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1. A complete 1967 Midget, starting price $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548032250&category=39405 2. A complete 1971 Midget, starting price $25 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548040112&category=39405 3. A 1976 Midget ready for a Mazda heart transplant, starting price $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548006959&category=39405 4. 1959 Bugeye, really nice condition, with dismantled 1275cc engine, bidding to $1025 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548127411&category=6023 5. 1978 Rubbernose with air suspension (ugh), starting price $600 and Buy It Now $1000 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548065373&category=39405 Now start bidding! and avagoodday Colin "Colin Dodds" 14988... MORE
Dear list, I will be fitting a 1275 within a year to my Bugeye Vintage racer (yes that's legal in the groups I race with). I feel I should improve the cooling system at the same time. There are some very expensive aluminum radiators from the specialty shops, but ISTR suggestions of some aluminum radiators from modern cars that make good swaps. I didn't find anything when I searched the archives, so hear is is again. What subsitutions have people tried that work well, don't take a lot of monkey buissness to fit and plumb and are cost effective?... MORE
To quote my friend Norm - it's either a feast of a famine So here's a Mk II Sprite fitted with small block Chev Corvette engine. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=3D1&item=3D4547 154080&category=3D6023 The eBay description reads: 1962 Austin Healey Sprite MKII. (Great restoration project) Hotrod convertible/Roadster. California car, clean body, blue metallic, The mileage on odometer reads 40,136 but is not the original odometer, exac t unknown. Equipped with rebuilt 1972 Corvette V8 Chevy small block 350, 4 bolt main. Engine has crane cam with roller rockers, 4 barrel Holly 650 double pumper dual feed carburetor with Edelbrock 4 barrel intake manifold. Comes... MORE
"Oils ain't oils" Cheapo oil is exactly that...good base stock without benefit of the major mfgr's additive packages which make it "better" in preventing formation of acids, foaming, varnish/deposits, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. While the tolerences within our older engines were spec'd with petroleum based oils in mind...viscosity as much if not moreso, as film strength being in mind as a "boundary" between parts ................a quart of synthetic within 3 of petroleum can only be a good thing in terms of upgrad ing the mix by "reinforcing" film strength while adding "slipperiness" to t he whole. I HAVE... MORE
Group, I just joined this group a couple of weeks ago and my doctor gave me some bad news yesterday. I can't get in the bugeye with my bum pelvis and hip I injured in my head on collision. I guess it's got to go! It's rust free and runs like a bear. I have two extra engines complete from clutch to fan. Two extra trannys and a set of racing carbs. I have to digest the news and maybe think of some way of entering the car without messing up my future hip and pelvic transplant. It may... MORE
I have a 1959 for sale. The car is in excellent driving condition with only a couple very minor body blemishes that can be fixed very easily. The top and tuneau are in perfect condition and the engine has been restored a few years ago. I recently replaced the starter, generator, and put on a spin on oil filter adaptor in the past 2 years. It has very low origional miles on it and is good as a daily driver and close to concours condition. I can give more specifics to anyone interested. The sale is due to an... MORE
G'day all Why is it you Yanks have to have your own unique way of measuring stuff. Where did this idea of a "US gallon" come from anyway. I don't suppose you have a "US inch" or a "US second" do you? OK, I can understand the confusion, but this is a British car and has British components measured in British units. You should be aware that referring to components in other languages (and I do refer to American) or even daring to carry metric tools in the boot (no, not trunk) can cause your Bugeye to have a... MORE
Hi, I want to change the pancake airfilters on my hs1 SU's to improve airflow and intake on K&N website only filters for 1100-block availible I am running the 948 cc Are there alternatives that any of you know of What is the function of the breather on the front pancake filter If I replace the pancake filter what do I do with the breather on the valvle cover ? thanks Bart "kikkeroognl" 14938... MORE
And that would be why our oil drain plugs are now 15 mm, and every other nut and bolt in your new car is metric. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 14937... MORE
Sorry Colin, Our kids only go to school 8 1/2 months a year on this side of the pond and a most of it is in being "Politically Correct", "non sexual discrimination", "Pro Teachers Union", "A Kennedy can do no wrong," etc, etc, etc. Reading, writing, and 'rithmatic are extra critical activities. The fact that a US Gallon is 4 quarts and an Imperial (as in United Kingdom) Gallon is 4 liters, and since they are teaching everything else, nobody can read when they grab the quart oil can that says it is only .9.... Liters. It's a good... MORE
Well all, My daughter has a Miata and I looked it over a few months ago thinking about putting that entire drive train and suspension in my Bugeye. I decided to go ahead and use the A-Series and 5-speed, and update the suspension with air bags. I didn't want to have to buy the Miata and see what I can do. Well, to all you Fathers out there, last night I just got the call all Fathers dred. Yep, Mr. Hahs, this is Sargent Phelps from La Mirada Police Department. You daughter has been involved in an accident, and... MORE
