Very nice color [THUMBS UP SIGN]


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UNCLEJERM'S ECOTEC SMURF BUILD http://woodsbuggy.com/forum/buggy-builds/16626

Your two weeks are up. . It's been a long time coming on this one I guess we can wait a little longer for the finished product. Chad

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NOW GAS IT!!!!!

I actually have a legitimate excuse. I put the buggy on hold for a bit. We dropped my oldest son off at the airport this morning. He left for a two year church mission and I wanted to spend as much time with him as I could before he left. Its now back to buggy business as usual. Oh and by the way...it really really sucks when your kids leave.

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Bryan, I cant think of a much better reason to delay than your son doing a mission trip. I bet you are a very proud PaPa!! Best of luck on the project, and I will be saying a prayer for your son.

I am extremely proud of him. In a society where most take, I have a son that is starting out his adulthood giving. He will be the one that stays up late with you to make sure your buggy will run in the morning. Thank you for the prayer for him as it means a lot.

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After stripping the car down we had to take it down the road to our shop so we could load it. Transportation Flintstone style.

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I took some extra pictures of the reassembly, and yes the buggy is finally done. It only took 5 years to build. I will post a few pictures of the finished buggy tomorrow.

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I took your advice and I found a can of spray paint that is almost exactly identical to the frame. I had to grind a little on a front support to clearance the frame because the tie rod no longer cleared turning full left or full right on full droop. No sure what happened from when I built it to when I had it powder coated but the trailing arms dropped about 1/8th inch. Long story short...a little grinding and some touch up paint and it looks like it was that way from the beginning.

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Brother that is one fine lookin buggy!!!!!! You should be very proud of that!!!! I build them myself and I can see hours and hours and hours!!!!!! keep the pics coming

Thank you and it was nice to finally see your build posted. I have a good idea as to how many hours I have in to it and its some where in the crazy category, but its all worth it in the end.

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This is the build

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Here are the final pictures.

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AWESOME!!!!!! FLAT AWESOME!!!!!! LOVE THE COLOR!!!

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I have waited a long time for this day. Yes that is me in the buggy and yes it is now done!

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Wow, top shelf build !! Your attention to detail sure payed off in the end and I like the colors as well. Excellent job.

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I second that.

That is a rolling work of art .

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really nice buggy id be afraid to take it out the garage.

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If it ain't broke ill fix that

Thank you for all the compliments. As far as being afraid to take it out of the garage, It only needed to look good for the first day of pictures. Day two it became what it was built for...off-roading.

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I knew it was going to be a heavy car.
2300 total with all fluids filled to the top.
320 left front
320 right front
840 left rear
820 right rear

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What I find interesting!
Is that as different as your buggy is to mine, they have almost identical weight distribution and HP to weigh ratio


"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet."--Abraham Lincoln

That is interesting. Purpose driven builds that, in my eyes, both came out very well. From reading your posts you are extremely happy with your outcome as am I. I would be curious to see the difference in how we run side by side as you are double the rpm's.
We just cant let Helmetguy chime in with hp to weight ratio!

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