Beginner buggy build

ammocan · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 7:21 pm Post subject:

Wow it has been a while. life strikes again in more ways than one. just jumped into the housing market which was unexpected but exciting. Also had a little scare with my young daughter who fell very ill. many doctors visits later she is well and back to mischief but we are not in the clear yet, much more ahead. the buggy has seen a few hrs but not enough to stay on schedule. I was able to get brake lines run but had to pull the front trailing arms off again. noticed the bushings which I thought were in good shape had some cracking which I was not good with so I got some new ones and when I saw the new ones I found that the old one were much worse with a side by side comparison. also got the pedal cluster done which was a lot more work than I anticipated.

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Got a fair amount of engine work done. I got the new clutch and flywheel in and the endplay set. not a terrible job to do but the learning curve ate some time to get the shims just right then I realized after the got the gland nut torqued that I didn't put the O-ring in Brick wall

I was then able to get the engine mounted and went to work on the new alternator kit. I found another short cut taken but the PO. the plates that mount the alternator to the fan shroud was missing two of the pieces and the generator was not secured to the shroud so the shroud and fan were mounted independent of each other causing intermittent rubbing between the two. anyways its now properly mounted and I got a new degree wheel on the crank shaft. while the fan shroud was off I did a lot of cleaning under there and got all the bugs, dirt and nut and bolts hurled from the fan onto the cylinders.
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ammocan · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 7:58 pm Post subject:

ammocan · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 8:14 pm Post subject:

dbsmith · Samba Member Joined: October 16, 2012 Posts: 240

We spot welded the pan in. Popped holes about 1.5 apart. Came out solid

Your build is coming along nicely. Life always seems to get in the the way. But keep at it.

David

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ammocan · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 6:29 pm Post subject:

well we found a new house so the buggy got packed up with all its loose parts fortunately at this point the buggy is at least as useful as a trailer. kind of Clampetts style but two good things came of this move. I got to see what it looks like put together and it made it all the way there without a break down! seriously though it was actually very smooth on the road and tracked very well.

here it is in its new home. nice upgrade the new garage is 4ft deeper and 4 ft wider. the problem is with a new house comes a new yard so I have a new summer project and no buggy to drive. oh well. I guess with a little patience I will eventually have a nice ride. as I have said before. life happens.

one thing I will say is this project will not go by the wayside. this car is not going to be doomed to the list of incomplete projects in my garage.
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Buggy Brian · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:29 am Post subject:

You've done some amazing work! I am inspired to try and do my own build one day. I took the easy route, and had one built. I know there is a ton of pride with doing your own work, and one day, when life allows, I will do my own ground up build. I'm just too impatient (and too scared to jump in feet first) to have done that with mine.

Next one will be all me.

Great work, and glad to see you charging along, even with life's issues hitting you full force. I hope all goes well with your daughter, and look forward to reading/seeing your future posts.
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TSFR · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:34 am Post subject:

The house looks great! Think of how good your buggy will look parked in your awesome yard! Smile

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impaleale · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:07 pm Post subject:

Great idea! Burn the new house down to collect insurance money to finish the buggy! Why didn't I think of that?

Steve A W · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:59 pm Post subject:

Wow, Look how clean that garage is ! Laughing

I've been following Your thread, Your doing a great job.
Good Luck with the new house.
Moving is a bummer, I'm in the middle of that now.
Keep up the good work.

Steve A W

delux68 · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:40 am Post subject:

Good read, any updates?

ammocan · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:46 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:27 pm Post subject:

Looks like it will be a good repair.
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AZbuggy · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject:

Ammocan, you have some mad fab skills, I hope mine turns out half as good as yours.

cdnltded · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:43 pm Post subject:

how high is it to the top of your seat mounts now? i seen that you half about a 1/2"difference front to back but how high are they?

ammocan · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:50 pm Post subject:

cdnltded · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:14 pm Post subject:

ammocan · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 1:33 am Post subject:

5 hrs of work and got more repairs done. I discovered a front end collision that was not repaired correctly and got the hood and dash nearly repaired. Probably have 2 more days of this damn itch fest. I seriously had to work up some motivation to go outside today.
I burned through the first can of resin really fast and I wasted a ton because the resin would start to set before I could use it all. Today I cracked open a new can of resin and I marked 2oz on several cups and only mixed 2oz at time and I was able to always use everything I mixed. I also realized that the resin goes much further than you think. With this method I will literally get 4 times as many repairs out of a can of resin

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cdnltded · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:51 pm Post subject:

ammocan · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:16 am Post subject:

saw2 · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Beginner buggy build

Here are also some slider seat mounts I have used a couple times and had good luck with. Like the way ammocan incorporated the mounts on the pans.

www.speedwaymotors.com/Universal-Seat-Sliders,7103.html


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