Progress on France's Dune Buggy

wythac · Samba Member Joined: August 02, 2004 Posts: 1684

Wow. With that color and the color of the seats, that buggy will be visible from space. It will make it easy to track you on your next trip!

vincent9993 · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:16 pm Post subject:

It's like Christmas here today...

Finaly got to take a peak at the motor and the parts John sent in the box.

This week we received:
- Rear lights (Thanks Joe)
- Front lights
- Carpet (Thanks Tom)
- Motor
- Carburators
- Sand seal pulley
- New blank disc brakes

I'll get more pictures tomorrow. It's like 30°F and we even had snow flakes today.

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wkarnes · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject:

Vincent,

Running same air cleaner tops. The Passenger side on mine did bump on the inside of the body. Had to be clearanced on the rear edge. You should be able to remove and install the tops with engine in the car. Pain in the butt, but ( no pun ) it can be done. If was some cheaply made clone body, you probably would not have any troubles with the air cleaners. The Meyers Manx body is built with quality material and thick. Just the same as back in the 60's. A friend was over, told Bruce he had heard that the new bodies were thinner than the older ones. Bruce pushed up and sat on the front driver's fender of my SS. Looked at my friend and asked, who told you that ? LOL

Anyway, I am running that 2332 Dyno Soar engine. May have taller intake runners ( doesn't look like it ) and that may be the issue. Maybe shorter runners ? Just a heads up, when you lift your engine in place, watch the passenger side.

I may have misread or completely missed it, where did you get the carpet ?

Wayne

vincent9993 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:26 am Post subject:

Thanks for the heads up. On my Berrien I fabricated custom round filter holderd to remedy this problem, may end up repeating here.

My custom round filter base

I got the carpet from Tom at TJ-Kustoms

vincent9993 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject:

Playing with new parts is fun!

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vincent9993 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject:

France just made us realize that we've been working on her Dune Buggy for 5 months today.

From this:
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To this:

We're pretty happy with our progress.

MURZI · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject:

Those heads look awesome... Should run fantastic.
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vincent9993 · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

Sync Link installed.

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sbussard · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject:

Man, is that shiny! You really are clipping along on the build. When will you be getting the body?

Scott

vincent9993 · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:58 pm Post subject:

sbussard · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:19 pm Post subject:

I don't want to be your jinx. But mine took FOREVER to get to PA. Stewart Transport picked it up from Meyers before Christmas time, and it was delivered the end of January, but I expected it the first week of January. I'll tell you the story when I see you at Carlisle.

I would use Stewart again, but would know what to expect. End delivery went very smooth, but it was a long way to get there. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you also. Cool

vincent9993 · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject:

vincent9993 · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject:

The list of stuff to get is still getting shorter...

Body
Front Tires
Front wheel spacers <- At the machne shop
Rear wheel adaptors <- Ordered
Seat belts

sbussard · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:09 am Post subject:

I hope Stewart sticks to their plan with you. You should be fine. The whole border thing throws another wrinkle in it for you, but I'm sure this isn't the first time you've had to deal with it, correct?

Have you picked up a windshield wiper assembly yet? I'm having trouble finding a new one online. CIP has been out of stock for at least a month, maybe longer.

You're almost at the finish line.

Scott

vincent9993 · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:47 am Post subject:

73SpeedBuggy · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:04 am Post subject:

theredbarn · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:37 am Post subject:

That Sync Link is Sic!! I'm so going to do that when the time comes. I've been using Hexbar forever and it's always been a compromise - regardless of the manufacture...

Tom_Kathleen · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:47 am Post subject:

"Now that's hardcore! I'm surprised you didn't get it chromed!" Adam - if she is anything like Kathleen, her favorite color is chrome! Tom
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vincent9993 · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:06 am Post subject:

I just found the problem with my picture size... Thanks Tom (TJ-Kustoms). Someone must have changed my compression setting without me knowing... Wink

Sorry folks for the load time. I'm going back to all my pictures and re-compressing them.

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