Haven't been on here for ages with opening a new business and life but me and a mate have been busy with a little gasser inspired sports car. (Edited for the gasser police) We took it to the Hot Rod Drags over the weekend for some shake down passes and ran a 11.01 @ 119.4 mph before a shifter failure saw it shifted into to neutral at 7,000 rpm where shit bent. Here's some pics, runs a 327 and glide
Doesn't matter what you do to it, it could be breathing fire and you just can't shake that bug eye "cute"!
love the Bug-eye, sold my 350 powered TD a while back, what id that silver roadster behind the Bug-eye
Very Cool - but PLEASE, Don't call it a "Gasser". Gasser's Were COUPES only and Sports Cars were not allowed (there were some track exceptions that would let Vette's in particular run if there weren't enough cars for the class they belonged in) Wheels base minimum was originally 86", changed to 92", and then an exception for Anglia's at 90" - the Bug Eye is only 80" I dig the car, but hate seeing the Gasser name bastardized It must be a handful with that wheelbase!
Close bud Willy Pettit (Santa Clara High) put a mean 283 in a Bug Eyed Sprite for the street in '60. Talk about a sleeper...Silent thru cast iron manifolds and 36" glasspacks. Powerglide tranny, '49 Ford rear. Smoke tires thru low range...scary fast. GREAT to see that combo again. (there are Miatas V8ed now...guess everybody knows. Poor man's Cobra!)
Cheers for all the comments guys and for some of the questions I have the following: Yep there's some kraut there, early '60s beetle front end with Baja helper springs Goes a likes it on tracks even at the top end Can't remember the wheel base, it'd be maybe 2" longer than stock, and yep big wheels and wider track distort it. Yep, cast iron heads, 1970 lt1 heads fully worked over by Mondello Porting Services about 1980, they're pure art work
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