I'm getting a bit of grief from the engineering section at motor rego about a buggy I want to make. I want to make it out of a 1974, 1300 swing axle beetle. I believe that gearbox is stronger in some way than the earlier models. Is this so? if so, how so?
Please let me know so that I can baffle them with science rather than bamboozle them with bullshit when I write my next letter apealing against their decision to classify a buggy on an unmodified, full length pan as an Individually Constructed Vehicle rather than a rebodied Extensively Modified Vehicle.
Also is there a regulation about what year is the cut off for buggy making? Is a '74 too recent? Should it be a '72 or earlier?
i dont know much about buggies and legalities of
but custom offroad in hayward st at stafford (who i think are sponsors of the forum) in brisbane do
but then WA and QLD rules?
goodluck
nick
go pre '74 that way you do not have any hassles with adr compliance. good luck with project.
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
adrs started in 72.
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Thanks gentlepeople. I have bought a 68 semi auto with a horrible home built soft top conversion and lots of body rust to get the ball joint disc brake front and IRS rear which I really want. I can't bring myself to wreck a good little swing axle '74 1300 to make a buggy. I've Herbied it and it has grown on me. I suppose it's a bit like never naming the poddy calf or the orphan lamb if you intend to eat it.
