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vdubrookie Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2017 Posts: 306 Location: Battle Creek,Mi
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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This is my baby. 2010 street legal Berrien Venture sand rail, 1915 vwac, dual weber 44 clones, W120 cam, Leduc built swing axle trans, too much fun,lol |
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PhillipM Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2010 Posts: 595 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Had quite a few upgrades since the last time, it's now up to 370bhp and has an LSD and quite a few suspension and geometery mods, so in the middle of treating it to a coat of paint:
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SkrooLoose Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2018 Posts: 14 Location: 42nd state of insanity
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Finally remembered to snap a photo while it was outside
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c54fun Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2006 Posts: 171
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Drove mine to the gym the other night.
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slayer61 Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2021 Posts: 1018 Location: CA
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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c54fun wrote: |
Drove mine to the gym the other night.
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See, I'm not even an off road guy, but that right there, is bad ass. Very nice |
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c54fun Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2006 Posts: 171
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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slayer61 wrote: |
c54fun wrote: |
Drove mine to the gym the other night.
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See, I'm not even an off road guy, but that right there, is bad ass. Very nice |
Thanks Slayer Its ridiculously fun. |
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5x205 Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2017 Posts: 19
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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My woods buggy street legal and gets drove alot around town and the farm...
Getting all the pieces together to add some dual 40 idf's (clones) this winter and possible a one armed steering brake..... |
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carlos_magnum Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2009 Posts: 591
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:15 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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c54fun wrote: |
Drove mine to the gym the other night.
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One of the nicest buggies I've seen. Like it! |
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c54fun Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2006 Posts: 171
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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carlos_magnum wrote: |
c54fun wrote: |
Drove mine to the gym the other night.
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One of the nicest buggies I've seen. Like it! |
Thanks Carlos. I just got back from Grand Junction Colorado and hopefully will be moving out there. Unlimited places to go ride at. Even found a place where they practice racing trophy trucks. |
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tobiism Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2004 Posts: 502 Location: Chandler AZ
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Ramsey Speed wrote: |
This is my new project. Picked it up a few weeks ago. New to these. Making a lot of changes to this one. First post. Hopefully I'm doing this right...
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That may very well be the coolest buggy I have ever seen. I'm in Chandler and would love to check it out some day! _________________ "There has never been a genius without a hint of madness."
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Richard/SIA Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2015 Posts: 102 Location: No. Nevada
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Bought today, been sitting, needs some work but runs.
No idea who made the chassis but it does have a modified fiberglass nose.
Nevada dirt car, there are stowage bins up front and racks for more gear in the back.
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andya_andya Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2022 Posts: 32 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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I bought my first sand rail last week and I am looking forward to giving it a try in the desert around Tucson before I take it down to Mexico!
There are a few things I need to address first such as the brakes which are terrible. I will try bleeding first and then inspecting if that doesn’t help. I am also struggling to find first gear but I don’t know if there is a problem or just a case of getting used to it. Also I have to get a new battery and there is some kind of leak from underneath in the center of the vehicle. I haven’t had chance to do any investigation yet.
The engine casing is an AE but I have no idea if the internals have been changed to increase the size.
The frame is marked as Hi Jumper RS at the front but I think it might have been customized. It seems the structure above the foot wells is a bit different to the frames I see online. The frame has holes for up to three shocks on each side at the rear.
I have a stack of receipts from 2000-2003 when it appears a lot of work was done on this rail.
Titled as a motorcycle so at least I don’t have to do emissions.
I need to figure out a cheap trailer for it so I don’t have to rely on friends to move it to/from Mexico.
If anyone has any observations from the pictures I would love to hear them!
Thanks, Andy
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Nice buggy.
Not REALLY a Hi Jumper. The double bottom center tubes tells that. Along with the B-pillar hoop of the cage being lower than the A-pillar hoop. And the configuration of the side bars behind the B-pillar hoop. And the lack of 1" lacing in the rear side trusses beside the engine. And, and, and...
