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mrkhellie
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Location: east kootenay, bc,canada
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 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 9:54 pm Post subject: help ID my dune buggy |
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I just bought this fibreglass dune buggy. It has a 1967 Beetle pan. I can't find any like this one. If anyone knows what exactly it is and where it was made I would love to know more.
Thanks,
Chris
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BL3Manx
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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Irwin Wrangler
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mrkhellie
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Location: east kootenay, bc,canada
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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That was fast! Thanks! You don't happen to know how many they produced or if they put a production number anywhere on it do you?
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BL3Manx
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:56 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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In late 67-early 68, Larry McIntyre, Richard Oehrli and Duane Stewart, a college student, a fiberglass boat designer and a Corvette body repair specialist, all got together in Bellingham, WA to design and build a better buggy. They formed a company called Design Time Inc. The Wrangler had a one piece body and hood with very rigid fenders(could support a 200# man jumping up and down on them w/o cracking), also with steel reinforced fiberglass bumpers and which used inverted 55 chevy headlight rims. They built three Wranglers and then sold the manufacturing rights to Irwin of Toronto, Ontario.
To gain additional information I would try to contact other owners on the Samba and Dune Buggy Archives. I'd also try doing a Google search to see if you can contact any of the original three builders. Plz let us know if you have any success. |
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mrkhellie
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Location: east kootenay, bc,canada
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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I thought I'd add a few more pictures.
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mrkhellie
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Location: east kootenay, bc,canada
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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A couple more pictures.
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germanx
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:03 am Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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Assume the Turbo was not one of the 25 features, but was added later.
Engine bay had to be trimmed with enlarged opening... Anyways, seem to be a nice substance - the body at least.
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BL3Manx
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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| germanx wrote: |
| Anyways, seem to be a nice substance - the body at least. |
I think the word you meant to use may have been quality rather than substance. Yes, it was definitely a nice quality buggy |
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germanx
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:28 am Post subject: Re: help ID my dune buggy |
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| BL3Manx wrote: |
| germanx wrote: |
| Anyways, seem to be a nice substance - the body at least. |
I think the word you meant to use may have been quality rather than substance. Yes, it was definitely a nice quality buggy |
yep:-)
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