Desert Fox Spoiler meets Pikes Peak racer...mostly photos

[rugblaster]

So, I started on this in July 2023 till Jan 2024, 7 months, and this is where I'm at now. I need to paint the inner part of the body, attach the body, make a new dash, run wires, lights, seats, seat belts, steering, front bumper, wheel alignment probably put a muffler on it, get it registered etc.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[67rustavenger]

I followed all your posts as they were updated today.

That is a huge amount of work completed in a very short time frame. Well done sir!

I noticed the cargo trailer in a few photo's. Are you a weld radiograph inspector?
Not many trailers sport those radioactive warning decals.

Also noticed the orange minibike in the background of some of the pics. It looks like a Taco 22 minibike.

I look forward to more updates as time passes by.
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[Busstom]

Damn, very cool build (and resurrection). I would've never spotted it had I not noticed your recent pic uploads on the home page. I will be following now!
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[rugblaster]

Lol....the stickers on the trailer are to keep meth heads out of my trailer. It was either this or medical waste.... I did have a small company that worked out at the local AFB (GoodFellow) maintaining family housing units, but I'm retired now. Left over trailer, I use every now and then. I have 3 old mini bikes. A original Sears Drover, a K&S Manufacturing Hornet and a MTD.

Thanks for the encouragement fellers, I want to be done with this buggy by March so I can rip around when the weather turns warm.....It's cold as shit down here now. Partly why I dumped the pics today. To cold to work.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[67rustavenger]

[stevemariott]

Wow!! Fantastic work - bravo!
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1963 Manx copy
1968 Bus

[vwracerdave]

I really enjoy the details of your chassis and metal fabrication. The emergency brake system is awesome.
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2010 Sportsman ET Champion - Mid-America Dragway - Arkansas City, KS
1997 Sportsman ET Champion - Thunder Valley Raceway Park - Noble ,OK

[rugblaster]

Thanks !!!!!
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[slalombuggy]

So many cool ideas. A lot of them along the lines I was drqwing up for my bounty Hunter chassis I'm going ot use a Type 3 rear end in mine.

How much higher is the rear torsion housing than the rear tube on the floor frame?

Nice build!!!!

[rugblaster]

Thanks Slalom.......I'll do some measure that difference and post it
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[BIGMIKEY]

[NJ John]

Very cool!
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[Busstom]

[rugblaster]

How much higher is the rear torsion housing than the rear tube on the floor frame?


Center of the torsion housing to center of square tube is 3 1/4 inches or about 83mm.....
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[rugblaster]

Few more pics....I initially wasn't going to install any gauges, just warning lights and a rev limiter in the distributor. But, I found this little cool, looking 270 degree sweep oil filled pressure gauge for $10.....couldn't pass it up. I plumbed it with 1/4 air brake line. Mounted it on the fire extinguisher bracket.

I also used the 1/4 air brake (like big trucks use) to make a cable housing for my accel cable. Secured it with little Adel clamps I got from Amazon.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[rugblaster]

Blew up my Harbor Freight port-a-band....In it's defense, I has cut a shit ton of material. Just blows through metal. I had to run and get another one, on sale, of course. This is my favorite tool right now..........not the broken one, the new one.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[rugblaster]

Started bumping out the dash since I had moved the seats and shifter back so far, and also moved the steering wheel around to make more sense. Every one of these buggies I've ever driven, the steering has always acted like it was a going to fall apart at any moment, I'm determined to get this one tight. I'm putting in a quick release on the steering wheel hub to make sliding my ass in and out a little more convenient. I'll clad the dashboard framing with aluminum and start in on the wiring, which is one of my favorite things to do. I'll cut away the holy, original dash in due time. I'll have the fuse box and most of the wiring behind the face plate of the dash, which will be held on with a few Dzus fasteners.

I scored some vintage, original 1960 model license plates, which is the same as the title and chassis year model I intend to register this thing with. They are even a little rusty.

Looks like I need to work on that rag joint. Drat.

Room for yore ass, and 5 gallons of gas.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[rugblaster]

I noticed the original battery hold down piece had a bow in it, so I put a spar down the middle.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[Dale M.]

Get some really battery cables, those clamps attract corrosion like flies to cow poop.....
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[oprn]

Just lube them up well including the bare cable ends, cable clamps and bolts as well as the bolts that go into the battery and the battery contact surface - everything. I have used gun grease, copper coat anti seize even Vaseline works very well. Leave them dry like that and it will all be a fuzzy green mess in 6 months!
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