At what stage does a "sand rail" turn into a buggy without turning into a Manx?
Manx buggies are all cool but am building what I think its being termed in this forum as a country buggy?
ie: virtually a VW beetle pan with the floor cutback and an enclosed “sand rail” type cage ontop??
Hopefully getting some spare back paid wages before the next brake and then some, to allow for the steel budget.
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by Dub-Buggier]
Country buggies are an aussie designed, factory built VW agricutural car, do a search on them theres a heap about them on this forum.
A sand rail is a recreational play car. A buggie is a dedicated race car, as I take it.
But I am sure there are many interpretations of these names.
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by Chewy]
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now that is the most confusing question i,ve eva read
but
said rails have nothing to do with manx,s
they are not registerable
manx are a fibre glass tub on a beetle floorpan
and country buggies are a factory made work vehicle
terry
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manx..thanks Jace
sandrail
and my fav...country buggy
hope this helps
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by phat rat]
Yeah, taht was difficult to read.
Yeah, the other guys are right.
The manx buggy is a fibreglass-bodied car slapped onto a 'shortened' floorpan.
A sand-rail is pretty much a chassis with hardly or even no body, just rails and piping surrounding the cockpit of the vehicle.
A country buggy (which i haven't had much experience in) is a full car with an Australian designed body and a vw german engineered chassis.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Here is a manx:
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by mynameischris88]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Here is a rail:
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by mynameischris88]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
And last of all, heres the country buggy:
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
haha, try to spot the difference.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
A racel Buggy...
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by Chewy]
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If anyone watched one of those travel shows on channel 7 on Saturday, they would have seen a racer buggy just like that hooning on the track
dam that looked fun.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
hey Phat thats my buggy, you keep your eyes off. :P
Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle
And then enters the Meyers towd.
This thing brings a mixture of manx and sand rail put together.
But you would have to be one very lucky individual if you had one of these.
There is only a few in OZ.
Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle
I am that lucky individual ,but sorry to say you won't beseeing it for a while as ihave pulled it apart (yes the one in the photos above ) and am doing a full rebuild.
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
PS that car is actually a Towdster which has mud guards and an engine lid and cage as apoused to a towd that has none of the above , and some early Towds didnt even have bonnet or wind screen and for the last bit of trivia the first bodys were plastic not fiberglass.
[Edited on 1/5/2005 by A Westwood]
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Cheers all thankx, i guess i am going for a budget low performance race buggey then! :thumb .
Manx_xtc, your buggy does look pretty cool.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
A budget low performance buggy would be one of these babys
A Class 9
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Chewy,.. :bounce
That’s exactly what i want.
Tearing around the scrub without tearing out the budget sounds like the right balance.
Class 9 sounds like the way to go.
Cheers man!
