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Jan 20, 2010 17:45:36 GMT
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Dude! that is a super cool find. I love the photos, properly period  The last photo is a great look for a beach buggy. I wonder how much it would be to pick up an unfinished Buggy project and finish it inspired by this! Got to be cheaper than buying a normal aircooled VW? |
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Jan 20, 2010 17:52:23 GMT
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Wow, beach buggy to go cart, love it.
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Jan 20, 2010 17:55:17 GMT
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Dude! that is a super cool find. I love the photos, properly period The last photo is a great look for a beach buggy. I wonder how much it would be to pick up an unfinished Buggy project and finish it inspired by this! Got to be cheaper than buying a normal aircooled VW? In car terms, feck all. The problem is finding one correctly registered. Even then it's not that much of an issue, and drives cost down further.. A couple years ago I bought a LWB buggy shell with correctly registered tax exempt chassis and a set of slots for about £500. The thing with buggies is that they're easy to put together and so a lot get built that aren't that great, but find a good one with perfect attention to detail and they are AWESOME. The one above gets a big thumbs up from me ;D |
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Jan 20, 2010 17:59:50 GMT
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"I was working in a rented garage behind the apartment building where we lived. The only power came through 125 feet of extension cords from the only outside electrical outlet."  "With race tires and more chassis development, I was able to set FTD 85 times out of 147 events. I ran at every location and every type of event that I was able to enter."  What a hero! Matt, thanks for posting that up. By far the best read I've had all day week. Awesome stuff.... |
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Jan 20, 2010 18:23:14 GMT
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Awesome, and he's got a pretty nice little workshop there too.
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stealthstylz
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Interesting Beach Buggystealthstylz
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Jan 20, 2010 18:37:17 GMT
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Its a look that would work on most of the "ugly" beach buggies better than the nicer buggies.
Bruce whats that red thing in your yard - perfect for this!
Matt
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Jan 21, 2010 13:29:36 GMT
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That's pretty shazaam indeed, not sure whether i'm more impressed by the story or the photos! Cool car
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Jan 21, 2010 14:10:03 GMT
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Ahead of its time that thing almost like an Elise or summat. Insiring and sweet wheels too.
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Jan 21, 2010 14:34:51 GMT
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For some reason i immediately thought of this:  Awesome! |
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1997 TVR Chimaera
2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Jan 21, 2010 15:39:35 GMT
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That is properly win win win - I'm loving the period photos as Hotwire said. They remind me of the pictures I have of my dad looking a hell of a lot thinner, flared jeans and JPS t-shirt next to his yellow 3.0 Capri!
Good find fella.
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Porsche 924 - gone
Citroen Saxo VTR - not very retro but I loved it - now gone...
MK4 Golf GTi 1.8T - gone but hardly remembered...
Mini Cooper S R53 - gone
BMW 125d Coupe - gone (mostly sideways)
Ford Focus RS Mk1 - hello low MPGs and "wanna race me" at every set of lights...
1973 BMW 2002 - Twin 40's, 284 Cam, Revolutions, E21 Recaros + more
Porsche Cayman 987 3.4S - here and due to cost me more money than I have
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Jan 21, 2010 15:53:44 GMT
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Supurb Love the front on pic MM put up for both action and body lines, v nice. |
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Jan 21, 2010 16:48:32 GMT
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That is fooking lovely i really really really like it. Loving the f1esque wheels its like a beach buggy version of supervan lol ;D
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Jan 21, 2010 17:41:07 GMT
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Bruce whats that red thing in your yard - perfect for this! Matt It would be so incredibly cool to turn that thing that has been mocked on a monthly basis since the playdays started into something evil and purposeful and following the same sort of look as above... Ford based isn't it? Zetec it ;D |
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Last Edit: Jan 21, 2010 17:41:56 GMT by ben711200
...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Jan 21, 2010 17:53:41 GMT
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 Anglia based Buggie currently For Sale and apparently one of only three or four left. Turbo Zetec ftw. |
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Last Edit: Jan 21, 2010 17:55:23 GMT by WillCarter
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Jan 21, 2010 18:14:43 GMT
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impressive stuff for sure.. don't know why but till i saw the engine pics \i was convinced he was running a vw motor? not a 6 cylinder corvair lump
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Jan 21, 2010 18:16:09 GMT
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Nice story, confuses me though how he left "college" presumably in his 20s and retired in 2003. Ah well. Good post.
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Jan 21, 2010 19:25:51 GMT
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Nice find , makes a change to see a circuit racer style buggy but given the low centre of gravity it makes perfect sense |
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Jan 21, 2010 20:31:57 GMT
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I'm not sure whether keeping the Anglia lights, 'screen and wing tops is genius or madness. I'm thinking probably the latter. |
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Jan 21, 2010 20:38:17 GMT
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I thought the same when I first saw it, all the proportions are f*cked and it just looks so wrong. So why do I want it so badly?
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