Buggy Of The Month January 2010 BOTM
January 2010 BOTM
Built By Owner: Dave Hixson aka "Davehix"
Owner Bio: Been into riding buggies for about 20 years and finally got to build a new one. I bought this frame off of Roy Dodds about 4 years ago as it hung in his garage for about a year before I got to actually go get it. Then I started buying parts here and there which took another 3 years. Well, I finally started it in Feb 2009 and finished it right before Memorial Day weekend with no test drive and loaded it for Wellsville
Suspension
Front:
Stock VW thing with Ghia rotors and Wilwood calipers and Fox 10 inch 2.0 shocks.Rear:
Averys 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 trailing arms with disc brakes and Wilwood calipers with Bilstein shocks.
Wheels and Tires
Front:
Stock VW and GoodYear tires
Rear:
The rear's are wide 5 late model beadlocks with 4 ply Flotation 23* tires.Drive Train
Bus Type 2 091 6 ribwith stock type 2 cv's and axles.Engine
Type 1 / 2276 with 044 heads(40x35 ported and polished), 5.5 H-Beam rods, Engle FK8 cam with 1.4 rockers.It has 11 to 1 compression and a Holley 500 2 barrel. Soon to dual Webers worked by me.Interior
Race Trim (aka fat boy) seats. Porsche steering wheel. 1/8 diamond plate floor and roof and Simpson 5 point harnesses.
The Rest
Saco rack, Howe pedals, Wilwood master cylinders, and econo steering brake.
Special Thanks
To all my buddies who help me finish it, you know who you are. Thanks!
