I am a Hot Rodder and I have to admit it... I have tried twelve step
programs but nothing seems to help... I suppose I don't really want the
CURE.....
Seriously... as a devote Hot Rodder and Healey fan in general... you really
do have to balance something's.... Like Value to you restored Vs Hot
Rodded.... Notice I didn't say value to someone else... I decided long ago
there are two cars that will never be sold by me or my wife....The Hundred
and the Bugeye....
The Hundred is such a nice car and a true example of what a sports car
should be that I can't bring myself to do much more then put a valve cover
and yellow spark plug wires on it....
The Bugeye is a complete Midget conversion....I.E. 1275 and ribcage... but
the original stuff is stored correctly and waiting should I ever get a
concours bug.... if you like driving your stock bugeye more power to you...
but you oughta try one with a kent cam and a 1275 with High compression
pistons and a little head porting.... wow.. what a blast.... wonderful car
up front... but now it is killer....
My next major project is to stuff a small block Chevy into a bugeye and
extend the wheelbase to 130 inches and Do a little speed racing with it...
on the salt... see if maybe I can go faster then Donald Healey...but mostly
to go after the records in Modified Sports at Bonneville
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
Racer)
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> From: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Bugeye on steroids
> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 9:13 AM
>
>
>
> List,
>
> Two years ago at the Conclave in Arvada, CO my stock bugeye was parked
next
> to the strangest thing I've ever seen. The owner called it a british hot
> rod.
>
> The base was a bugeye. All four corners were widened dramatically, a
tube
> chassis was inserted, a triumph IRS installed in back and coil over
set-up
> in front. Can't remember the engine but he barked tires in all gears.
The
> body was all formed steel - supposedly with 0 bondo. It even had a small
> custom made boot lid. It was all black of course.
>
> I'm not much for modifieds but I must admit this thing was impressive
from
> an engineering and craftsmanship perspective. Mark Hanes may remember
more
> about it if he was there.
>
> Herb
>
>
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