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Lee ThurnerMember ID: LBCfreak
Status: Silver Member  Corinth, MS, USA 
Last Login: 2025-08-03 12:53
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I have loved little Britcars since I first saw a Bugeye Sprite in 1958. My past rides were '64 Sprite, '66 Sprite, '66 MG 1100, '60 Bugeye, '59 Bugeye, '63 Sprite, '54 MGTF, '70 E-Type. Current cars are '67 MGB, restored in 2000; a '63 Midget, restored in 2017/2018; a '69 Lotus Elan S4: and a '60 Bugeye. currently in restoration.
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Member Journal – Re-creation Of "Little Blue II
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The Bugeye
Posted on: Monday February 20, 2023
I bought this car on eBay as a bare body shell with a small collection of parts from this and other cars. As purchased, it had no VIN plate so I bought it on a bill of sale. It had had extensive rust repairs (all structurally sound but not done with correct body panels (e.g. the floors are just flat sheets of steel). I had a collection of running gear salvaged from previous projects that I refurbished and installed on the Bugeye, and along with some new parts, some purchased on line, and some...
Re-Creation Of Little Blue
Posted on: Friday February 9, 2018
My first car, and still the most loved of the nine Britcars I've owned, was acquired slightly used in March 1965. It was an Iris Blue 1964 AH Sprite Mk II fitted out with every option available: heater, radio, hard top, tonneau, and twin Lucas 576 driving lights. I paid $1575 for it, and I practically lived in it: It had 1,500 miles on it at acquisition, and 77,600 miles 16 months later when I traded it in on a new 1966 Sprite Mk III. Some of those miles were a memorable trip from costal...
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