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KooK
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Joined: April 15, 2005
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Location: Des Moines, IA
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| I bought my Baja for $1000, probably dumped $2000 into it so far redoing everything just to get it road worthy. The thing was so jacked when I bought it I had to have a buddy follow me home (I didn't feel safe driving alone when it was -40 out). Parts get real expensive real fast and people just don't understand this. It was already a Baja but I've been working on it for almost 3 months now. |
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Lotrat
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Joined: December 08, 2007
Posts: 2528
Location: Vista, CA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| KooK wrote: |
| I bought my Baja for $1000, probably dumped $2000 into it so far redoing everything just to get it road worthy. The thing was so jacked when I bought it I had to have a buddy follow me home (I didn't feel safe driving alone when it was -40 out). Parts get real expensive real fast and people just don't understand this. It was already a Baja but I've been working on it for almost 3 months now. |
I hear ya...
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blitzschnell racing
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Joined: May 27, 2007
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Location: Oakhurst, California
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| In the 80's Dave Hendrickson built a SCORE legal 5/1600 in a weekend and went and raced it the next week. Thats a fast build! |
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Lotrat
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Location: Vista, CA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| blitzschnell racing wrote: |
| In the 80's Dave Hendrickson built a SCORE legal 5/1600 in a weekend and went and raced it the next week. Thats a fast build! |
I wish I had the cash to try that. |
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blitzschnell racing
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Location: Oakhurst, California
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I beleive that he raced that one with Cameron Steele. |
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Lotrat
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Location: Vista, CA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| blitzschnell racing wrote: |
| I beleive that he raced that one with Cameron Steele. |
Is that stronger than German Steele? |
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blitzschnell racing
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Location: Oakhurst, California
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| No, the comentator at the X Games/ESPN, Cam Steele, races trophy truck, Desert Assasins????? |
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neonrick
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Location: Tampa, Florida
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Lotrat wrote: |
| blitzschnell racing wrote: |
| I beleive that he raced that one with Cameron Steele. |
Is that stronger than German Steele? |
LOL  |
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Lotrat
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Location: Vista, CA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Lotrat wrote: |
| blitzschnell racing wrote: |
| I beleive that he raced that one with Cameron Steele. |
Is that stronger than German Steele? |
LOL |
I'm glad someone finally got it. |
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Mikegyver
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Joined: April 04, 2008
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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dont get me wrong im a guy that likes to get my bug out as much as humanly possible
but fun is subjective and i know alot of guys who get it from working on their car
just my 2¢
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UJSLOST
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Joined: February 05, 2009
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Location: Alabama
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so what happens you do this , and you deceide you dont like it, can ya just weld the rear apron back on?
cause i know if i do this a week later im gonna find a junker that would have been more suitable for a cut up baja. |
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FatherProphet
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Location: Stanford KY
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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so what happens you do this , and you deceide you dont like it, can ya just weld the rear apron back on?
cause i know if i do this a week later im gonna find a junker that would have been more suitable for a cut up baja. |
Well I have always made it a point to not "cut up" anything older than a 1970 model.. unless there has been a front or rear collision.. I also would not recomend cutting up any bug you thought you were gonna have second thoughts about...cutting them down is awhole lot easier than putting them back together... |
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Lotrat
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Location: Vista, CA
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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so what happens you do this , and you deceide you dont like it, can ya just weld the rear apron back on?
cause i know if i do this a week later im gonna find a junker that would have been more suitable for a cut up baja. |
It's not that easy. You make the first cut long. Then you trim it until you get it where you want it. Once you take the saw to it, there is no going back.
Donor... (1972)
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I cut mine a little short for the fenders I ended up with and it bugs me every time I see that gap... |
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UJSLOST
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Location: Alabama
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| Lotrat! I cant believe you cut that car up! LMAO some purist is gonna kill you. Im sure you've had threats already. |
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Lotrat
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| Lotrat! I cant believe you cut that car up! LMAO some purist is gonna kill you. Im sure you've had threats already. |
There are no 1972 purists out there... It's not as clean as it looks in the pictures. It has a rattle can paint job that's pealing off and loaded with runs dents and dings. If you look just above the left rear turn signal, you'll see a dent in the metal which was the only tell tail of a wreck it was in. The back end was hit and was pushed in so that you couldn't get the valve cover off on that side. She looks good from 20 feet that's for sure... it was still hard for me to cut it. |
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missionaviator
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Location: Currently Central Florida
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Wow what a great thread! A couple of hours after finding this one, my '91 Mexi will never look the same. I've got a growing pile of trimmings. I'll post a before and after as soon as I'm done 
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Otislee
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Joined: December 15, 2011
Posts: 26
Location: Danville ky
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:38 am Post subject: Re: Building a Baja in one day.. |
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This Baja is still kicking!!
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72 w/wonderbug frontend
74 baja coal black
70 rat project
78 van
69 T3 squareback euro automatic
67 probably rat it's so ruff
66 bug
63 ragtop
62 bug
59 ragtop
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