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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:35 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Great color choice. Not too many white buggies. Very clean look with the Empi Sprint stars and the cool seats.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:12 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Beautiful build!!
Looks like the title "lo buck" is quite misleading!!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:05 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

karu wrote:
Beautiful build!!
Looks like the title "lo buck" is quite misleading!!


Yah. ...nothing about this buggy is lo buck...4 wheel disks, 2180 dual carb engine, fancy wheels and fancy seats Laughing Laughing ...when you post a picture of your buggy with a GT 500 Cobra in the background, your definition of low buck has a different meaning Laughing Laughing

Very nice build, I'm glad to see you got your buggy back. ..it's coming together very nice Popcorn
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:33 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Lo buck is a relative term guys, different for everyone. We have a chap elsewhere on this forum who is chaffing about having to pay $50 for what could be an original Manx body.

The important thing is that no matter what perspective you are from - keep on building!

This is a very nice one though to me I preferred the yellow. Just another perspective...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:34 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

If you guys have never heard of project creep, maybe you have not built a buggy from the ground up.

Minus engine, I still consider this a lo buck build.

It is looking nice, keep the work going, you are getting there.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:03 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Lookin' GOOD!

Please tell . . . what size are the rear tires?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:34 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Thanks to everyone for the kind words about the car... low buck is an inside joke but in all honesty this build is pretty low budget compared to most of the builds on here. I'm just looking to build a simple and fun buggy

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Lookin' GOOD!

Please tell . . . what size are the rear tires?


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:33 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Thanks for the info!

I will be watching yer build and am lookin' forward to the updates! Cool
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 7:47 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Little lax on updates, new KTM 1090R has kept me busy since I picked the bike up in February... but there have been signs of life in the garage.

After returning from the machine shop for balancing, my pile of engine parts has turned into a smaller pile of parts.

I've been waiting for CB to have a sale to offset the weak CDN dollar. This weekend they had the memorial day sale so I ordered a set of fully optioned out panchitos and some CB 1.4 rockers.

Other than push rods I now have everything I need to finish the engine

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Lined the pan with a foam type gasket

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Got the body bolted to the pan and started fitting the nose. Struggling to decide what I want the dash layout to look like

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And that's about it for updates
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:24 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Final engine pieces arrived today


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:18 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

minor photo update

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:01 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Getting some more things done on the engine

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Latest item showed up... well worth the wait

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

verry nice stuff!

is all the engine tin gonna be white?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:45 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

rubenski wrote:
verry nice stuff!

is all the engine tin gonna be white?


Thanks.... engine tin will be mix and match painted and chrome
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:46 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Looking good! If I had one suggestion, it would be to ditch the power pulley idea, especially with a bigger engine. To many potential issues for overheating.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:30 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

spent some time mocking up parts

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Looks great!
What brand/model are the valve covers?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:42 pm    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

hillmotorsports wrote:
Looks great!
What brand/model are the valve covers?

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Thanks... valve covers are CSP. They have 4 alignment tabs and one of the tabs is interfering with my 1.4 rocker arms.... so my bolt on valve covers aren't really bolt on Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:42 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Your buggy is going to be incredibly FUN to drive with that engine! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:25 am    Post subject: Re: lo buck buggy build Reply with quote

Did some circle cutting yesterday


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