Gambugly Baja build

[Blue Coyote]

Been a member for a while and figured I should post up some build stuff.
Here is Gambugly- our Gambler500 now turned HooptieX/ street legal prerunner adventure Baja. The build continues to use old / rusty / discarded parts found on CL, from friends, self fabricated etc. Its intentionaly as ugly as a mud fence.
It started out as a $400 lowered bug - IRS, SP, ghia disc, rust, spiders, dead rats, bad wiring, etc.

Fixed some stuff, raised it back up, got it running decent, threw on $50 worth of Baja CL fiberglass and gambled the heck out it.

Eventually doing a winter camo paint theme ($24 in spray cans)

And the some Baja wheels and a roof rack.

And life happened, it got ignored sat around for a few years, the BJ front end was now very sloppy, the stock suspension was not cutting it. Plan was to add a link front and and DP the motor.
Then this happened- ex Class 5 car suspension - +10 w/ combos, Foxes, 5x5s, Chromo, 930s from a friend.

And then a 3 rib and this

And HooptieX and Gambled it more. The suspension works amazingly (as it should)

But the 1600 had a meltdown (from a brake / fuel / lean issue)

Was going to re-jug and DP it - but this happened (T4 2.0 w/ IDFs)

Still sorting out carb and brake issues/ getting it more prerun and streetable. Next stop is HooptieX at the Mint 400.
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1969 Gambugly- HooptieX/ GORRA / Gambler500 pile of parts.

[pickuptrucker]

Rad 😎 keep the updates coming!

[Blue Coyote]

Fabbed up a front bumper with mounting for a BlueOx tow bar.

New T3 rear drum located and studded. Both the Empi studs and T3 drum were hard to come up with.
Loaded up for the trip to HooptieX at the Mint 400

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1969 Gambugly- HooptieX/ GORRA / Gambler500 pile of parts.