Maiden voyage coming up tomorrow for my bugeye.

[jaegzie]

It's raining today but finishing up a lot of loose ends and still have to finish door panels but the bugeye is ready to hit the road for the first time in almost 40 years.

 

[JPSmit]

lovely! keep us posted

 

[Gliderman8]

Enjoy the ride!

 

[Rut]

Looks great! Congrats and enjoy your ride!
Rut

 

[drooartz]

Good luck, hope the first drive goes well!

 

[AN5Sprite]

Don't go too far...

(also, congrats!)

 

[SaxMan]

Awesome!

 

[aeronca65t]

Looking good! And hurry up! In your neighborhood, Winter will be coming soon!

 

[jaegzie]

Thank you. getting anxious it's raining again today. Taking it to a local show which is about 5 miles away. I think I have enough spares packed to rebuild the car. Lol. I'll get some pictures in the sun. Lol. Winter is just around the corner.

 

[HealeyRick]

Looks great. Enjoy the day!

 

[jaegzie]

Car ran great except maybe slightly rich have to pull plugs and check. No major issues at all. After rain cleared I was able to get out and enjoy the day!

 

[JPSmit]

looks awesome! I presume the "heap" next to it has its hood and trunk raised in the universal sign of break down distress?

 

[Gundy]

Looks great. Bet it was a crowd pleaser. Sharp!

 

[Bill H]

Like the no rear bumpers look..I plan the same. No plates?

 

[jaegzie]

Thanks. The car was a big hit. Don't see any bugeyes around and very few sprites or midgets. A lot of pictures taken of the car that was for sure.

I debated many times putting the bumpers on or not. I wanted to get a nice clean look on the back. Muffler choice fit well but a lot bigger than I hoped. This ended up being round instead of oval. I have my next bugeye that will be a stock build I'll probably put those on that one.

Plates in Wisconsin takes 6-8 weeks to get collector plates so I have to keep registration paperwork from dmv in the car. Police around here won't really stop you unless they think you're drinking.

 

[64rocksprite]

Looks great Mike, love the wheels on it. Are those big healey gauges? They looked like they had a gold face in that one picture..maybe it's the light. Enjoy!

 

[jaegzie]

Thanks. As far as I know they are the big healey gauges. These were what we're in the car when it was bought back in the 70s by my dad. I was just so used to them being in there I decided to keep them, have a tach drive setup working so until something stops working I'll leave them in there.

Wheels turned out nice. They're the American racing silverstones. Found them sitting in my dads garage, somehow ended up with a couple sets. Sandblasted them up then painted them turned out pretty well.