Congratulations Ian! Great to see it on the road, it’s been fun following your journey. Glad I was able to assist with some parts.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Chris. Your help with the project has been very much appreciated.

Tally Ho Ian! You're mastering the skill and perfection that goes into honing and making your bugeye drive down the beautiful road. Great to see that you have carried this forward and conquering a disappearing skill. I know your bugeye will turn several heads as you drive down the road. Congratulations on a super job and a beautiful work of art!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Dan. We're getting lots of smiles, waves and thumbs up.

Its a great accomplishment to bring this Bugeye back on the road. I have enjoyed following your progress on your channel and getting to see you and the car at some recent events.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you sir. I'm sure we'll cross paths again soon.

Well done, great to see the bugeye back on the road

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Andy.

like 23 !

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Stunning work Ian, so thrilled to see the wee Frogeye on the road. Looking forward to watching more episodes.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Great work Ian! That must have been quite a thrill to get her on the road after such a lot of work! Looks and sounds superb!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Gareth. Even just backing up out of the garage put a smile on my face.

Congrats, Ian. The car looks great. Now enjoy it! Lin

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Outstanding Ian!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

What an amazing journey, and wonderful documentation! Great work Sir!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

I absolutely loved finally seeing your car on the road! Congratulations!! 🎊🎉 🍻

@EconoboxGarage

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's great fun to drive!

Congratulations 🎉👍

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

It's finally on the road and at the point where you start to think that all the work has been worth it. You have already answered the query I was to raise about weather protection. I look forward to that being resolved. In the meantime you can still drive it on sunny days. Interesting, your hassles with the generator. Brings back memories as I had numerous problems with them on my cars many years ago. I also had similar problems with the tach drive. It really does make sense to replace the generator with an alternator, particularly seeing your car is negative earth.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

I am considering possibly converting to an alternator at a later date. It's one of the changes that does have a bit of a domino effect to consider.

@kelstra1997

11 ай бұрын

@@EconoboxGarage You got that right Ian. Obviously it also means changing the tach to an electronic one and then you might also want to change the speedo so it matches. Having said that, Bugeyeguys have an electronic tach which matches your speedo but no doubt it is very expensive.

Congratulations, what a thrill to see it go down the road!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Congrats Ian - I know the thrill of that first ride after a long and arduous process, can't wait to get there with my Bugeye one day. All things considered, you didn't hit too many bugs. Well done sir.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim.

Love it

@EconoboxGarage

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Congratulations, wishing you many enjoyable miles.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Yeah, I saw the smile!

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

I was smiling the whole way around!

Congratulations on the first drive. I'm sure yo will have many more less "interesting" ones in the future. In a comment a while back you said you had kept track of your expenditures and might do a video. I would like to see that as my current, much less ambitious, project is coming to an end and I might like to do a Bugeye next.

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm still considering doing the cost video. It will probably be done closer to the end of the year. as part of a wrap up or review.

Hey! CONGRATULATIONS, Ian!!! Three years of devout labor lead to that glorious moment of taking the Bugeye out on the road. Of course, it wasn’t without a handful of gremlins that you had to address. I think that’s just the nature of these little cars. Anyway, very excited and happy for you that you’re able to get the car on the road, and with a little bit of sports car driving weather left before you’ll have to store it away for the winter. I have to ask…. What’s going to become of your videos? I’ve grown so accustomed to watching them over the last three years. Will you keep producing them with driving, maintenance, and repair episodes or is this the end of the line?

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Joel. I'm sure they will be a gremlin or two to sort out in the not too distant future. As for future videos I have side curtains to refurbish, a new soft top to install and an original factory hardtop to restore! There's lots to film with just those items and I have a couple of other ideas to try out. I may even do a couple of episodes featuring the turbocharged Ford Festiva that made a cameo in this one! I also plan to do some driving videos. Those would most likely show up in the spring once our driving season starts back up.

@nedwagon

11 ай бұрын

@@EconoboxGarage Will you keep producing videos beyond the top and side curtains?

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Yes. There are a few things I want to do and perhaps some further upgrades.

Ian, well done. So fun to see you drive away into the sunset, well at least to the end of the alley. I learned quite a bit about my little MGB while watching your show. Have you sent any pictures to Bugeyeguy. Was he following your progress?

@EconoboxGarage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have shared some photos with BEG but will probably send a few more. Not sure if he was following the build though.