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Offline dakazman

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61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« on: Saturday,September 02, 2023, 03:29:24 PM »
   A friend of mine stopped over with another British sports car guy with an all original sprite. Amazing shape and lack of rust.  This was also my first ride in a British car when I was 16 .
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Re: 61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« Reply #1 on: Saturday,September 02, 2023, 04:19:49 PM »
It was years before I saw a Bugeye that wasn’t a race car. Does this one go faster if you turn the key more?

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Re: 61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« Reply #2 on: Saturday,September 02, 2023, 05:37:30 PM »
  It gets lots of people posing next of it . Maybe we can try it too . He uses a magnet to hold it on .
Lol 😂
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Re: 61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« Reply #3 on: Saturday,September 02, 2023, 08:32:57 PM »
Sweet little Frog-Eye. I always fancied one of these in experienced, unrestored condition.
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Re: 61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« Reply #4 on: Sunday,September 03, 2023, 01:45:21 AM »
Could he fit a small battery in the base with a motor in it so the key turns while he's driving....

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Re: 61 original Austin bugeye sprite visit.
« Reply #5 on: Sunday,September 03, 2023, 04:40:33 AM »
Could he fit a small battery in the base with a motor in it so the key turns while he's driving....

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  I’ll mention it to him
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