First off, anything can be done with enough time and money. There is a local guy (Salinas CA) that has done this transplant but with a stick. He did not have to cut a lot because the car already had a V6 :-) I think I have some pictures around somewhere. If I can find them I will post them. It's not a real good fit but the car is very fast. The shifter comes out back by his elbow and is shaped like the one on a Cobra. Larry Miller "Larry & Sandi Miller" 14916... MORE
Over here, Colin, we measure capacity in U.S. gallons of which the BE holds 7.2. The factory service book says it and I believe because in 1965 I ran out of gas in my BE and just happened to coast into a service station and stopped at the pump. It took precisely 7.2 U.S. gallons and cost $2.00 exactly. I can only find reference to the 12cj engine equipped cars being 6 gallons and the later RBM cars are still listed as 7.2 U.S. gallons. BC************* "British Classics" 14910... MORE
Howdy, folks. I just wanted to personally invite all of you to an event that we, the Cape Cod British Car Club, are hosting on May 22. It's called the "A" Team Invitational. Although all marques are welcome, it's a tribute to all automobiles blessed with having the "A" Engine as its primary source of locomotion. There's far too much to explain in this post. So, please take a look at the web site. Scroll down until you see "A" Team Spring Invitational. Click and learn. The reason I'm sending the personal invitation is because the 75 mile Poker... MORE
Could be your speedo or tach is not accurate. 5000 rpm should be nearly 75 mph. Suspension and steering are okay if in good condition, although a BE sharing the road with 18 wheelers is going to get blown around, and can be scary. The drum brakes are not up to interstate speed, and most have replaced them with discs. If you really do want to run at interstate speeds, an upgrade to 1275cc and 3.9 or 3.7 diff, or Datsun 5-speed will do the job. "joe blxfstz" 14866... MORE
Doug....not to butt in, but.... the Frog was made back in '58 for basically British roads/speed conditions back then... same for our conditions here in the states when traffic moved more slowly "back when". Of course, the upgraded 1098's and 1275's did better over here speed-wise. And "over there" later on as well as the British developed their limited access highways as well. However.....upgrade same with front disc brakes, anti-sway bar, wider wheel s and modern (larger tires) and it becomes a nicely stable platform at high er limited access highway speeds, easily handled by a 1275/Datsun 5 speed/3.7... MORE
I haven't seen the actual bolts, washers and nuts available in Moss or Vic for the hardware that attaches seat bottom to back. Looks like the bolt is a part of the seat bottom frame only. Can I get these parts anywhere? Thanks, Mark "mglevicky" 14876... MORE
Michael- I've been trying to figure out how the "Guys" drive these things at anything above 60-65mph...my poor little 948 w/ stock tranny and 4.22 RE is well above 5krpm at 65 and the suspension and brakes at that speed leave me w/ little/no confidence. I do, however, get a kick out of driving it around town but the big SUV's scare the S#%T out of me! Addictive little vixon.... Doug in SC.. dpecchenino@... 14864... MORE
Michael I wrap some masking tape around my finger, stick the nut & washer in the tape, then hold it behind the hole as I screw in the bolt. Larry "Larry & Sandi Miller" 14839... MORE
Archimedes? Didn't he design the rear oil seal on my 1275? "joe blxfstz" 14823... MORE
I just replaced my BE seats and foam kits from Victoria British. Blue on Blue Bugeye standard. Woops, just means last August. I don't know what their price is now!! The kit went on pretty well for an novice upholstery guy. the best way to get excellent gass millage is to lie about it!!!! Gas story - I drove from Corvallis, OR to LaGrande, OR a distance of 350 miles. Wanting adventure I stayed off the freeway I5/I84 and crossed the mountains over to Prineville. I filled up in Prinville and As I was leaving town I checked my... MORE
FWIW, I am running a 1275 W/HS-4's. The PO had installed #6 needles and I was getting about 15 MPG. BC convinced me to switch to NG's and I think I am getting about 35 MPG before switching to the 5 speed. The plugs don't come out heavy black carbon any more either. Bob, Troutdale, OR P.S. Larry, Will see you at the ABFM, might even have my car there this year. "Robert Webb" 14802... MORE
Some strange things going on here. :-) First off, stock Bugeye springs have 15 leaves. The stiffer "rally" springs that Moss sells have 10 leaves. Your left spring is only using 4 leaves, as the bottom three are just being used as spacers. But why I wonder? Putting the three short leaves under the rest raises the spring mount by the thickness of the three leaves which would make the left side of the car lower than the right, assuming the equal "springiness" in both left and right springs. Hmmm...... The only really hard part about disassembling everything and... MORE
I still think 15 is way too little for the amount of work it is doing " at highway speed". I keep records of my vehicles MPGs and here are some other examples. Wifes 1275 Sprite 35 My RBB 32 with moderate Hwy driving in o/d. 1970 350 4 speed Chevelle 24.3 1988 5.0 Mustang GT 5 spd 28 1962 Pont. Bonn. 389 4 spd 18.4 1963 Pont GP 389 4 spd 18 1967 Chevelle SS396 4 spd 15 1974 Buick 455 18 1978 Transam 400 4 spd 17 8500 lb 4x4 dually 454 4.56 gears 11.4 1970 302... MORE
Well... it's not a single cotton thread...it's three or four strands twisted around one another and soaked in copper coat (or similiar). This "amalgam" of soaked "fibers" were then placed on the gasket, normally between cylinders 2&3. The head was then installed and torqued in the normal way. The story goes that.....supposedly..... the block deck between cyls. 2&3 on factory fresh Series A motors was subject to "sinking" a bit until such time as the block was decked during subsequent overhaul, after which further "sinking" in this area did not occur. It was a long time ago that I... MORE
