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sandhopper
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Joined: December 13, 2004
Posts: 453
Location: Norwalk Ca
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I have oval when I got my buggy. I can make a mold of it and trade for some one of kind empi sportster stuff.
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I know this is an old post , Tony did you ever make a copy of this badge I would be interested
Larry |
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yankee1919
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Joined: November 20, 2007
Posts: 486
Location: los angeles
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Larry,
I can make them up. Send me a pm when you have a chance.
How is the herd? |
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sandhopper
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Joined: December 13, 2004
Posts: 453
Location: Norwalk Ca
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject: sportster |
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The herd is groing , I just picked up another home built steel buggy
I bought it for the parts but it maybe just put together and sold as a ruuner
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yankee1919
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Location: los angeles
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow! Beverly Hill Billies part 2! |
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Pflaming
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Joined: July 27, 2018
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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I recently bought an Empi style frame. I'm trying to document what it IS.
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vponder
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Joined: August 17, 2013
Posts: 289
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Hey thats pretty neat get some more pics of it. Are you going to fix it up? |
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Pflaming
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Joined: July 27, 2018
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| I prefer to sell it to someone who is an avid Empi enthusiast, if that is you, great. I really also would like to accuractly identify what it's true identity is. I have all assemblies to make it street legal and that would be plan B. |
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Q-Dog
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Joined: April 05, 2010
Posts: 8700
Location: Sunset, Louisiana
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Pflaming wrote: |
I recently bought an Empi style frame. I'm trying to document what it IS.
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That looks somewhat homemade to me..
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Brian
'69 Dune Buggy
'69 Beetle Convertible
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Pflaming
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Joined: July 27, 2018
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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It may well be, yet it has an identification mark. 8041856 which could be #8 month day year. 56 would place it in the Empi time period. I do not think it is an Empi per se, but rather some spinoff. It is likely made up of parts out of a kit. Intriguing. Street legal would be a usable vehicle. |
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BL3Manx
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Joined: August 29, 2006
Posts: 6767
Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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The chassis number is from the VW bug which the body was removed and probably junked. EMPI first made/sold Sportsters in 1963, so the bug was junked/salvaged sometime after that.
I saw the ad for that one in Reedly. I've talked to people who have been around the hobby since the 60s and they say a quite a few Sportster type buggies were built by small shops in the Fresno area.
I picked up one in Modesto a couple years ago. I know builder made at least two others exactly the same, still trying to find out who that was
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Pflaming
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Joined: July 27, 2018
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Interesting. Fresno is 35 miles north of me. What did you do with the one you bought? |
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BL3Manx
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Joined: August 29, 2006
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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Its sitting in my driveway but I just want to clean it up and would like to put a Johnny Johnson No-Hop Transporter axle kit in it
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Pflaming
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Where in Northern California, I'm in Reedley, near Fresno |
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BL3Manx
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Near Vacaville |
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Pflaming
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:07 am Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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Huge buggy rally at Pismo Beach August 18. Over 900 entries to date. Once my Empi is stree legal, we should get together.
Paul |
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vponder
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Posts: 289
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster |
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| Hey BL I was at Travis when I was in the AF didnt know you were near Vacaville this was a ways back 89-93. Still got friends in the area. ( Fairfield) One buddy retired from the AF and lives there. |
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