Wow! That must go fast. Fiat engine and gearbox are sometimes put in a
Moris Minor in the UK, making it faster then an MGB.
Shame about all the other mods though...
Still, only $300 is very cheap.
I would buy it, make it look standard, and keep the powertrain.
(And add decent brakes!)
Overhere (the Netherlands) you can't buy a driving bugeye under $6000.
Theo Neeskens
1963 MG Midget Mk Ia
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> From: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Speaking of originality...help!
> Date: woensdag 30 december 1998 23:38
>
> I wanted to pose this question to the group.
>
> I picked up a 1960 Bugeye, running, for $300. So far so good.
>
> Trouble is, the guy who I bought it from made so many changes that I
would
> probably cost me twice as much as it would be worth to get it back to
> original, so I'm thinking about just doing the things that he did over
> (doing them mechanically and aesthetically right this time)...he put a
Fiat
> 124 Twincam motor and 5 speed in it (GASP!!) I know what you're
> thinking...but it fits nicely, and has an honest 100 horsepower. To
handle
> the horsepower, he had the wheels widened to ridiculous proportions
> (something I would change)...but after all that, he left the drum brakes
on
> it. He stuck all the fiat's guages into a roughly cut plywood dashboard,
> and put in a bench style seat like a Lotus 7.
>
> Oh yea...and it came with a Vise-Grip steering wheel (no joke)
>
> I don't know what condition it was in when he got it, so maybe he
improved
> it (I'd hate to think someone could have made it worse than this though)
>
> So I guess I'm looking for moral support...or a really good reason to
> return it to original specs...or a really good reason not to.
>
> Thanks
> CTP
>
>
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