Hard Hat: ’60 Austin Healey Bugeye
We got this Bugeye from Mike M. while we were writing about the other featured Healey of the day, so we decided to go Healey again. Some background – Donald wanted a car a bloke could park in his bike shed. His own words, not ours. It was introduced to the press in 1958 and quickly became a success in sales and on the track.
Most readers won’t know this but the Sprite – affectionately known as Frog Eye in the UK and Bug Eye in the States – was the first mass produced car that had a unitary construction. Not a full monocoque but close. Not bad for an inexpensive sports car. Read More
