Twas a cold week at Bugeye headquarters, and yet we are quite busy building and restoring everything in sight. Our new roof saw it’s first snow, I test drove another five speed Bugeye conversion and Martin soldiered-on building our super Bugeye, Morgan. We built a template for a custom tonneau to accommodate the roll bar on Thomas the racer (which has now left for Louisiana). Here are some photos from this week at the Bugeye hut…
In today’s driving environment, visibility is crucial, and we now have a complete kit to transform your lightning, and maximize the visibility of your fine car. Our LED kit is tested on more than 100 Bugeyes we have sent out into the world, and now you can buy the kit we use on most of the cars that leave our building.
You’ll get four small bulbs for your turn signals and park lights (which fit properly under the glass behives) and two tail light/ brake light assemblies, to optimize the brilliance of your little sprite. LEDs draw very little power, so you can use them as daytime running lights, and improve your visibility during daylight hours too. Just make sure all your grounds are in great shape, and the lighting sockets are clean and properly connected (we have new front and rear sockets for sale too, recommended). You will also need a solid state flasher to make the turn signals work, included.
We also provide new chrome tail/brake light bases with the kit. The LEDs come pre-mounted to this new base and ready for install and hook up.
To install your park lights, you will need to remove the glass behive lenses front and rear. Remove the chrome rings and then the glass lifts off easily. If your rubber sockets are cracked, you will have trouble replacing the lense so it won’t fall out. New rubber bases solve this problem, and you can add them to your cart below (click read more to see):
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Bob, who bought Gerry too, purchased this wonderful car. Congratulations !
“Bo” was a lucky Bugeye, and the recipient of a very extensive restoration.
Everything throughout the car is wonderfully restored. Bo is completely stock, all correct, with a strong 948 engine in excellent shape and an upgraded ribcase transmission and upgraded disk brakes, which we installed for the prior owner in 2011.
Everything works, everything is spotless, under and over. Check out the picture of the underside of the floor– immaculate! 100% warm Olde English White (except for correct green engine paint and nicely restored black suspension pieces, as appropriate). OEW is a wonderful buttery color you can see best in the top-up picture above. It reads more white in low light, but is actually a creamy vanilla color in brighter light as shown above.
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Way to go Jim, now a great fun car in your garage! Congratulations! # 177!
This is a car named “Tad,” after his prior owner. This is a great car with a strong 948 engine and zero mile rebuilt transmission which we just installed. Tad also has a really nice fiberglass nose which was made by Faspec, a Sprite parts company that was around years ago. That nose flips forward for superior engine access. Weight savings with a fiberglass nose are quite significant and they make engine access a breeze. Anyone can appreciate how much easier it is to lift a glass nose for service access.
We’ve just added leather bonnet straps to better keep the nose in place and now Tad is ready to go and available for just $16,495. Check out the great video below, which was shot from a drone!
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“Morgan” is back from the paint shop, and ready for assembly. You might remember this car from a while back, when we featured its rear disk brake build (a great upgrade). We will upgrade everything else as we build this car in the coming weeks, to produce the next super Bugeye!
BTW, Bugeyes originally came in red, white, blue, two greens, yellow and tan. This one is painted with Porsche Boxster Silver, accented with deep red stripes. We will put in a supercharged five-speed drive train. The wheels on the car are only temporary for paint… the car will be fit with anthracite minilights and performance tires. We’ll include more photos as the car comes together!
NOW ON DEPOSIT! Way to go Don! We’ll confirm status as soon as we know more, email if you want to be on the Wally waiting list… and don’t forget Gerry, another awesome Sprite in our inventory in case you are kicking yourself for missing this one…
If you are looking for a wonderfully built 1275 powered five-speed bugeye, check this out! This is a great 1959 Bugeye we call “Wally.” We prepared and sold this car four years ago to a collector in Arizona, who put a few thousand miles on the car out there and when he was ready to move on, we were delighted to have a chance to bring the car back for a new owner. It is a dry, rust-free car with a lot of nice upgrades.
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