> From: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu> wrote:
> When the bugeye was current, there was a "Sebring" fiberglass front with
> conventional headlights and bugeye grille that changed the bugeye from
> cute to pretty (IMHO). I would love to have one of those Sebring bonnets.
> I have a couple of spare bonnets, and some day I intend to convert one to
> a replica of the Sebring front, JFTHOI (just for the hell of it).
> Ray Gibbons, Burlington, VT.
I believe that all the sebring stuff (including the hardtop) were glassfibre.
These are now available again (along with everything else required to
"Sebringfy"
a bugeye, including bonnet, hardtop, back end, correct wire wheels, seats, glass
etc, etc (even a complete new bodyshell) from a firm here in the UK. In either
glass
fibre or Diolon(sp?) a kevlar like composite.
An article appeared in a UK magazine a few months back, which was quite
complementary.
If anyone is interested I will look up the references (including prices).
=%-)
Ian
p.s. I saw the first one one at a show recently and took a few pics, I keep
meaning to digitise them
and put them on the ftp server but haven't got around to it yet. If I get
enough interest I might
actually remember to do it.
p.p.s. I also have some pics of a WSM Sprite (even prettier IMHO) now if
someone has one of those for
less than 5k then ..... ;-)
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