PO's hacks and mistakes on your buggy

[joescoolcustoms]

Post up pictures of the hacks that have been done to your buggy body by PO's and how you fixed them with a final result.

I am talking about the rear cut out for a $ 12.00 cheap EMPI chrome air cleaner that rusts in 3 days. The hacked up dash to put in 1977 Ford Fairmont dash gauges. The cut out rear package trey/seat so they could access the tranny/engine bolts. Cut off fenders for tire clearance. Cut in half. Doors cut in. Hoods hacked for fuel filler. Lets see the horror photos.

And then post up your after fixes. Get detailed with a good description of how you fixed it or just post some pictures.

APC Sand Shark with a hacked rear.

Also had to repair the cut out body braces.

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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

[drs1023]

JoeCoolCustom - In your second picture down, I have forgotten what the two pieces bolted to the transmission rear mount are called and where to buy them. I need to fabricate an engine guard, and I can't seem to get motivated to make them myself.

Thanx,

[joescoolcustoms]

[pallen]

Sweet fog light mounts....

I'll post a pic of the fix in progress later , dont have one taken yet...

[drs1023]

Thanx, Joe

[CoryN]

Here is what my pan looked like

I threw it away

Here is the rear

and after

Kind of a hack

Adjustment to fit a larger gas tank

I should have run away, but it turned out ok

[pallen]

^ What kind of body filler did you use?

[CoryN]

I used very little filler, but I used Rage Gold where I did use some.

[Dale M.]

All I can say is ouch....

Sure turned out to be a sweet ride though....

Dale
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[Q-Dog]

My buggy had no fuses anywhere, needed better grounding of lights, and some of the wiring might have actually been house wiring. I removed most of the worst problems, added a fuse box, ran a few new circuits and added better grounds. Now my lights are bright and reliable and my wipers work great. I should have rewired the entire car, but I tried to do the repairs between jobs and also tried not to have it unusable for more than a few days at a time.

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[Roys_Big_Toys]

Here my before after. Someone thought it would be easier to get in and out with doors. Well it is...but....

The body is piled in the corner and I waiting for a Manx 1 to be painted and installed. Anyone interested in a piece of a registered Manx 2 or soft top send me a PM.
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[wythac]

When I see pics like this I don't feel too bad about the holes in my Rascal. They were all small outside of gauge holes in the dash. I lost count at 120.

[manxdavid]

A buggy I bought years ago had a plastic fuel line front to rear taped in with the wiring loom...one burned out wire and the whole thing would've gone up!!!

[gr8cobbler]

Wow, that sure does sound a whole lot like a "fuse", or "Booby trap" or maybe a "Time bomb" configuration. Build a car, it's easy... Glad you survived it....
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[ChadCook]

The worse part was the bedliner that was applied, then painted. Lucky for me it was over poorly applied primer, so most of it peeled off in sheets.

Air cleaner clearance mod and dual cb antennas

Got a little too close hooking up the tow bar

Lets see how much crap we can bolt to the front

Cut the tunnel a little short on frame head replacement. P.O. paid for this repair at a VW shop local to him.

[vincent9993]

How about this one?

PO cut that big hole to repair the gas cable tube and put a hose clamp as a fix:

Fortunatly for me, it was smack in the section I was removing to shorten the pan...

[barrist]

Pan shorting #101

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[jspbtown]

No idea what this hole was for

Classic hack

Roll bar not so firmy attached

Starting

Finishing

Done

[wythac]

Jsp,
Maybe that hole was there to provide exhaust heat and CO poisoning when the PO got too frustrated to go on....

[Dan the workingstiff]

I guess I got awfully lucky. I travelled about 6hrs one way to get it. I paid $1800. Everything needed tlc. Brakes, brake lines,wiring, loose exhaust , adj valves, clean carbs etc. no holes to fix,nothing cut on. The only real problem is the 60 grit finish it has. The gel coat is shot and the metal flake is popping thru. I believe the PO didn't own a single tool, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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