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.

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A few weeks ago, we posted a photo of a client’s garage with their Bugeye flanked by some very expensive modern automobiles and vintage motorcycles. Since then, we have had a few more Bugeye owners share their garage companions!

The garage above belongs to Doug in PA. He writes:

After reading your newsletter you recently sent, I decided to share a photo of my garage. Its a 1959 and a 1966 AH sprite. These two cars are mine and the bugeye I bought off my great uncle for $1.00 back in 1997. Its been in our family since it was purchased new. I’m the 2nd owner of the car. The 66 I bought from a local guy in 1999, who was selling it to rebuild his MGA twin cam engine and needed the money for the rebuild. Both cars have a 1275 in them and run great! Since you guys have been selling parts out of your catalog, you have been my go-to for all sprite parts!  Anytime David uploads a video, I always check it out and watch.

(No origin story was provided for the matching red tractor.)

Dale from Colorado is the proud owner of “Penny”, Bugeye #413 sold with Bugeyeguys. Penny shares a garage with a prized family heirloom. He writes:

Thought you’d get a kick out of seeing what lives with my bugeye. It’s a ‘49 Farmall Cub that’s been in our family for 55 years and still gets a lot of use. Not a sports car but does have some things in common with Penny- it’s small, economical, great patina and good at what it was designed to do. They even have CubFests around the country to celebrate them.

Above, you can see a wonderful lift for low ceilings. “Zoya”, a stunning black Bugeye with wire wheels shares automotive bunk beds in Maryland with a Mercedes sedan. What an interesting concept!

Our final garage photo was provided by Barry in Florida. He writes:

To answer the question in your latest newsletter, here are the cars that share the fun with my 1960 Bugeye. The Bugeye is slow but a total hoot to drive while the Cobra is fast and a bit scary to drive and the Miata kind of falls in the middle, fast enough to have fun, has great handling, and won’t scare your pants off. Just wanted to say your weekly newsletter is the high point of my Saturdays. A big thumbs up!

Thank you all for the kind words and for sharing your garage photos with us!

Enjoy this post from 2014 about “Cat” and its then-new owners David and Lynn, and why they chose not to wait to join the Bugeyeguys family! Give us a call if you would like to join our family, and click here for our current inventory of Bugeyes for sale!

According to this new Bugeye owner… “Don’t be the guy whose kids have to buy you a Bugeye for your 75th birthday.”

Congratulations David and Lynn, we wish you many wonderful miles with your new Bugeye “Cat!” We took this great car and made it spectacular, after about 45 repairs and improvements custom-tailored to the needs of the new owner. We currently have about six great Bugeyes in stock–call if we can build-out one just for you!