We just sold our 426th Bugeye Sprite.
I am personally in awe of this accomplishment. I never would have guessed when I purchased “Gumby” in 1979 (pictured below) that we would one day end up with a business born out of a passion for a simple little car with a lot of personality.
How can we objectively measure the quantity of Bugeyes we have sent to new homes?
It’s a column of Bugeyes 4,792 feet long, bumper to bumper, a procession long enough to reach, well, a bit less than a mile! (ok, they’re small cars)
It’s 281 tons of Bugeyes.
It’s 852 tuned and synchronized SU carburetors. (thank you Terry and Ted!)
It’s 1704 torn radius arm bushings we’ve replaced.
And probably 400,000 truck miles for all the cars we have transported around America and beyond.
But none of this data tells the real story.
About a month ago, we were visited by the owner of a couple of cars that we had a hand either in servicing or selling. He came all the way from Minnesota to meet with us, and brought with him pizza from the finest local pizzeria. The passion our customers exude is palpable, and we are very appreciative of each and every one of them.
Here is a slideshow of over 100 of the wonderful people, moments, and smiles (and dogs) that have built our business and have kept these cars alive and well. Some pictured are still with us, while others have moved on to the great cars and coffee in the sky, but all share their passion for Frogeyes. The first slide is Sir Stirling Moss, getting into my friend Bill Prout’s Bugeye at Lime Rock to sign the dashboard. The last slide is Gerry Coker, designer of the Bugeye (and Healey 100) who I was lucky to meet at the Healey Enclave in 2015 in Pennsylvania.
Thanks to all of you, for visiting this website, for following our work, and for making the world’s roadways a little happier place.
