The *Official* Old School Spotters Thread

shogun · Postby **shogun** » May 11th, 2015, 9:29 pm

Bug looks good.

shogun · Postby **shogun** » May 11th, 2015, 9:33 pm

zeeshan66 wrote:

Nice...

Silver STI next to it? or a poseur base model Impreza?

Postby **Monk BANzai** » May 11th, 2015, 11:17 pm

for sale

viewtopic.php?f=55&t=627363

K_J_R · Postby **K_J_R** » May 12th, 2015, 11:48 am

MG Man that is a superb looking bug there. any more pictures?

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 12th, 2015, 11:54 am

just those two....he's getting ready to do a bodyjob to fix a few flaws / bad spots

WestIndian424 · Postby **WestIndian424** » May 13th, 2015, 9:25 pm

fareed7298 wrote:From the south side!

aye fareed..any luck with directions/contact# for this datsun? A15 sitting on the ground here :mrgreen:

chicken bone · Postby **chicken bone** » May 14th, 2015, 8:21 am

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Postby **nervewrecker** » May 16th, 2015, 2:09 pm

Postby **Monk BANzai** » May 16th, 2015, 4:18 pm

oh that is nice.....um.... what is it? Kit Car of a Cobra replica (noticing rear bumpettes)

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 16th, 2015, 4:36 pm

Austin Healey 'frogeye' Sprite, yer nit

Postby **nervewrecker** » May 16th, 2015, 8:00 pm

I'll ask for more pics Monday if I get time.
Car really caught my eyes. Turned quite a few heads when it left.

AutoSport · Postby **AutoSport** » May 16th, 2015, 8:08 pm

MG Man wrote:air cooled goodness

Have question on this bug. The gas filler flap on the right came on the models where the bumper was also the "one piece solid style". Was that bumper retrofitted?

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 16th, 2015, 8:50 pm

no clue, but it's possible...
btw rasta, de wheel fitment kill that frogeye

Postby **nervewrecker** » May 18th, 2015, 6:08 pm

Guy wasnt there, talked to his brother. Said its a Sprite.

Couldnt get the pics.

Knows the dude with the white Sunbeam Alpine I posted some years back. Banzai identified it but like autoprune got that thread

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 18th, 2015, 8:38 pm

seen it around...the wheels look awful.....

chicken bone · Postby **chicken bone** » May 19th, 2015, 12:27 pm

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 19th, 2015, 1:30 pm

it'll cost more to drag it out from where it is.....

ron_28 · Postby **ron_28** » May 19th, 2015, 1:38 pm

Austin Healey 'frogeye' Sprite

Postby **Monk BANzai** » May 19th, 2015, 5:40 pm

nice... looks like fun for a weekend spin.....

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 19th, 2015, 6:23 pm

those cars are insanely fun...even with humble Morris Minor underpinnings, it's steering feel and response are legendary...even Sir Stirling Moss campaigned one.....I truly envy the owner of this car

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 19th, 2015, 6:29 pm

and because is me, I'll say it...the fake vent on the side and the wood dash / console jus kill it....wrong seats, all the body seams removed, LEDs.....ugh........

SUNNYB310GUY · Postby **SUNNYB310GUY** » May 19th, 2015, 10:51 pm

I would love to drive that frogeye...i probably cant fit in it though...them cars are really tiny

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 20th, 2015, 9:40 am

yup.....if you tall or wide, is level stress....but they are such a pleasure to drive...dead slow, but so much fun to fling around the corners, even with that humble 850cc engine

*OUTSIDER* · Postby ***OUTSIDER*** » May 20th, 2015, 7:53 pm

Postby **nervewrecker** » May 20th, 2015, 8:47 pm

SUNNYB310GUY wrote:I would love to drive that frogeye...i probably cant fit in it though...them cars are really tiny

Car is small, that's what got me. I fitting in there comfortable.
I can crawl under most cars without jacking them up and have space to move around.

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 20th, 2015, 10:50 pm

outsider, yuh was goin good until yuh post dat vomitous Anglia

SUNNYB310GUY · Postby **SUNNYB310GUY** » May 21st, 2015, 12:04 am

I saw they had a frogeye on Wheeler Dealers...that one had a 1275cc in it...they said that made it peppy and i think they had to upgrade the front brakes to disc from an mg or austin healey
@ outsider....weys de scene with dat Anglia....that spoiler make de car look even more like crap

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » May 21st, 2015, 12:39 am

SUNNYB310GUY wrote:I saw they had a frogeye on Wheeler Dealers...that one had a 1275cc in it...they said that made it peppy and i think they had to upgrade the front brakes to disc from an mg or austin healey
@ outsider....weys de scene with dat Anglia....that spoiler make de car look even more like crap

1275 would have likely come from a later model midget, which is a popular upgrade....almost doubles the power! Front discs would be a good upgrade, to compliment the extra power