My Build

[Baja68]

Ok so I wanted to make a build page so here is my build

The body looks to be a Terantula

I decided to take my baja bug and make it a glass buggy. I do not have any pics of the baja on this PC.

So I bought a buggy that had a chasis that was rusted and simply junk and stripped the body from it.

here is the chasis not a close up but you may be able to see it

So I stripped my baja

cut it up.

put IRS on it

reinforced the pan

painted it

Fabed up some seat frames and did the brake shortend lines installed trans and engine new brakes all the way around disc in the front new rear wheel bearings and a whole lot more

but it all together

sent it to Texas buggys to build a cage since I am not able to do that

So now I have it back wheels on order along with several other parts.
Next will be cosmetic and wiring

I will add more as it comes.

Shawn

[sturgeongeneral]

Very good! Thanks for the pictorial! It is gonna be a nice buggy. Great work.
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Street legal fiberglass rocket ship
2005 Lotus Elise supercharged
1974 Chevy Corvette
My fiberglass car collection!

In honor of bowtie56jw:Another victim of the nasty "C" Praying for ya Jeff!

My exwife said if I towed home one more bug she would leave me. You know, every once in a while I miss her

[donmac]

Looking really good man. Maybe you can have it ready for the Texas Manx Club's Buggy Roundup Labor day weekend? (http://www.texasmanxclub.com/Buggy_RoundUp_III.htm)

I like the chassis reinforcement but I don't quite understand what you did. Did you cut away the channel from edge of the stock floorpan then weld the floorpan to your tube? Also, what size tube did you use?
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67 Dune Buggy aka Shrek
74 Baja Junk Pile aka Wild Thing

[Baja68]

On the reinforcment I used 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 box tubing

It almost fit in the chanel on the pan that the factory bolts go through for the factory body so I cut the lip off. The part that is on the very out side. I will put a pic up showing it better.

I did weld it to the pan aswell as the rear torsion tube and the front frame head.

But I belive I am 95% done with the fabrication work.

I am going to join the Texas Manx Club aswell.

[Baja68]

Took it for the official test drive right after sun down. The streets are well lit.

Halls ass for a stock 36hp engine. Stops on a dime I do have frt disc. handles great as I ripped through the curves in my undeveleped subdivision.

Cant say I need to do much more to the setup I have front end is a bit stiff but I have no wieght up there at all will see what happens with body and fuel tank in before I make ajustments.

I guess now I do body work and order me some seat belts I wish clip1 would bring it with my front wheels. have had my rear ones for like 10 days already from summit.

here is what it looked like when I drove it. I had no one avalible to snap a pic while I was driving it,

Shawn

[Dinubadave]

Shawn, You're doing an excellent job; I appreciate these 'build' threads, I think I enjoy them the most. I'll post one once I'm done.

Dave

[Baja68]

here is a pic with the body on I am still waiting on my new rotors and studs to get the front wheels back on.

So this weekend I will work on hood and windshield alignment,
also working on taillights and the other lights this weekend too.

[LouisB]

Nice looking car.

--louis
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'67 Manx II

Old people at weddings always poke me and say "Your next." So, I started doing the same to them at funerals.

[Baja68]

Thanks man has come a long way since that last post I need to get off my ass and up date this build page.

Thanks,
Shawn
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[Baja68]

Ok I am goin to load some more pics to try and fill in the blanks I left

I always liked these pics

This was the almost finished lower version of my build.

So as much as I liked the lowered street version I had sooooo much more fun off road

So I raised it

Here are those pics they are current but I did not wash it so its dirty

man my kids are crawling all over me I will have to try and finish this later

I kind of rushed this post sorry
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[GeoffP]

I love the wheels, looks great!

[garomy]

The lowered version looks bad ass. What tires you are using front and back on the lowered version?

[new-n-old-vdubs]

off roading is the best in these i take mine out all the time! looks real good!
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[Baja68]

[LouisB]

What size are tires in the raised version?

--louis
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Louis Brooks
'67 Manx II

Old people at weddings always poke me and say "Your next." So, I started doing the same to them at funerals.

[Baja68]

165/70/15 frt

30x9.50/15 rear
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[Wallflour]

Job well done!!!

Both versions look killer, but you're right, you are going to have more fun off road.

[Baja68]

[greenmanx]

Shawn,

Hope you can make it up to Salado (just north of Austin) for the Texas Manx Dune Buggy Club's show this weekend. registration starts 8:30 or 9 Saturday mornign May 29.
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[Baja68]

akkkk.... I did not know that was this weekend. My car is in pieces getting new dash /guages , new exhaust and new seats

bummer

Was this event on the http://www.texasmanxclub.com/

I need to use that site more to keep an eye on when local stuff that is happening.

But thanks for the heads up Greg I would have liked to go.

Shawn
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