I must comment that Return of the Bugeye, pts 1 and 2 are some of the best
reading ever! They are what got me fully in love with Bugeyes after seeing
them race as a kid. I still have both copies of those two issues in
duplicate form if the unimaginable would ever happen. Return of the Bugeye
should be required reading for any Spridget enthusiast!
Mike C
----- Original Message -----
From <KGROWLER at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Egan articles link
> David Lieb wrote:
>
> <<<By the way, didn't this topic originate in the concept that Peter Egan
had
> written about a Bugeye or something? My search doesn't seem to find much
of
> anything more interesting than Jaguar E-Types.>>>
>
> Bugeyes come up fairly often in Mr. Egan's writings, especially in
reference
> to his start in racing with a Bugeye. There's an extensive, two-part story
on
> his history with Bugeye's, both racing and street, in "Peter Egan At
Large", a
> collection of his feature stories in R&T which is advertised in the back
of
> the new "Side Glances Vol. 3" so it should be available by mail direct
from R&T
> even if not listed elsewhere. "Peter Egan At Large" begins and ends with
MG
> stories, starting with "The Great TC Trek", the story of the trip Peter
and
> Chris Beebe made from Wisconsin to the Atlanta Runoffs in the early 80's
in Joe
> Beebe's TC. The book ends with the story of restoring an MGB and driving
it to
> Road Atlanta. In between are road stories like "The Model A Odyssey" and
the
> one about trying to go to the Atlanta Runoffs in an Isetta. And then
there's
> the Mustang (P-51) vs. Messerschmit (Microcar) comparison, the Healey 100
in the
> Smokies story and mucho more.
>
> Great stuff at greater length than his columns.
>
> Kim Tonry
> Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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