The Blue Bugeye we called “Marsha” was a milestone, our 150th out the door (now we’re up to 408!). Here’s Cici, the proud new owner of #150, united with her car at home in the Lake Tahoe area.
When I bought my first Bugeye “Gumby” back in 1979, I never would have guessed that one car (and the passion that ensued) would one day result in such a robust Bugeye business.
NOW SOLD to Gordon in Minnesota! Congrats on taking home this awesome MGBGT!
Hey British car lover… this is a very special car, and if you’re unfamiliar with these, we hope you’ll take a close look!
I have my own so I am biased… but I believe this to be one of the best classic cars that I have owned. Here’s why… it’s very comfortable. It holds a lot of gear. It has tons of style. It’s really fun to drive. It cruises well. It looks like a million bucks. It has a very sleek and sexy shape (much more novel than the roadster).
The pre-68 cars are the ones to have because of their superior metal dash and vintage period gauges and feel. They have more power than later cars, better ride height, chrome bumpers, no backup lights for a cleaner vintage look, best badges, best grill, no side reflectors, etc!!!
We did a massive amount of work last year on this 1966 MGB GT for the prior owner. We put in an all new leather interior and carpet kit to make the interior strikingly nice. We installed period-looking three-point retractable seat belts when we restored the interior, which are mounted on custom brackets we fabricated, and entire interior is now beautiful. We also went through and replaced any perishable mechanical items, such as new rubber hoses and oil cooler lines, as well as new rear wire wheel splines and brakes, so the entire car has been refreshed. This one is easy to drive, and beautiful!
[Read more…] about Sweet 1966 MGB GT for sale, new interior and thorough service!Bugeye rear bumpers aren’t so much bumpers as they are decorative chrome for the rear of the car, but nevertheless they serve as a very important buffer between the rear sheet metal of the car and the general driving public. While uncomplicated, there is still a right and wrong way to install rear bumpers on your Sprite. In the video below, I explain how to fit rear Sprite overriders for accurate alignment and maximum protection!
In addition to proper alignment, having the bumpers installed incorrectly can cause an interference issue with the exhaust, discoloring the chrome and ruining an otherwise perfectly nice overrider.
Should you need to replace or upgrade your Bugeye’s rear overriders, we offer a full line of parts to do so! Click the photos below to learn more or click here for our complete catalog!
It is no small feat to restore any automobile from the ground-up. The Frogeye Sprite unibody tub (or monocoque for our friends across the Big Pond) is a stout little foundation, but that doesn’t stop these little buggers from taking abuse. After roughly 65 years, one accumulates lots of scars.
This car featured here is no exception. It looked like a pretty sound car with its peeling paint attached, but once we blasted the structure and removed all the paint and filter, we were left with quite a massive project. Most of these cars need floor work and other structural work to the floor pan, and this tub was no different. Several layers of floor were present on this one and they all needed to be removed before the repairs could commence.
Many of these cars also need rocker panels, as this one did.
This car also needed a lot of gap adjusting to make sure the doors would fit nicely with uniform gaps. The pictures below show how one of the door gaps was massaged into position; this has to be done for both gaps on both doors.
This car also had a massive hit in the right rear corner that dislocated the license plate depression in the back of the car. Filler was used to fill the void from the prior repair, so we cut out everything. We cut out the crumpled up trunk floor in that area as well, and then welded in all new sections to bring this car back into spec. Click “read more” to see the process in action!
[Read more…] about Tub talkYou might remember the green Bugeye Boyd we sold a few years back, a stunning 1959 Bugeye. Here’s Boyd in a trailer for his new film, coming soon(?) from the family that adopted him. Do I see an Oscar in Boyd’s future?
Bugeye ownership can make you giddy and make you feel more alive. We love to see evidence of this when our customers send photos and videos!
This week, we have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on a Bugeye that came to us for an extensive mechanical restoration. Part of this restoration included doing a front disc brake conversion with new front lever shocks, new outer tie rod ends and camber-adjusting control arms, which we used to adjust asymmetry in the front end due to prior crashes. You can see these new components installed on the car below in the photo of the suspension taken earlier this week.
While performing our typical final test drives, which we do to work out any “bugs” we encounter (centering the steering wheel, for example), I noticed a looseness, or “flutter”, coming from the right front wheel. The video below helps to explain this feeling and what can cause it:
