Class 5 Unlimited Bajas..... Anyone have one? Let's see em

[Chipster27]

Thats thing is fricken awesome. I want one. How did you find that?

I got SERIOUSLY lucky, friend of a friend we go to the desert with.


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[Mini Kat]

Chip when do I get to drive it offroad?:hmm That thing looks SICK AS HELL.:thumbsup:thumbsup

 

[Willie B]

...A long time friend of mine, Gary Emory, built the first Baja Bug in about '68... ...Volkswagen used it a bunch for billboard and magazine advertisements... ...He still has it... ...His son in law rolled it many years ago and as far as I know it is still used and he has no intentions of restoring it...(battle scars are in)...

 

[Meaney77]

I just picked this one up. It's built like a brick shit house. FAT performance 1915 with UMP air filter connected to dual 44 Webers, beefed up bus tranny, 3x3 rear, Fox w/remote bypass, front pushed out 6" and widened 3", Cal plated, 4 wheel Wilwood disc, bead locks, full cage, radio, headsets, Jaz fuel cell, Mastercraft seats with Cal DOT DJ 5 points, etc... It's a runner, it's fresh and should be a great car. No expense was spared.

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Congrats on the new hot rod! Does this mean you are done with the SxS?

Car looks sweet, any other pictures? Hard to tell, is it an A arm or beam front end?

 

[franky]

...A long time friend of mine, Gary Emory, built the first Baja Bug in about '68... ...Volkswagen used it a bunch for billboard and magazine advertisements... ...He still has it... ...His son in law rolled it many years ago and as far as I know it is still used and he has no intentions of restoring it...(battle scars are in)...

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I built my first baja bug when they first came out the the fiberglass kits in 1972

 

[Racing97]

Gary's dad Neil was co owner of Valley Customs very talented guy a lot of history and talent in the family

 

[BUDMAN]

Mitchel knows exactly what car it is...


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Mitchell was telling about it trying to get me to purchase it. Wished I could make it to the next desert trip.

 

[Mini Kat]

Congrats on the new hot rod! Does this mean you are done with the SxS?

Car looks sweet, any other pictures? Hard to tell, is it an A arm or beam front end?

Looks like Beam to me.

 

[pronstar]

I guess the secret is out lol...bad-ass car Chip :thumbsup


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[Chipster27]

I guess the secret is out lol...bad-ass car Chip :thumbsup

LOL, pretty much, now that I have it. It's a beam car with about 15" up front. I asked why he didn't do an A arm car and he said that after talking to builders they really didn't recommend an A arm set up for a bug. This was confirmed by the fact that most class 5 cars are beams.

Yes done with SxS, which kind of sucks because last year I put a brand new Benchmark Racing 686 motor in my Rhino which has less than 500 miles and 20 hours on it. Going to sell it and I'll never get that money out of it.

Here are a couple more pics.

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[Hammer]

This THING is pretty bad ass! I saw it for sale for awhile on The Samba, and Race Dezert. The owner also used to go into my buddies restaurant in Burbank quite a bit. I think most of the fab work was done by Daren at Prowlers...?

I have 2 friends that both have VW Things. They are street legal and each have about 20" of travel. One has a Chevy Shortstar in it, and the other has a Nissan 300 Z motor in it.

What's the name of your buddies Resteraunt in Burbank ? I believe SMP fab works built the entire car, I could be wrong though ...

 

[Mini Kat]

That's Bad Ass Chip!:thumbsup

Hope that the paint dosn't fade to PINK.

 

[WTMFA]

I just picked this one up. It's built like a brick shit house. FAT performance 1915 with UMP air filter connected to dual 44 Webers, beefed up bus tranny, 3x3 rear, Fox w/remote bypass, front pushed out 6" and widened 3", Cal plated, 4 wheel Wilwood disc, bead locks, full cage, radio, headsets, Jaz fuel cell, Mastercraft seats with Cal DOT DJ 5 points, etc... It's a runner, it's fresh and should be a great car. No expense was spared.

