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This is Thor (named by the new owner). Thor was an online acquisition by our client in Minnesota. We picked the car up for him so we could review and upgrade the car before his trip home, and in the video below, you can see some of the issues we will address before the car departs.
Now ready to depart, after about 75 improvements in our workshop, including the new chrome wire wheels and spinners, and the red tonneau shown above.
This beautiful Bugeye was a top-dollar online auction win by one of our clients, which made a stop at our shop before heading to Florida. After about 75 improvements, she’s now ready to head South! It’s an awesome car, made all the more awesome after about 55 hours of our labor.
Sprites have wiper assemblies which are quite crude. The one-speed motors wipe slowly at best, and if you think you’ll drive in the rain, you’ll do better with Rain-X or a similar coating on your screen. Wipers help, but not much, even under the best of circumstances. Fortunately, these are largely fair weather cars, so the wipers are seldom used. You do want to make sure your wipers don’t do any damage to your car, however, so it’s important to be familiar with the system.
AN5L 505 was the fifth production Bugeye off the line and thus delightfully significant. She was built in April 1958 just as production of the 49,000 or so Bugeye production line was gearing up.