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Author:  fortydegnorth [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Chassis rebuild- "Project Roof Remodel"

My dad bought this buggy this week from the classifieds. It's a pretty decent ride for the money. Little 1600 single port but it has an 094 with the Weddle linkage and a Scat Dragfast shifter. After debating what to do with it we decided it needed suspension seats. No headroom for bigger seats so we took the band saw to it. 73' of 1.5" tubing sitting on the floor ready to be bent. We are going to rebuild everything from the midrail up and from the torsion back. We plan to make the engine cage big enough to hold a water cooled. He's loving the Honda going into mine so I have a feeling that may be next winter's project. Might as well plan ahead now to make it work later. I'm starting to work on a new set of arms. I'll have a thread for that when they get started. All micro stub, 33 spline and off the auto parts store shelf. Likely they'll use 930 cv's on 20.5" axles. On the standard stub that makes a 4x5 but with micro stubs the axle won't go that wide. May be more like a 2x5 or something. We'll have to experiment for that.

Here is what he started with.

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Ripped the top off today. More to cut but it's getting there.

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Author:  davidk [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:27 pm ]
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convertible anyone?? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: lol cant wait too see the finished product

Author:  MadMike [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:06 pm ]
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Took the words right out of my mouth.

Author:  davidk [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:18 pm ]
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See great minds think alike :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Author:  diamonddav [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:27 pm ]
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damn that buggy finally got a new home! good luck with the build man. definately got the tranny in it allready for a w/c motor.

Author:  Huey [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:38 pm ]
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Looks good. Man I missed out. I have a spare water cooled motor that needs a buggy like that and was thinking about buying it.

Huey

Author:  Red Barron [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:46 pm ]
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Isn't the porta- band the greatest tool for demo. :mrgreen:

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:20 pm ]
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Red Barron wrote:
Isn't the porta- band the greatest tool for demo. :mrgreen:


Definitely! It is one of my most used tools.

Author:  Rick [ Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:02 am ]
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You have to much time or energy

Author:  Red Barron [ Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:34 pm ]
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Rick wrote:
You have to much time or energy


Or your just plain board and have a heated shop :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:49 am ]
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The life of a landscape contractor. Off all winter unless it snows.

Author:  kendel [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:20 pm ]
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http://www.woodsbuggy.com/botm/oct08/frame.jpg
doing somyhing like this? :?

Author:  PhillipM [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:46 pm ]
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Pretty much anything with a few diagonals will be an improvement on the original! :lol:

Author:  gasman [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:48 pm ]
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I'm the only one who's seeing some of the posted pics are upside down? Chad :mrgreen:

Author:  davidk [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:56 pm ]
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No i seen it while on my Ipone last night :!:
But looks great on my alien laptop :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Author:  davidk [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:58 pm ]
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PhillipM wrote:
Pretty much anything with a few diagonals will be an improvement on the original! :lol:

i thought it looked great i like that style :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:55 pm ]
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kendel wrote:
http://www.woodsbuggy.com/botm/oct08/frame.jpg
doing somyhing like this? :?


Pretty similar actually.

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:56 pm ]
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gasman wrote:
I'm the only one who's seeing some of the posted pics are upside down? Chad :mrgreen:


Must be the ipad. On my laptop they all look normal. The pics are taken with an iphone and they must post weird on here.

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:09 pm ]
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Looks like we'll be recycling some heated power seats from an Infinite that is being parted out. Fit is pretty good and we'll adapt the chassis to fit.

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Author:  PhillipM [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:29 pm ]
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davidk wrote:
PhillipM wrote:
Pretty much anything with a few diagonals will be an improvement on the original! :lol:

i thought it looked great i like that style :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


The 'argh, I've rolled it and the roof has pinned my head to the steering wheel' style? :mrgreen: :lol:

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:08 pm ]
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Juggling between two projects takes some time but I had some time to bend some tubing. The roof had to be raised to get the bigger seats in. With the low sides the roof looks a little awkward and tall in pictures. In person it looks pretty good. Visibility and headroom are much better. Still need X-brace, roof brace, engine cage, shock mounts and lots of other parts, but it's getting there.

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Author:  frankenbuggy06 [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:06 pm ]
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what angle did you go with for the top front bend

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:06 pm ]
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I'd have to measure it, but if memory is close it was about 65 degrees.

Author:  davehix [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:46 pm ]
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How close is your head to that up and down tube?

Author:  fortydegnorth [ Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:12 am ]
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The seat is almost all the way back and I'd say at least 10" away. My dad is short so he'll be even further away with the seat in the right position. It's not nearly as close as it looks. He probably has 10" above his head too......at least. We are a short family. :wink:

I would say someone 6' 3" or more could fit pretty well and not have to worry about hitting any tubes with their head.

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