Restoring a Bugeye Sprite while converting it back from race car to street car.
A car's performance is only as good as the parts that connect it to the road, so we asked the experts what the best setup is.
We know we want the widest tire and wheel package available for our Sprite, but we didn't know what that package looked like.
Our Bugeye race car came with a lot of extra parts in many boxes, so we needed help to figure out what was worth keeping and what wasn't.
In addition to media blasting our Sprite's body, we also have the suspension and a number of other parts treated as well.
Striped and cleaned, the next step for our Bugeye Sprite was media blasting.
Yes, there really is a right way and wrong way to order parts for your project.
Project car plan in place, it was time to strip down our Bugeye Sprite.
Formulating how we will turn this tired race machine into a hot street car.
Storied history? Championship-winning racer? We'd have to take a deeper dive to figure out what we actually bought.
How we acquired one of our latest projects, a 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite.
All the parts are off of the Sprite, but this is how do we keep them all organized.
One of the best ways we ensure the condition of a project? We media-blast any and all components.
One of the most important restoration steps? Disassembly.
