buggy Re-build

[nordic454]

Ive been so busy lately that I havent been on here in a while. Here is a buggy that a customer brought to me a few weeks ago. A little back story of this car... He paid to have this chassis built two years ago. He finally picked it up just before Thanksgiving, and this is what he got. so, whatever, he took it out for a test drive before going to Glamis for Thanksgiving, an donly got to drive it for 20 minutes. The rear of the cage was soo poorly designed that the arms hit the chassis both in bump and droop, leaving him with only 6" of travel. The arms hitting in bump, also smashed the brake lines, yay! The only motor mount, ripped the bolts right out of the motor, and the steering wheel quick release came off in his hands. He said "F" it, and called me. I have since cut the car off behind the rear seats, and re-designed it. re-plumbed the fuel filter/pump setup, redone all roof support bars, added X bars to roof, and rear for the radiator, doing a coilover conversion in the rear to yeild a full 15" of travel, and also re-designing the front as well. along with a new pedal assembly to make it a hydraulic clutch and a master cylinder for 4 wheel brakes. This is a big job, but fun...

 

[nordic454]

The pics arent in order, but you can see the difference in the front end, the new radiator spot an dthe new beefier motor mounts. Ill keep pics coming as I continue progress

 

[bluebleeder]

Looks like the right person is doing the work now..looks bitchin' so far :thumbup:

 

[Tommy Gun Images]

Looks great! Keep the pics coming!

 

[Dan Lorenze]

You do great work..... :thumbsup

 

[nordic454]

Ive got some more progress on the car done. Rear suspensions is completed, I was able to safetly pull 17" of travel out of it. Shock mounts are built. All chassis repairs are finished up. New fuel filterand pump is plumbed.Radiator mounts are finished, along with water lines. I am still waiting on the new pedal assy., so I can run the new brake and clutch lines. He stopped by the shop this morning to check it out, and told me its coming back in March so I can do an A-arm conversion on the front. It will pull an honest 20" of travel with 10" coilovers. Body panels and roof are last, and then I plan on testing next weekend if all goes well.
More pics to follow.

 

[Racey]

Looks good Brandon :thumbup:

 

[nordic454]

Looks good Brandon :thumbup:

Thnks Shane, I owe you alot of thanks for making most of my projects come out good!:beer

 

[nordic454]

Rebuild is finished. I was able to saftely pull 17.5" of travel out of the rear and. It had 6" when it was brought to me. I bumped and strapped it at 20* of CV angle. I took it out and tested last weeked and it ran great, I was impressed by the little 2.2 Ecotec motor, plenty of power in a small light package. The rear soaked up the roughest stuff I could throw at it.
He has decided to bring it back to me in March for a front end rebuild. It will get an A-Arm conversion yeilding 20" of travel.

 

[nordic454]

Also installed a new Jamar pedal assembly, which converted o a hydraulic clutch, and morse style throttle cable. And did new aluminum roof and side panels

 

[djunkie]

Nice work. Looks great. :thumbsup


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