1959 austin healey bugeye sprite

Started by simplymike, July 09, 2010, 05:30:24 PM

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simplymike

Okay first off my name is mike and my dads is david.  I will try to get to the point asap but still will be a little lengthy, so please bare with me.

      we started to work on our sprite and have gone a little crazy with it. When we got the car there was mostly just cosmetic parts left that were not completely rusted off. So with how we think we just started to cut and hack trying to preserve what we could. The engine and trans were both in decent shape but with being a VERY strict budget build we opted for my spare rx7 rotary engine and drive train. To support the differential we have made a frame and have the differential mounted and my dad made some custom half-shafts and now to where we are stuck trying to figure out the control arms and suspension.  After looking at this forum it seems that we are not as insane as my mother makes us believe. If anyone has any suggestion it is appreciated.  I will try to get some pictures up-loaded.  I need to get some better ones of the progress but haven't had the time.


thanks again,
     mike
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^^^Both the project cars.
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Bugeye RX

Cool project Mike, I can't wait to see how this works out!

J Man

Do you have any pics of the complete RX7 suspension out of the car?