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My First Project - A Beach Buggy - BACK ON!!!

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This will be my first project ever. I don't exactly know what I am doing but I'm sure I will learn as I go along. I have the Heynes manual as well as How to keep your VW alive. I am really looking forward to completing it sooner rather than later, but that will depend on $$$$$$$.

This is my baby,

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and this is why I'd rather build a buggy than fix her up.....

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I am busy stripping her now so that I can have a look at what the state of the chasis is. Will keep you guys updated.


PS: any advise gladly accepted.
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geeez the cost is a baaaad place, be strong you can bring it back to life
60s look 74 beetle
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*lol* That looks better than my IRS donor. :D
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I finally finished stripping the body off the chassis. I used a hacksaw and a hammer and chissel to chop up the body :roll:

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Next up cleaning the chassis and then having it shortened. Who knows how long that will take. :D
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buggy spares availeble

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I have a set of shortend handbrake cabels and a shortend selector shaft availeble if you are interested, all I want for it is a new seleftor shaft front bush.

Roelof

Ps. I also did send this message to Airpower.
have nothing on the cards now, but have a red beach buggy in sight that I want
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Thanks for the offer Suzie I will let you know once I find out how short the shaft and cables should be from my buggy supplier :wink:
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100%

I tooked mine out because i am stretching my Buggy, did not want to cut the new Pan that i got for it.
have nothing on the cards now, but have a red beach buggy in sight that I want
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natbro wrote:I finally finished stripping the body off the chassis. I used a hacksaw and a hammer and chissel to chop up the body :roll:


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Next up cleaning the chassis and then having it shortened. Who knows how long that will take. :D
Is that a Z Bar in the picture?
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Post by Merlin »

Yes.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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What Merlin said :wink:
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yes
60s look 74 beetle
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hi natbro, how is the buggy coming along?
have nothing on the cards now, but have a red beach buggy in sight that I want
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Well, tomorrow I will be ordering the Beamish body. I will then need the chasis to be shortened, which the Beamish guys will do, then sand blasting and galvinising. Haven't done much since the last update, was witing on $$$$$ :wink:
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So I've now ordered the body, will be getting it end of the month. Dave Rowley will be shortening my pan. :hangloose:
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Post by vader »

Have you got picks of the buggy yet??
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