Ian, fan blade looks might nice. It will keep the bugeye mighty cool! Thanks again for sharing.

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan.

Hey buddy.. almost there. A front hinging bonnet... what a luxury!!! Hated my back hinged one!

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack. The front hinged bonnet is definitely one of, if not the top, the best mods I have done on the car.

I note the start sequence of your videos has reverted to the winter version - just as we are getting deep into summer here in Australia. Seems a shame to put the Bugeye to bed for the winter - easy for me to say of course as we don't have snow here and putting a car to bed for the winter is unheard of. I look forward to seeing the hardtop restoration in the next few months.

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's not impossible to drive a classic here in the winter but temperatures can get quite cold and then there's the snow and salted roads to deal with.

Great upgrade! It should move a bit more air through the rad too.

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Gareth. We'll find out soon enough!

I put my Mini to bed for the Winter a few weeks back. Sad day. Of course it got warmer the next week… Ordered a couple of Econobox garage shirts!

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Bill. I appreciate your support!

When I used my '59 Sprite as a daily driver, including Minnesota winters, I would completely remove the fan blades! Totally block the radiator with car board. I did that on my '72 Datsun 510 station wagon and my '76 [blush] Volare... Just had to watch the temp gauge...

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Hi Dwight. I don't plan to drive the Sprite in the winter so I'm not worried about too much cooling :)

Beautiful install! Can’t wait to see you driving it once the weather improves! 😎 Will you be doing any modifications or small projects before then? Perhaps refurbishing some starters/regulators or maybe even installing electronic ignition?

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! One of the winter projects will be refurbishing an original hardtop. There will also be some garage clean up and rearrangement. It's become quite a bit disorganized over the course of work on the car. Looking at some other upgrades as well... stay tuned!

Ian - I’ll be interested in your experiences with the plastic, six blade fan in terms of keeping your car from overheating in the summer. I plan to keep the original four blade metal fan blades to keep the original look, but since I live in South Carolina, where it can get quite hot in the summer, I’m a little concerned about over heating.

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

We'll find out in episode 143!

What type of video are you going to make over the winter?

@mundanestuff

7 ай бұрын

He's going to winter in NY and help me assemble my Bugeye!

@mundanestuff

7 ай бұрын

That's not true, he's not going to come to NY to work on my Bugeye, but he will be here in spirit and via his old videos as I get this done.

@JaronWhelan

7 ай бұрын

@@mundanestuff maybe he will make a trip and help yah!

@EconoboxGarage

7 ай бұрын

@JaronWehelan I have a hardtop for the car that needs some restoration work so that will be featured. I'll also be doing a bunch of more general work in the garage that I plan to use to create a few episodes.