Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail

rjonas · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:55 am Post subject:

Wow,you guys have some really nice rails & tubs there.
Here's my rail:
It's a late '70's Protec short back frame that was left for dead when I found it in '07. I modified baja bumpers to fit and fabbed up matching tree bars and added bracing. Engine is a tired ass 1641cc found in a field attached to a rusty hulk that was once a baja. I installed a pair of Weber 34-ict's (yes, they suck when off roading). The suspension is bone stock IRS VW with a link pin beam w/adjusters. It still has the sway bar and I don't even run gas shocks (I know, I know it sucks for the off road) but it has lots of ground clearance and I mostly use it around town anyway.

I went though all the Missouri guidelines to get a "specially constructed vehicle" vin tag and title. It is now street legal. Then I sewed together a canvas snap on body kit. I have driven it ~ 2200 miles since I first got it on the road in 9/07. As much as I would like to change it to make mid or long travel the frame itself sucks, but hell...it was free and I've got less than $900 in it like it sits. I'm just going to have fun with it the way it is.

The turd when I found it:
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September of 2007 just on the road:
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On a Mississippi river beach meeting some friends who boated there this summer:
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This past weekend I custom formed the new MO license plate I just got in October:
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Bruce Amacker · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:50 am Post subject:

I built this nearly 30 years ago when I was 21. It's long gone right now, but the memories still remain.

Berrien 902 longback, it went through several revisions of Dub motors before ending up with a Turbo Corvair. It was 95% on-road use with street radials but I had a set of weenies for the sand, too. Shot taken on Ocracoke Island, NC in about 1983. (Cape Hatteras)

Ahhhh, memories.....

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wythac · Samba Member Joined: August 02, 2004 Posts: 1678

My road tested, but as yet not dirt tested dual-sport Sears Rascal dune buggy. Just finished in August of 2009.

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Green bug Guy · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:41 am Post subject:

meeeeaaan lookin little car you got there^

porcelainhandjive · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:41 am Post subject:

2108cc Chenowth Turbocharged and MegaSquirted.

Also has a CUSTOM BUILT BASTARD TRANSMISSION consisting of a 5 rib case, fat 3 rib gears, the final drive from a 6 rib, and the factory locking super diff from a vanagon synchro. I can go anywhere........

read on here: http://www.msruns.com/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=22767
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yfz450 · Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:13 am Post subject:

1970's (not exactly sure) High Jumper RS frame. Picked it up in Grandfathers garage in 2003. New 1835cc motor, Weber 44 single, rebuilt close ratio swing axle tranny and more.[/url]

elueken3 · Samba Member Joined: June 10, 2007 Posts: 6

My new mid travel car. Street legal and a blast to drive both off road and on the street.

DannyK · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject:

Beautiful Buggy Elueken !
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wesalbert · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject:

When I got it a year ago
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What it looks like now, a year later
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crumbut · Samba Member Joined: April 19, 2006 Posts: 111

wesalbert: Nice ride! What size rim/tire combo do you have on the back? Im looking for something like that for mine.

nevergrowold · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:38 pm Post subject: My good old friend

Orginally a Chenoweth 2LWD with the factory offroad and body package. I had the roof raised 6 inches as well for added head room. Built for the dirt as I'm not a sand guy. She has only been in the sand twice. Since these pictures were taken I have upgraded the rear suspension to coilovers. I'm running a 6 inch wider chromoly beam with +2.5 arms and combo spindles with Fox shocks. The rear has 3x3's with race preped 930's from Kartec and full Sway A Way torsions and axles and King Kong adjusters. Power plant was a 2180 mated to a 002 tranny. I also ran a Corvair which was by far my favorite. Respectivly 12 inches of travel all the way around.

buggs69 · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:23 am Post subject:

P.O.S when i got it
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after some pretty significant changes
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DirtGhost · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:57 am Post subject:

wesalbert · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject:

PhillipM · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:39 am Post subject:

Here ya go, our race buggy, rollcage and frame is a fair bit heavier than most here but we have to meet MSA/FIA specs for it, and the extra stiffness helps the suspension do it's job properly, same with the parachute-style mudguards, regulations!

As you can see, it's not exactly pretty Laughing

DirtGhost · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:41 am Post subject:

PhillipM · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:47 am Post subject:

Yes, it doesn't spend much time on the floor unless we're in the forest Very Happy

Here's one I guess most rail owners will be familiar with at some point:

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Wheel_Works · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:46 pm Post subject:

First Apple tree that i built. 2.5 Chevy Iron Duke/6 Rib
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Russ Wolfe · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject:

I spotted a chassis sitting behind a garage today. Will have to go check it out when some of the snow is gone.
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