Here’s “Floyd,” named after, you guessed it, “Floyd” (who sold us the car). Floyd loved this Bugeye and enjoyed it for many years, until “Pickle” caught his eye, and he traded-up, and traded this car-in. We’ve now got it for sale for a very reasonable price, so if you want to get into a Bugeye, this one is worth serious consideration!
The car has a 948 engine and drum brakes throughout. It’s a fun car to drive and everything works. The car is titled as a 1961 Bugeye, but was built in 1960 and titled as a 1961. Wheels are recent reproduction Minilites, a nice upgrade! The paint is excellent, and the body is straight except for a few small door dings on the sides.
Floors are good, and one patch panel was previously welded into the passenger footwell. Top bows and top are included. The top is worn out but we can fit a new one for you if think you might need that.
Give us a call if you would like us to send Floyd your way!
The car is available for $16,495
