NOW SOLD to Dale in Ohio! Congratulations!!!! Time to enjoy a summer in a driving Bugeye! Bugeye # 413!

Meet “Penny Lane” (AN5L 49553), a unique survivor 1960 Bugeye you don’t see every day. This car is a time capsule, with original floor mats and tons of other original features that are generally missing on the cars we usually see. For example, we NEVER see cars with the original regular paper tags still attached to the regulators. (Check that out in the photo gallery.) If you like lightly restored patina survivors, give this one a serious look!

Check out the dashboard backside picture below… I love this photo because you can see the original grease pencil factory marking. This is the original blue dash board for this car 49553 (you can see the first four numbers “4944”below), and it was built with a rev counter (R/C), windshield washers (W/W) and MPH speedo (MPH). These are the markings used in the factory for the original build. Every original dash on these cars is matched to the chassis number, as shown here.

You can also see the original perforated dashboard cut-out for the radio, still intact just like when the car was new.

Per the included heritage certificate, Penny was originally sent to Vancouver, Canada on December 8th, 1960. Either this is a relatively low mileage car or it was just driven by a single occupant, but somehow, the original rubber floor mats survived reasonably nicely and the passenger floor mat in particular is still in pretty good condition. Check out the video tour below in which I walk you through a bunch of nifty original features still present on this car.

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NOW SOLD to Bob in MA! Congratulations on taking home car #414!

We are very excited to offer for sale “Fiona” (AN5L 21356), a very clean 1960 Bugeye with quite the story to tell. Fiona came to us from California, where she spent the last 35 years under the stewardship of the same owners. This is a very clean California car that has been well-loved by the same family for many years!

Check out the driving video below!

Under prior ownership, Fiona appeared in two magazine articles, once in Road & Track in 1991 and once in Miata Magazine in 1992 . Both articles are available below to read, and a copy of each original magazine will come with the car.

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NOW SOLD to Phil in CT! Congrats on bringing home Bugeye # 412.

Price reduced! Now $19,995! More than $20,000 in recent work completed! Great value!

Here’s a fun driver for sale with a ton of new work just completed! Meet “Mira” (AN5L 42061), a 1960 Bugeye Sprite (titled as a 1961). This is a nice driver with a stock 948 engine and drum brakes all around. We’ve just completed a very thorough mechanical restoration, so the car has been quite upgraded for the new owner.

Mira had been hibernating during recent years so we adopted the car for a massive refresh prior to sale. The wiring harness was damaged from a prior fault so we removed all of the original wiring and installed a brand-new reproduction wiring harness that looks just like the day the car was new. We took this opportunity to install a number of new electrical parts in addition to the harness, such as a new ignition switch (with our upgraded ignition switch guillotine to secure the switch in the dash), a new starter pull switch, new horn contact ring, horn brush, turn signal switch, wiper switch, dip switch harness, and more!

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NOW SOLD! Congrats Dean in Oregon for taking home this wonderful car! Bugeye # 409!

Christmas is a car you can drive and enjoy, with all the right drivability upgrades.

And check out the underside! We’ve spent two full days cleaning off any surface oxidation and sealing up the underside and wheel wells of this car. You can drive this one without fear of getting the underside dirty! It’s a performance driver meant to be used! Check out the new pictures in this post and give us a call if you’re interested!

We’ve been hard at work lately on “Christmas,” a 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (VIN# AN5L 18416) (titled as a 1960), with a 1275 engine, front disk brakes, front sway bar, upgraded headlights and a Datsun 5-Speed transmission. If you are looking for a great driver that still looks somewhat stock but has the most desirable drivability upgrades, then give this one a serious look. The car has an excellent interior and for most people, this is a perfect Bugeye… nice and clean but not too nice to go out and enjoy.

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Now SOLD to Marc in Montana! Congratulations on Bugeye #408!

This is “Emil,” (AN5L 25092) a great Bugeye we have serviced in our shop a couple of times so we are excited to be offering this car once again! Emil was restored in 2013, with a rebuilt 1275 engine and mild cam, exhaust header, spin-on oil filter, electronic ignition, front disk brakes, aluminum radiator and five-speed Datsun transmission. The car also has a flip-forward super light fiberglass nose and factory wire wheel splines, currently driving knock-off Minilight style wheels. These are all the best upgrades! Check out the driving video below!

Most recently, this car was in the stewardship of one a client of ours out in California. He purchased the car from us on March 9, 2017 and it departed our shop showing 9,232 miles at that time. The car currently reads 10,539 miles so the most recent owner put just about 1300 miles on the car during his seven years of ownership. Incidentally, ground-up restoration of the car was completed on 8/2/13, with 8193 miles showing, so the car has been driven less than 2500 miles since complete restoration.

The car drives wonderfully-we’ve just tuned and sorted a few maintenance issues.

Before we sold Emil to the California client in 2017, we fit upgraded slotted and drilled front brake rotors, LED lights, upgraded headlights, a burl wood dashboard, wood steering wheel, alternator kit, phone charger/cigarette lighter and an upgraded lockable choke assembly.

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