151 drivability Improvements on a 1960 Austin Healey Sprite

[@francistucker9709]

Love this article and the gorgeous frogeye. I came up in Bermuda with the sprites, midgets, spitfires etc. so very pleasant memories for me. The oneness with the car via the steering and handling is what won the day for me with my '67 midget over my later "B"

[@davidrowley9513]

That is a beautiful example of a bugeye. I had one back in the fifties and enjoyed owning it. Would have loved to own one today.

[@daveschultz3132]

Thank you for the support for the people like myself that wants to do my own work.

[@otsog]

I've only had three spridgets so this may not apply: instead of forcing the top bar out of the windscreen channel, there's a can on each bow half that allows them to collapse, making top setup easy. Less risk of damage to the canvas (or fingertips.)

Exactly! Maybe this expert restorer does not know as much as he pretends to.

[@bugeye23]

I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Thanks Dave and BugeyeGuys. 👍

[@patrickcarr6531]

Great video Dave. Impressive work, as always.

[@bugeyeguydotcom]

Many thanks!!! Nice boots!

[@philthefarrier9469]

My brother has just finished a frog eye for his wife. Don’t think it will be this nice. However his Healy 3000 is cherry.

[@Jamcam99]

Great job on that car. I remember these as a kid. We called them frogeye sprites in the UK.

[@JoseVazquez-wf3fx]

Excellent example of a Bugeye Sprite!

[@carlcessna5607]

Beautiful car. You described why I don’t have a really nice daily driver. I don’t want to have to make my fun cars too good.

[@randyzelenay7232]

Its all the little things that add up to make a nice car like this, beautiful car!

[@petercarey6883]

Very interesting as to that little bird chirp you detected with the tach cable when the car was idling. Good ears and nice video insert for all of us to hear. I must say that if this gem was up for sale, I be headed up to Connecticut in two shakes of lamp's tail. Well done.👍👍 Save the Wave👋

[@svantte66]

Have you video where you change front fender. how does it happen?

[@HootisGarage]

Minnesota 👌🏻

[@alfaradbean]

Great! can you send parts to Sweden? anti roll bar, front bearing kit, soft top bars, seat covers, front discs and some more

[@rovercoupe7104]

They send parts to the UK. M.

[@bugeyeguydotcom]

Yes I can, go to bugeyeguy parts.com and you can place an order to ship anywhere in the world. Thanks!

[@mrdainase]

Love the colour - looks like the windscreen rubber is misaligned around the top rail of the frame?

[@michaelwcarpenter5824]

The older tires have the benefit of wearing longer than the new soft compound. I prefer them on my drivers.

[@bugeyeguydotcom]

We have sold 348 Bugeyes and I have never seen a worn out tire on a Sprite, only aged-out tires, like these. This particular tire was a hard compound to begin with, and as it has aged it became unusable. With just quarter elliptical springs, you need a soft tire on a Sprite, or you will go around a bumpy turn and loose tire contact and go off the road. More so on any other old car I have owned and/or driven, new tires on Spridgets make a huge difference.

[@almarkowbender]

Love listening to the camera man breathe the entire vid

[@TahoeRealm]

Very nice David. Mentioned you have been doing this for 15 years and the fact that you’ve accomplished all this in that time is amazing. May I/we ask what you were doing 20 years ago? Thanks, Rich

[@bugeyeguydotcom]

Thank you!!! and thanks for your support! I was formerly an executive coach, among other things... but had my Bugeye "Gumby" since about 1978.

[@majikthyse]

Lovely car. It seems odd to spent so much money on an alternator that looks like a dynamo, when so many of the other parts are obviously non-standard. The heater trunking should be PVC. The door pockets are wrong, they should be curved. I fitted a perfectly ordinary alternator and converted the tachometer to electronic, all for less than the cost of a new dynamo.

[@malcolmlindley4465]

Mmm. Sorry, yes, it looks nice, but I would much prefer it if it had been restored to original spec, and not ‘improved’… He didn’t seem to understand the sprung tensioners in the roof frame. Fit the front of the roof to the screen first, (and remove it last!) then the rear, then release the springs.

[@philthefarrier9469]

Need to get a remote microphone. Audio is pretty poor. Love this vlog.

[@jpkatz1435]

No audio problem on my end.

In 1962 I bought a low mileage 1960 Sprite, it was very difficult to find one. It had many problems due to poor design. After two years I sold it because of the "final straw", which maybe you do not even know about. Instead of using a metal clutch throwout bearing (like American cars had been using for 60 years) it had a carbon block to save a few pence. Had to pull the engine to replace a $7 part which would wear out in another 25,000 miles. No thanks, Sprite went bye-bye.

[@philthefarrier9469]

KZbin needs a dislike, like and absolutely love this button

[@caribman10]

#1: buy a not bottom-of-the-range sports car. Easy!

[@hobman]

As far as top fitment goes...that rear bow looks awful, seeing as it doesn't match the rear seam line. #152

[@axiomist4488]

It's terrible, that a car that when new, cost $1800, can now only be owned by the rich. I can only imagine that 5 page bill with 150 items on it !

[@sasoritaiga]

Sorry, but the original rims are way better than what you put on there. I've seen wire wheels too; no thanks. You can get new, same size and design rims, in 2022 in Japan. They have tons of micro vans with dead ringers. Also, changing the exhaust has changed the sound of the car.