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Our Quest For Concours Gold Nears The Finish Line!

September 16, 2022 by bugeyeguy

Car 501 immediately upon its arrival to our shop. This car has come a VERY long way since this photo was taken about 66 days ago.

The end is near! We are so very close to loading AN5L 501 into a trailer and taking it to the Austin-Healey club national Enclave and concours event in Pennsylvania next week. We have spent the last 66 days completely disassembling the car, rectifying every non-concours detail we could find (and some we didn’t even know existed), and putting it back together. We did all of this in conjunction with our normal business operations, too! It has been two months of research, documentation, meetings, consultations, blood, sweat, and a little frustration to get to where we are today with 501, but we are elated with the final result, and we believe the concours judges will agree that this car is worth concours gold!

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Olde English White 948 Bugeye For Sale! Video!

September 9, 2022 by bugeyeguy

“Mahoney” (AN5L 19886) is the perfect cruiser! This is a 948-powered car, with front disk brakes, and great fun to drive. We had the privilege of working on this one a few times for the prior owner, and we laid down an excellent foundation for the new owner, now that the prior owner decided to move on and sell us the car.

The car has a lot of nice improvements done at our shop. Most notably, we upgraded the car to front disc brakes, installed new radius arms, new original speedo, door liners, high output starter, and installed a newly rebuilt rib case transmission just a few hundred miles ago. The prior owner spent about $10,000 at our shop on these and other improvements, so the new owner gets a lot of great goodies included.

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“Topping” Off Our Concours Quest!

September 9, 2022 by bugeyeguy

As the deadline approaches for the concours debut of Bugeye #501, we are getting into some of the finer points of accurate national concours preparation. Each trip down the list of requirements reveals a new element or something we may have missed. We are double- and triple-checking every element to ensure maximum accuracy (and points) and also to ensure we have properly returned car 501 to its accurate original state.

This week, we worked on the top and side curtain fit. The car will probably never be out in the rain again, but the kit has to be accurate and has to fit right, as we will be judged on accuracy of the components and also on quality of the fit. None of these ever fit well; in fact, the weatherproofing of a Frogeye was always a bit of a joke. However, this car actually has quite nice fit and finish of its weather components, especially when you consider that the pieces are all quite old!

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The Right Tools For The Job

September 9, 2022 by bugeyeguy

Part of the process for the concours judging car 501 will undergo is the scrutinization of bits that the standards refer to as “Loose Equipment”. One of the components of this section of the judging is the tool kit that came with each Frogeye. There are eleven different and unique components present in the tool kits that came with most Frogeyes (the first 42000 or so cars came with the eleven-piece kit. The kit was streamlined after this to a seven-piece kit that eliminated some of the smaller and less helpful bits).

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1960 Concours Gold Certified Bugeye For Sale!

September 9, 2022 by bugeyeguy

If you’ve been following our 501 project and you’ve been enjoying all the subtleties of an accurate Concours Gold Sprite, you should take a look at Betty. We’ve had this car for a while because we knew that we wanted to refer to it for the 501 project since Betty was previously judged gold at a national event, and as such, Betty gave us plenty of good information as we’ve assembled 501 in the quest for accuracy. But now that 501 is nearly complete, Betty is ready to move to a new home.

If you’re someone who’s looking for a gold medal car, please give a call and we can discuss sending Betty your way. Betty was judged in 2001 and scored 961.5 points for a gold badge. We have the judging sheets and we’re happy to review them with the new owner. The deductions were minor, and in fact, we’d also be happy to take another pass at Betty in the quest to build a 1000 point car. I’m sure we could eradicate a number of the point deductions and make it even closer to its actual original glory. It’s a wonderful car either way and it can also be made into a driver-it’s really up to the new owner. But if you were someone who loves the originality that we’ve been manifesting in car 501, Betty is another excellent choice.

Take a look at the listing below!

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For Sale! 1958 Bugeye driver that snarls!

September 7, 2022 by bugeyeguy

Now SOLD to Roger in North Carolina! Bugeye #364 is on its way to its next home!

We are delighted to be able to offer “Candy” to you once more! This is the type of car that doesn’t come around often, and we are elated to be able to offer it again for your consideration. The previous owner had us do a ton of work to this car; check out the listing below to find out what we have done to Candy to make it such a great car!

Candy is one of my favorite Bugeyes, because it has a wonderful growl, and all the right upgrades without being “over the top.” I bought this 1958 Sprite about ten years ago and sold her to a family in Illinois, who drove it less than a thousand miles before we helped to find its most recent home, where it has been since September of 2021. The car is still excellent. And of course I am ecstatic to be able to offer it again because it is hard to find cars this nice.

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