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61forfun
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Howdy all,
Sam here!!! I just bought myself a version of the very first car I ever owned. When I was about 14 or so my dad gave me his broken, ol’ garaged 60’ bugeye. I used it to complete my autoshop course and drove it to high school for the next three years. While it was a real girl getter it was not a car one could easily "fiddle around" in, so much more time was spent adventuring around and enjoying the visceral and unique ride that bugeye had to offer. I wound up selling her and getting into American muscle in my early 20’s. Some 35 years later, I am back for another round of the Austin Healy chronicles.
Thr new bugeye is in veirtually and rather ironically in the same condition as my original. It has sat in a barn since 1976 - original Oregon plates. The original owner told me he drove it hard and nuked the 948 and had a really nice 1098 built for it and that he also had the breaks upgraded to disc off a late model MG. While doing a brake job, he had snap a line and put the car in the barn and simply lost interest some 40 + years ago. I paid him $2500 for it and took it home. My 15 year old is an ace mechanic and he could not wait to dig into it. He immediately started researching what fluid specs were need and the respective capacities. He changed all the fluids, through a bit of oil down the cylinders, installed a battery and then make a Gatorade bottle gastank. He even bleed the brakes and clutch which amazed me they came back. I later found out the owner used silicone brake fluid and it seemed keep the lines from absorbing moisture. At any rate, this sucker runs and drives!!! Lot’s of plans and already spent a mint on parts !
Sam here!!! I just bought myself a version of the very first car I ever owned. When I was about 14 or so my dad gave me his broken, ol’ garaged 60’ bugeye. I used it to complete my autoshop course and drove it to high school for the next three years. While it was a real girl getter it was not a car one could easily "fiddle around" in, so much more time was spent adventuring around and enjoying the visceral and unique ride that bugeye had to offer. I wound up selling her and getting into American muscle in my early 20’s. Some 35 years later, I am back for another round of the Austin Healy chronicles.
Thr new bugeye is in veirtually and rather ironically in the same condition as my original. It has sat in a barn since 1976 - original Oregon plates. The original owner told me he drove it hard and nuked the 948 and had a really nice 1098 built for it and that he also had the breaks upgraded to disc off a late model MG. While doing a brake job, he had snap a line and put the car in the barn and simply lost interest some 40 + years ago. I paid him $2500 for it and took it home. My 15 year old is an ace mechanic and he could not wait to dig into it. He immediately started researching what fluid specs were need and the respective capacities. He changed all the fluids, through a bit of oil down the cylinders, installed a battery and then make a Gatorade bottle gastank. He even bleed the brakes and clutch which amazed me they came back. I later found out the owner used silicone brake fluid and it seemed keep the lines from absorbing moisture. At any rate, this sucker runs and drives!!! Lot’s of plans and already spent a mint on parts !
