Another Rotary Sprite
Hey all, just thought I show off my own Bugeye Rotary. A friend of mine suggested this motor and it's been match made in heaven. I finally have it running and now working on the brakes. Here is a video of the first start up. [www.youtube.com]
I added a few photos as well. That's for looking, Dave |
B-Fast B-Strong William Smith (144 posts) Registered: 10/17/2009 11:28PM Main British Car: Bugeye Bodied Spriget |
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Great looking swap Dave,
Neat and clean , you did some clearly fine work there. Can't wait till you have it all painted and I hope you put up pictures in the gallery and some how it was done. What color are you painting it? William |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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Good job... looks like you've mastered the photo "attachment" feature!
Two quick tips: 1) after you attach photo files, and before you hit the "post message" function, you can move the files around. You can also insert captions or blank space between them. Use the "preview" button to see the results. You can keep on editing and previewing again and again until you hit the "post message" button. 2) this forum section allows up to four photos per posting... but we also have a "project journal" section where you can upload up to 100 photos into one great big posting. Some people like to have more editorial control... they can publish their own detailed article there. We'll definitely want to add this car to the photo gallery when the time is right. We'll wait patiently for shiny paint... but in the meantime, I hope you'll keep posting photos here! p.s. "French racing blue"? Go figure. |
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Thanks for the comments and tips Mod. I can't take to much credit for attached photos as the
'attach photo" bar was a big factor in that success. |
B-Fast B-Strong William Smith (144 posts) Registered: 10/17/2009 11:28PM Main British Car: Bugeye Bodied Spriget |
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Dave,
Your lucky to have a real Bugeye , I found it impossible to find a nice one without spending big bucks. I am just making one with some fiberglass parts I have sourced out of an MG Midget. Here is a little glimpse of my project, as you can see I like blue too, this is Ford Mustang Grabber Blue. |
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WOW William that look slick! Yeah I was lucky but I didn'tt know that until I started to get familiar with model. I probably should have not cut it up, but it was to late when I found out they were kinda rare. Oh well, still gonna be fun to drive!
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B-Fast B-Strong William Smith (144 posts) Registered: 10/17/2009 11:28PM Main British Car: Bugeye Bodied Spriget |
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Dave,
It's Your car and not the first one cut up. Enjoy ! William |
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Did some car tuning, sounds way better, amazing what a few turns of a screw can do! [www.youtube.com] |
HealeyRick Rick Neville (489 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
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Hey Dave,
Just noticed you were from Danielson. When I was just married more than 34 years ago, I lived in Pomfret, My new bride knew I loved Healeys and found my Bugeye for sale in a local newspaper, I bought it for $350 and turned it into this after the expenditure of way too much money: Still have the same Bugeye (and the same bride) I've always been a big fan of rotary Spridgets, Yours looks killer! |
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Got it to move and stop under it's own power! Still needs some carb tuning, timing, and front end tweeks but it's was a huge step! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2010 03:45PM by Bugeye RX. |
HealeyRick Rick Neville (489 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
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Like the sound of that motor!
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Finally the first road test. After some issues I finally got it to run good. The thing scary fast and rev's to the moon. I can now move on to paint knowing it runs like a it supposed to. I like to thank John for all his help. He was able to trouble shoot a car 1,000 miles away and walk me through a pretty frustrating time. Bravo dude! |