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Its official chip, I hate you purely based on jealousy.........


Nice find, congrats..........:thumbup:

 

[Meaney77]

LOL, pretty much, now that I have it. It's a beam car with about 15" up front. I asked why he didn't do an A arm car and he said that after talking to builders they really didn't recommend an A arm set up for a bug. This was confirmed by the fact that most class 5 cars are beams.

Yes done with SxS, which kind of sucks because last year I put a brand new Benchmark Racing 686 motor in my Rhino which has less than 500 miles and 20 hours on it. Going to sell it and I'll never get that money out of it.

Here are a couple more pics.

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Good looking car, you will be stoked! You will see its nice to have a windshield and a license plate!

 

[Meaney77]

What's the name of your buddies Resteraunt in Burbank ? I believe SMP fab works built the entire car, I could be wrong though ...

The restaurant is The Hollywood Way- its a sports bar that does BBQ.

 

[OutCole'd]

The restaurant is The Hollywood Way- its a sports bar that does BBQ.

You have it right, the guy Mike, that sold the car is good friends with Daren at Prowlers.

 

[Willie B]

Gary's dad Neil was co owner of Valley Customs very talented guy a lot of history and talent in the family

...I guess it would have been 1960 or '61 Gary took me over to see his dad and uncles shop after school... ...I guess it was about 3 years ago Gary was down from Oregon and we were cruising around looking for places we had known and we found what had been the location of Valley Custom on San Fernando Rd in Burbank... ...I also showed him the house he grew up in in Sun Valley... ...He couldn't believe it... ...The house looked exactly as it had when he lived there... ...Same color,...same split rail fence that his dad had built in the 40's...

 

[Meaney77]

...I guess it would have been 1960 or '61 Gary took me over to see his dad and uncles shop after school... ...I guess it was about 3 years ago Gary was down from Oregon and we were cruising around looking for places we had known and we found what had been the location of Valley Custom on San Fernando Rd in Burbank... ...I also showed him the house he grew up in in Sun Valley... ...He couldn't believe it... ...The house looked exactly as it had when he lived there... ...Same color,...same split rail fence that his dad had built in the 40's...

Sounds like San Fernando Buggy which was eventually bought and renamed as Prowlers???

 

[Hammer]

The restaurant is The Hollywood Way- its a sports bar that does BBQ.

I frequent that place quite a bit ! Great food !!

The kid who owns SMP fabworks goes in there all the time with his pre runner buddies.

 

[Cole Trickle]

LOL, pretty much, now that I have it. It's a beam car with about 15" up front. I asked why he didn't do an A arm car and he said that after talking to builders they really didn't recommend an A arm set up for a bug. This was confirmed by the fact that most class 5 cars are beams.

Yes done with SxS, which kind of sucks because last year I put a brand new Benchmark Racing 686 motor in my Rhino which has less than 500 miles and 20 hours on it. Going to sell it and I'll never get that money out of it.

Here are a couple more pics.

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sweet...looks great

the question is are you repainting the boat or the bug?

 

[Meaney77]

I frequent that place quite a bit ! Great food !!

The kid who owns SMP fabworks goes in there all the time with his pre runner buddies.

Small world! I know the owner really well.

 

[OutCole'd]

sweet...looks great

the question is are you repainting the boat or the bug?

As soon as Toby's done painting Chip's kitchen cabinets to match the Rhino, Golf Cart and Boat, Toby will do the 45' 5th wheel, then the bug to match.

It's on the list, two weeks.:thumbsup

 

[Hammer]

Small world! I know the owner really well.

I've seen him at the bar a few times, he asked me how everything was which I thought was cool. His 1/2 off the bar menu for happy hour is bitchen, not to mention bottomless memosas on Sunday and I believe blood Mary's as well. Always has a few good mivkcro brews on tap as well. My buddies wife used to manage that place, dunno what happened other than her getting Prego, prolly bartender chic drama !

