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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:36 pm    Post subject: Interesting steel bodied buggy... Reply with quote

Er, I guess maybe it is really aluminum? I saw this on ebay and was wondering if this is a homebuilt special or a kit? Thought it was unusual and was curious.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4597479688
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it looks custom made or a bad knock off. personally i don't like it but to each there own. maybe shmo or mitch would be of help
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bad knock off brand by the looks of it
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's surely homebuilt. Probably by someone in the aerospace industry. That's a lot of metalwork.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tend to think it was homemade also. While I am not big on the style...I think its a great idea. The aluminium will never rust and is not brittle like fiberglass. I also think by looking at the welds etc..whoever built it had a good grip on what they were doing. The metal is very nicely formed. The welds look TIG and very well done. I'll agree with Unlce Bob on the aerospace idea. Too bad the looks arent there.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, a lot of work went into that strange vehicle...It definitely looks like the same techniques used to build aircraft- shop project for some aircraft repair/fabrication guys? Confused
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Each to his own... I think the guys at Lockheed found a pile of scrap aluminum, and old VW... Laughing
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