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.

adrs started in 72.

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.