NOW SOLD to John in MI! Congratulations on taking home this great car! #417!!

Elle now comes with a new tonneau!
Take a look! This nice car keeps getting better!!!

Here’s a sharp looking early 1958 Bugeye called “Elle,” (AN5L 2264) with lots of new upgrades. 

This is a very special early car with the correct early nine-stud windshield. She recently underwent a long-term extensive restoration done by a passionate owner in the Midwest. The prior owner put-in a Ford five speed transmission mated to the original 948 engine (#2069, the correct original engine per the heritage certificate) which was professionally rebuilt, balanced and blueprinted. Excellent documentation for this engine rebuild is included… this was a huge investment, and an exceptional asset of this particular car. Couple that engine with a stout Ford five-speed transmission (which was originally designed for a much heavier Ford Sierra and is thus capable of handling much more than Bugeye output) and you have a great driveline.

An aluminum radiator and spin-on oil filter assembly are also fit… both are nice summer weather upgrades. Of course, the five speed gives the new owner overdrive in fifth and fully synchronized gears, which makes this gearbox super easy to use for all types of drivers. Check out the driving video below to learn more!

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NOW SOLD to sold to Charlie & Andy in Florida! Congrats on taking home Bugeye # 416!

We are highlighting “Milano” this week, a car that combines the best 1958 provenance with the best modern upgrades. We can’t build a nice five-speed supercharged Bugeye with these modifications for anywhere near $40k, (especially not a restored early ’58 Bugeye), so check Milano out!

Check out the video below for a taste of life with a performance Bugeye!

For folks who like early-production Sprites, here’s a special opportunity to purchase a very early car! This is “Milano”, a 1958 Bugeye that wears serial number AN5L 981, which would make its build only 480 cars later than 501, our first production bugeye sprite. We only know of a handful of cars with serial numbers below 1000, so this is one rare (Milano) cookie that would have been built sometime in the summer of 1958.  (We’re happy to get a heritage certificate for the new owner to confirm the build date). The car has tons of ’58 only early car features, like the correct early gussets for the back deck, the different early rear shock mounts and radiator supports, and early top bow, all the cool features that you’ll see also on AN5L 501, the very first production Bugeye. 

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NOW SOLD to David in Colorado! Congrats on taking home Bugeye # 415!!

Marvin, Marvin Marvin!!!!

Marvin has had a list of improvements made this week, so if you’re looking for an inexpensive Bugeye Sprite, Marvin is on the rise and worth a serious look.

This week, we put four brand new (black wall) 155 tires on the car. We’ve also upgraded the rear suspension with new radius arms and rear shocks, and now Marvin drives quite nicely! I think Marvin looks better with black wall tires, but you be the judge. You’ll see the white walls in some of the old photos, but the black wall photos you see (like above) are the newest pictures.

Above is a new video of a 0 to 60 run in Marvin, and you can see the car is quite capable for all your summer adventures! This car is quick and sounds great, with a much improved ride courtesy of the new tires and rear suspension upgrade. Take a look at the rest of the post below and give us a call if you’re interested in adopting this fun car!

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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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