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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