Dang! This looks just like the one I owned, bought used in 64 I think. Paid $800 for it. Same color except I had one stick on stripe. And I am from Minnesota. This could be the same one.
I got it. Even if nobody else did. 
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Almost bought one of those myself, when I lived in the mountains in B.C. around 1974. A lot of fun to drive, but I discovered it would not do the high mountain passes that I had to travel to get to work. I also seem to recall I’d crush my knuckles on the dashboard on the shift to 3rd, had to adopt a dainty “one lump or two” style to avoid that (but that might have been another car). Great fun, though, you could chase a cat up a tree with it
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I’m co-owner of a mostly British vintage car shop in Colorado… We get a couple Bugeyes in a year… The guy who paid $800 for his made A VERY GOOD investment. Trickiest thing about the car is doing any rewiring in the back end since many of the models don’t have trunks just a solid body. The boys send me in torpedo tube style for those jobs, it’s crazy claustrophobic. The Austin Healey engine makes for a fast ride when they are properly tuned… She may be little but she is fierce
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I drove mine from Chicago to LA, where I was going to grad school. Had great fun on Mulholland Drive, but lived in (then affordable) Silver Lake. One little road I had to take to get home was so steep that I’d have to stop, put the car in first (no synchro on first gear of course), and take it from a standing start.
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Underpowered British cars and steep mountain roads made me master the art of double de-clutching downshifts; can’t afford to lose momentum! So much fun…
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B…but how will I be confident in traffic if my car doesn’t look like it wants to stomp your face in?
My Dad had a Bugeye Sprite which was stolen with all of his spelunking gear stuffed in the back. His tales of adventure in that car and other fun little British and German cars led me down a merry path to my love of roasters and twisties.
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