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[FS - NSW] J&S buggy
pete wood - July 22nd, 2010 at 08:20 PM

For sale, J&S lwb buggy.
I went to Canberra for a rally a few weeks back and had a stark realization. The car does not fit in with where I want to go re motorsport and rallying. I have also lost the time/$$$/desire to work on it and take it offroad. So, save yourself some trouble and cash by buying something that is finished and ready to drive.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/khanacross/lbmkc12.jpg

SPECS:
68 J&S buggy. Raised, lengthended for LWB pan. with 4 seats (cobra classic front buckets/rear bench) and baby harness mount. Twin rollover hoops front and rear. Full soft top
1960 LWB pan. Volksconversions disc brake Link pin frontend with raised bumpstops, twin adjusters/IRS rear, type 3 arms, 24mm torsion bars and drums (wide 5). 19mm whiteline rear sway bar, brake bias valve, jamar single handle turning brake. Extensive subframe and kafer cup style bracing of chassis horns and shock towers. Toughdog shocks front and back. Fully sorted chassis for khanas and dirt work.
Subaru EJ25 DOHC and stock ECU with less than 120k on it. Shortened sump, Unifilter and custom exhaust. Volkconversions plate/flywheel and kombi 1800 clutch. 091 kombi box [built by Schimo] with 0.77 top gear, moly pinion nut, vanagon 4 spidergear diff. Urethane mounts.
Full rego and engineered.
6 15x6 steel offroad wheels imported from the US. 6 locally made sunraisier offroad wheels. All up, 3 sets of tyres on rims, road/offroad/rally.
Some spares.

Driven but not thrashed. The car is good enough to produce fastest times in khanas and has run an honest 15.8 ET at WSID (could go quicker too).

Have spent $35k plus.

Make me a offer. Will consider all offers above $10k

Pete, Western Sydney, 0431371692


ratbug - July 22nd, 2010 at 09:04 PM

I'll say it again :yes:

Nooooo


h - July 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM

wow pete
I didn't see that coming..
bump


pete wood - July 23rd, 2010 at 09:01 AM

neither did I, but there you go. times change, need to move on.


Craig Torrens - July 23rd, 2010 at 09:57 AM

Pete, what will your replacement car be ??


ian.mezz - July 23rd, 2010 at 03:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ratbug
I'll say it again :yes:

Nooooo

Hay mista money bags buy it for Rose and I and we could come to stocko beach with you.:lol::crazy::lol:


BlueV2 - July 23rd, 2010 at 05:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ian.mezz
Quote:
Originally posted by ratbug
I'll say it again :yes:

Nooooo

Hay mista money bags buy it for Rose and I and we could come to stocko beach with you.:lol::crazy::lol:


Or, Ian, you could buy it and add it to your large VW collection....and then bring it to Stockton :lol:


But hey Pete, you will regret it you know that:!:


OZ Towdster - July 23rd, 2010 at 06:38 PM

Hell dude ,
The old J & S may not be the quickest thing to hit khana's etc , but at least it's unique and not just another P510 , or 180b SSS like every other dick is running .
I would think your biggest problem is understeer under power and this can be fixed but you must let the front end walk which is not possible while your still running snubbers .
Sorry Pete , not trying to bag your sale but you love this car and have put many hours into it's development so i as one would be disipounted ( shit you know hwta i mean ) if you sell Zac


pete wood - July 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 PM

Actually, the car is awesome at khanas and hardly understeers at all anymore... which is a miracle really. I'd go as far to say that it's the best handling buggy I've ever seen. The issue is, it doesn't fit into any class in proper rallies and to get it to the stage where it would be rally-ready would take more money and time than is justifiable considering what I've spent already. Added to that, it used to be good for business, but I just don't drive it that much anymore and I don't enjoy it that much either. I like working on it, but I really don't have the time, hence, the desire to do that anymore. And when I went to Canberra to watch a rally recently, I realised, old cars are slow and expensive for what they are. I just don't love it anymore. I don't hate it, but owning a buggy takes passion and the passion is gone. I'm feeling similarly about all aircoolers at the mo actually.

... and I won't tell you what I'm thinking of buying coz you'd all scream blasphemy.

But it's a great car. not perfect. a few little things to do, but's a great car. just not for me anymore.


Craig Torrens - July 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 PM

buy an evo :cool:


pete wood - July 23rd, 2010 at 11:11 PM

yeah, no. too many of these things... $$$$


johny rotten - July 24th, 2010 at 07:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by h
wow pete
I didn't see that coming..
bump




This thing has been for sale periodically for several years :lol:

Pete you have always bagged air cooled stuff to justify your own project

Why don't you bring the buggy up to Valla to show how well it handles :lol:


pete wood - July 24th, 2010 at 08:18 AM

fair cop Johnny re how many times I've put it up, but this time it's going.

re bagging aircoolers; I love aircoolers as much as the next guy on here, but I'm also realistic enough to know that they are not a cheap performance option, especially when it comes to racing. You've either got to be dedicated (and I don't have the time) or rich (and I don't have the money). I've looked seriously into building an aircooled rally car over the last 2-3 years and came to the conclusion, rightly, that it would take $30k plus just to get near the faster datsuns around (which are not that quick). Just to put things in perspective, $30k could buy me a competitive and rally ready wrx/evo. The only sphere of motorsport where VWs make any real impact is hillclimbing... and even then, only within certain classes. Pete Gumley's days are over as champion now people are using bike engines and monocoque style open wheelers. Yes I know there are the drags but really, most people are just racing other aircoolers there. Nothing wrong with it, but there it is. So as I said, I love aircoolers, but I just can't justify the $$$/time required. Sorry.

re valla; sorry, no valla for me. working, which is kinda central to the issue really.

just to clarify, I'd consider offers round the $14k range.


pete wood - July 26th, 2010 at 02:16 PM

have added some more details to the specs.


h - July 26th, 2010 at 06:16 PM

;). :lol:

Quote:
Originally posted by johny rotten
Quote:
Originally posted by h
wow pete
I didn't see that coming..
bump




This thing has been for sale periodically for several years :lol:

Pete you have always bagged air cooled stuff to justify your own project

Why don't you bring the buggy up to Valla to show how well it handles :lol:


pete wood - July 27th, 2010 at 09:35 AM

umm... :?:


pete wood - April 6th, 2011 at 06:38 PM

Have had a few calls recently. Yes I still have the car and Yes am still happy to talking about selling.