What did you do yesterday on your buggy?

motoRAT · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:40 am Post subject:

I've fill some of the driver side little holes Rolling Eyes

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motoRAT · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:25 am Post subject:

88 in total hole covered Laughing

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andygere · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:01 pm Post subject:

I gave it a full tune up for the first time in my short ownership. I adjusted the valves (all were too tight), checked and gapped plugs (looked god, but gap was too small on all), checked the point gap and dwell (finally something set up correctly) and adjusted the timing on the 009 to get 28 degrees advance at 3500 rpm. It was only getting about 22, so I am hoping this well help reduce the severe bog when doing anything but mashing the throttle. Unfortunately, I ran out of daylight and had other stuff to do today, so I didn't get to do a test drive. Muir's book was a good guide for all of this, and it was pretty easy. I haven't used a dwell tach and timing light since I sold my '63 Impala SS a very long time ago.

ammocan · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:53 pm Post subject:

tacked together my new floor pan and bent a piece for my rear support to give me my 1" body lift.
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joescoolcustoms · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:00 pm Post subject:

I have been rescuing some buggy's of late.

Rescued the Franken Manx:

Stumbled across a few buggy's that were just pulled from the weeds.

So, loaded up two of them.

Now I have something to do this Winter.
1 - Meyers Tow'd
1 - Franken Manx to re-build
1 - Viper to put back together
1 - Original Berry Mini T
1 - X-Body

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neohic · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:18 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:20 am Post subject:

tgodber · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:02 pm Post subject:

That is a bunch of work you have lined up. Nice that someone like you will save these buggies and restore them. Good work. Thanks for documenting your progress. It means a lot to us.

My buggies are under tarps and waiting for a sunny day.

Cheers, Tim
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manxvair · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject:

Replaced the leaking push rod tubes in her Tow'd, went with SCAT "high temp" blue ones. We'll test them out at El Mirage this weekend.

manxvair · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:28 pm Post subject:

Replaced the leaking push rod tubes in her Tow'd, went with SCAT "high temp" blue ones. We'll test them out at El Mirage this weekend.

neohic · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:06 pm Post subject:

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joescoolcustoms · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:39 pm Post subject:

And, I had a Sand Shark make it's way into the truck bed today. The trailer was full of another VW project. So, add another to the list of buggy projects.

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Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race

Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.

Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

shloopter30 · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:19 pm Post subject:

I finally started working on my Safari. Pulled the body from the bent chassis. Began working on a new chassis. Will start on bodywork this winter.

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joescoolcustoms · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:05 pm Post subject:

Picked up a couple seats for one of the next buggy projects. Not a whole lot of colors to choose from for the body color that will go with red seats, but I have one picked out in my head.

Very narrow mounting inserts which make them excellent to mount in a buggy. And, my rear fits them comfortably.

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Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race

Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.

Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

doubravsky · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:02 pm Post subject:

Picked it up from the fabricator with the new roll cage and storage rack on back.......and made new rear bench to fit roll cage...

doubravsky · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:04 pm Post subject:

storage rack

SoCal67Volks · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:58 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:44 pm Post subject:

I got them from a buddy, who pulled them out of a beetle. They were setting on a sheet of plywood in the rear of a beetle. Were not even bolted down. The front of the Beetle had two more identical for the front seats. He said they sucked for getting into/out of because of the "bucket" effect and trying to come out sideways. But for a buggy that does not have doors, and sit directly down into, they will be fine.

One has a tag on the underside that states they are "Cobra". They look like they would fit the seat tracks of a 914 Porsche set up, like a 914 seat up grade.
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Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race

Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.

Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

ehale3 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:09 am Post subject:

not to my buggy but for my buggy
make shift paint booth


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