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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

Other than the choke cable, horn and horn push, it appears to be complete and original. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39405&item=4547048934&rd=1 Go get it! Colin "Colin Dodds" 14960... MORE

G'day Michael I have a mate with a fully restored Mk I MG Midget, complete with the correct (and correctly coloured) steering wheel, horn push and cowl. He also has a genuine factory hardtop, rear seat cushion and Ace Mercury wheel trims to go with it. He is a perfectionist. Good thing is - he drives the car regularly, at least weekly, and comes on long country drives with the SpriteCar Club or Aust. Whilst it has won every Concourse it has enterred, he can see no point in it sitting in his garage. Next to, as it happens,... MORE

Hey peoplez. Thanks to my friend George back east who sold me the Beige cowl (steering wheel surround) and through in a beige horn push with it ... I'm really going to give it a try to duplicate that picture in Original Sprite and Midget showing the blonde steering wheel (but, using a bugeye steering wheel instead). Having said that, I thought it might be worth a shot to access a Midget specific site and see if anybody knows the exact color of paint to be used to get that blonde/beige color on the steering wheel. So what's the... MORE

Hi All, Here's a case of dedication and good fortune! Friend of mine from Virginia located a Fully restored Bugeye, all original, complete with soft and hard top on either Craigslist or Traderonline. Was sent a bunch of photos, which he forwarded on to me. It looked too good to be true for 6K. It was located in Kennewick, WA. Was about a 10 year old restoration. Original owner passed away and a friend was selling it for his widow. He flew out with his wife, they loved it! Bought it. Drove it to friends place in Puyallup. Made... 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

Sorry to hear about your daughter's experience. My daughter was involved in a huge crash in her Honda Civic. Fortunately, she came out without a scratch, as did her two passengers. The accident was especially scary since she tangled with the mid-section of a loaded Chevron fuel truck. But, as small as a Civic is, the car is designed to be safe, and it gave up its life to protect the lives of its occupants. Hopefully your daughter will get over her very understandable, small car phobia. I'd hate to think she would let go of the "fun" part... MORE

Refer to picture at http://www.ado13.com/temp/se.jpg Measurements were done with a flexible seamstress measuring tape. Horizontal measurements are from the edge of the rubber taillight gasket to the tips of the arrow. Vertical measurements are from the edge of the body panel to the tips of the arrow. Sorry I can't tell exactly where the holes are but you should be able to figure it out. Larry Miller http://www.ado13.com "Larry & Sandi Miller" 14930... MORE

There's an odd noise I can't identify coming from the back of the bugeye when the car is moving. Almost sounds like a muffled bag of tools bouncing around. It doesn't sound exactly metallic, but if you were ruling out sounds, you'd be left thinking that metal is responsible for the sound. It's not a click, grind, whine, rattle. Maybe a bit clunk-ish with a blanket thrown over it. It's repetitive... maybe 1-2 per second. My instinct says driveshaft related. Maybe u-joint? Or some slop somewhere? On to the stupid question you've all been waiting for... I want to... MORE

Nothing, not nothing will give you a greater thrill than driving along a 2 lane rode with a huge chip truck fore and aft in the rain!!! Those poor wiper blades are not made for the kind of splash a 80,000 pound mile long chip truck can put up. Then looking in the mirror and all you can see is large bumper filling it up. It is a time for hyperventilation and [prayer. I suppose being on the freeway with semi in front, back, and left side is about the same especially if it is raining as is is... 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

The nut will be exposed with backside sticking to tape, washer can held by making a pocket around it with the tape or a spot of grease. After you get it started you can then switch to the proper wrence either taped to hand or tie a string around it for when you drop it :-) "Larry & Sandi Miller" 14845... 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

Hello all; Just looking for some expert opinions. I purchased a 59 bugeye about 5 years ago from a neighbour who was downsizing with the intentions of doing what I had to in order to get it on the road. Prior to me buying the car it came off the road and sat in the neighbours garage for 12+ years. When I bought it I gassed it up, checked the fluids and started it with the first turn of the key. 3- 4 minutes later, the gas tank and water pump started leaking so I shut it off and... MORE

BTDT... Oh, I agree, but my horn didn't and doesn't work without the little ground wire I ran from the steering rack to the radiator support bracket. It looks like the steering column is not grounded to the steering tube, and the little fitting the steering column attaches to, is surrounded with a plastic seal/bearing and with the oil/grease in the rack, somehow isn't grounded. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 14721... MORE

I don't see how the steering shaft can not be ground. It is solid steel to the rack, which should be grounded. "joe blxfstz" 14719... MORE

The "hot" wIre from the horn connects to the slip ring in the steering column plinth. the brush rubs against this slip ring and carries power to the horn btton which is the switch. When pressed, this completes the circuit to the steering shaft which is grounded through the steering rack. Check, steering wheel off, whether the slip ring is hot. Just jump it to the steering shaft and the horn should sound. "joe blxfstz" 14718... MORE

Thanks for the response, Paul. I have a schematic too - my question is what are the physical components inside the steering wheel that complete the circuit. As I noted in my earlier note, the steering shaft is not a ground in my BE. So what is used as a ground to complete the circuit when the horn button is pressed? Also, I am looking for input about the horn brush as noted in my previous note. Thanks, John "jch1289" 14717... MORE

I'm still trying to sort out some of the electrical items on my BE. Can someone give a detailed listed of the electrical components that complete the horn circuit from the wire to the steering column to ground? Is the steering shaft itself supposed to be the ground for the horn circuit? Also, I ordered a "horn brush" from Moss and found that it appears to be about 1/4" too long - the horn button won't fit when the brush is installed. Is there a spacer somewhere that I am missing too? Thanks for any information. John "jch1289" 14715... MORE

I have the right size push rods. (the smaller ones) I was taking a closer look and the roller starts on the outboard side of the stem top and never makes it to center, under full valve compression. These could move over .125" and still work! Which also brings up the point that my valve cover scrapes the ends of the rockers. Hmmm, maybe my rocker pedistals are the wrong ones? Are they different from the 1275 and the smaller engines? Maybe in the past someone swapped them? Greg "Greg Hahs" 14693... MORE

OK, I've been looking this over and have an idea I want to put up to everyone. I'll call APT tomorrow. But anyway, I was thinking about taking the rocker supports off, one at a time, and have a friend of mine wire EDM the mounting holes out .015" elongated. That could shift the entire rocker train over .015" and that would give me the clearance I would need. The roller is shifted over center the other way, so it would also center up the roller on top of the valve stem. The only thing is I would only... MORE

OK Leroy! If you aren't a 97 lb weakling, just get it close. It's a little bitty engine. Now if it were a 454, that's a different story. Actually Leroy, I have mine on a stand right now, and if you are going to do to your engine, what I have done to mine, mounting it to the stand is the least of your worries. Try bolting on a new aluminum head, 1.50 roller rockers, adjustable belt drive, and find out that when each pushrod is off the cam lobe, it rubs up against the head!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!! So all,... MORE

"Light beige" =3D "girlyman" steering wheel... disgusting, obviously! Cap'n Bob '60 :{) "Manly" Thick Black Leather Strng. Wheel! :) "Robert E. Shlafer" 14669... MORE

"Guess I'm brain dead in the AM" Being human is tough and thus, BEFORE going "on line" in the morning... may I respectfully suggest an early morning Bugeye run to your local Mickey D's for a jumbo coffee to go.... Cap'n Bob '60 :{) P.S. - Security of top notwithstanding, do NOT place container "securely" b etween the legs for the trip back home. :) "Robert E. Shlafer" 14668... MORE