It not only was not built by San Fernando Buggy Center (creators of the Hi Jumper brand) wasn't even built by Prowlers (who bought the rights and plans for Hi Jumper buggies). It's far more like a Hi Jumper than many others I've seen that people claim are Hi Jumpers.
And it never was raced with any major organization. Lack of a diagonal brace in the B-pillar hoop of the cage is a quick tell of that.
But none of those keep it from being a nice buggy. Just shooting holes in what the guy who sold it to you told you about it. And like I said in the thread about the gas cap, those stories may well have been what has been told for decades and by several owners.
I suggest adding skid plates and a roof panel. Bar for shoulder belts should be up near the tops of the seat shoulders, like near the level of the shock mount bar. Shoulder belts mounted low like that can cause compressive fracture of the spine whether they're needed in a rollover or they're snugged down and you hit a bump hard. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
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andya_andya Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2022 Posts: 32 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:01 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Thanks Richard for the info and observations. I bought it because it was a nice example at a good price, much better than anything else I was seeing available. I'm more interested in the mechanical features and condition than any history stories.
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jsturtlebuggy Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 4496 Location: Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Sand Fernando Buggy Center sold the mounting clamps separately for those who were building their own chassis.
If that is what you are seeing on the front of the chassis. The steel part of the clamps welded to the chassis, and the cast aluminum parts with Hi jumper on them mounted with 3- 3/8in bolts
I always like them for mounting the beam to the chassis compared to the bolt together half clamps that were used later on. _________________ Joseph
Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
Elrod Motorsports
Motion Tire Motorsports
Having fun with Dune Buggies since 1970
Into Volkswagens since 1960 |
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PhillipM Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2010 Posts: 595 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Crew Dad Samba Member
Joined: January 12, 2018 Posts: 39 Location: Nashville/TN
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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First Sandrail I have owned.
I just picked up this Sandrail wanted your guys opinion on if I gave too much or not but with the understanding there's not many of them around Nashville. to choose from I gave 2500 bucks in things I know for sure it needs is a transmission.
I haven't checked the numbers yet but was told the engine is a 1500 dual port.. brakes don't work other than looking good in the pictures...
closer inspection it's a little rough... I Was told is a 1966 it has swingarm arms and I haven't run the numbers on the motor yet.
Does not have a title. I did get a bill of sale notarized and was told in the state of Tennessee that's what it took to get a title...
So was 2500 too much? How much should I end up giving for a decent transmission?
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 715 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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It's hard to say whether you gave too much or not, that's kind of personal opinion.
I also live in an area where there aren't many classic vw vehicles around... you rarely see them driving around anymore... the only place that worked on them has retired years ago.
When you do see one, it's the same 2 or 3 I usually see about.
The way I look at is, when we find one and it's within a reasonable budget price for me personally then it's worth buying.
I gave the same price for mine knowing it didn't have brakes and sounded to have a misfire.
I've basically been rebuilding the entire machine since I bought it, have only driven it once.
There again, no one here knows how to work on them any more (within a 3 or so hour drive) so it's up to the enthusiasts to keep them going.
I've accepted that from now on when I purchase an aircooled VW that I will absolutely have to strip it to the chassis and fix / rebuild all of it even if it runs and drives and looks good, that is just what it seems to take nowadays.
All that said, looks like a sharp little buggy and will be alot of fun to drive when done, congratulations on your purchase. _________________ One thing I ask from the Lord, This only do I seek:
That I may dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of my Life, to gaze on the beauty of The Lord and to seek Him in His Temple~Psalms 27:4
YHWH NISSI
YHWH SHALOM
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Flycast47 Samba Member
Joined: August 25, 2014 Posts: 7
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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Built this Funco Bandido Notchback in 1977 is SoCal. Anyone seen it or one like recently?
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SilentBob Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2022 Posts: 15 Location: Birmingham AL
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Show off your Dune Buggy or SandRail |
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