He's got some good liking help in there too

 

[white tortilla]

decided to hold onto mine and finish the project. its at my step brothers house hes putting the rest of it together for me.

 

[Tommy Gun Images]

decided to hold onto mine and finish the project. its at my step brothers house hes putting the rest of it together for me.

Nice! Looks like it's gonna be a nice ride!

 

[rivrrts429]

Here's my buddies car getting updated. We should be testing in Ocotillo over Presidents Weekend.

 

[BajaMike]

You guys are killing me here. If my back wasn't trashed I would probably be in one of these things...up to my ears.
I think of all the cash dumped into the side by side deal and then think about how cool a baja I could have...
The only thing that I can see as a downfall is no 4x4 and the physical size of the thing trying to get into tight trails or even the trailer.
But this still goes through my mind...all the time.
The tricked out Things are way cool, too. Never thought of that.

You don't need 4X4 with the engine sitting right over the rear wheels. These things have out climbed Jeeps and SxS in all kinds of competition.

 

[BajaMike]

...A long time friend of mine, Gary Emory, built the first Baja Bug in about '68... ...Volkswagen used it a bunch for billboard and magazine advertisements... ...He still has it... ...His son in law rolled it many years ago and as far as I know it is still used and he has no intentions of restoring it...(battle scars are in)...

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I company called "EMPI" in Riverside made the first ones that I know of I think in 1965, they shortened the wheel base by 1' and widened it by 1', had a sheet metal body, and the put individual hand brakes on each real wheel for manual "posi-traction".






Later they went to a fiberglass body.




They sold it as a kit.

 

[Meaney77]

Here's my buddies car getting updated. We should be testing in Ocotillo over Presidents Weekend.

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Looks like a cool car, its a tight squeeze with that Honda motor! I think that is going to be my next upgrade, Honda VTECH 3.5.

 

[Luvnlife]

Man I would love to have one but I need a four seater:thumbsup

 

[cakemoto]

yea...i'm pretty sure Steven didn't build that thing.dont know the guy that owns the Hollywood way,but a good friends lady works there.
i lived in burbank for 30 years..just moved and dont think i commin back

 

[Chipster27]

Here's my buddies car getting updated. We should be testing in Ocotillo over Presidents Weekend.

Nice, would love to see that when it's done! I totaled up all the receipts I received with my car and they were over $37k, and I think there are a few missing. That does not including the original car. Ran it this weekend in Cal City and it's a fun car to drive! Sorry I bought it at the end of the season, but it will make for some fun next winter!

 

[white tortilla]

out testing today

 

[Tommy Gun Images]

out testing today

Looks sick!

 

[SuperJet]

Grady, was that your Baja at the guys place next to Don E Brook????? There were a few there, and they all looked sick:thumbup:

 

[white tortilla]

Grady, was that your Baja at the guys place next to Don E Brook????? There were a few there, and they all looked sick:thumbup:

mabye lol idk who that is. it was at prowlers for a while then at my step bros on san fransquito road for the last couple months

 

[SuperJet]

mabye lol idk who that is. it was at prowlers for a while then at my step bros on san fransquito road for the last couple months

Haha yeah that's what I'm talking about. Don e brook is the horse ranch that's next to him


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[OutCole'd]

Bump.

Who has a Baja for sale? Full body, no convertables.

 

[Luvnlife]

Bump.

Who has a Baja for sale? Full body, no convertables.

Check out samba, there are plenty on there :thumbsup

 

[OutCole'd]

Check out samba, there are plenty on there :thumbsup

i've been checking that out lately, not too much that really interest me. Lots of beaters or real spendy ones.

 

[Deleted Account]

i've been checking that out lately, not too much that really interest me. Lots of beaters or real spendy ones.

That's usually the deal, most of the one in the middle are held onto, until they become Spendy. I bought a rough Thing there for $6500, did a ton if work to it and sold it there again a couple years later for $18ish...