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 Anthiron
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 12:34 AM |
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long wheel base buggie bodys....what arethe options?
what are the options as far as a second hand or new long wheel base basic buggy body are concerned.
i love the red buggy being done up in hotVWs by so cal imports.
can u get these in OZ? i suppose not.
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pete wood
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 05:57 PM |
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Beachbuggys australia have one, As do sharpbuilt. WHM has them too but I think he's out of the buggy game now.
http://www.beachbuggy.com.au/body.asp
http://www.sharpbuilt.com.au/dunebug.htm
http://www.whm.com.au/bodykits1.htm
Second handies would be few and far between, most of the buggies made were SWB. You could buy an old SWB bady and lengthen it but it's most likely
cheaper and easier to buy a new one, and that's coming from someone who actully modded his own SWB body.
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 06:59 PM |
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http://www.rhinobuggies.com.au (they got a vw buggy body coming out, best
thing, is that they are like 2 mins drive from me  )
As for the ones Wood mentioned, their pretty kool too. I like the bodies on the beachbuggy.com.au ones, the turn keys are superb, saw one at 2005 vw
klub fest show, and talked to the company representative who brought it down. Looked very modern, and well finished, especially in the interior.
As for sharpbuilt, around the same price, from memory a lil' cheaper in $$$ with alot of different things they sell, plus they have a new release out
now, and are more popular and from a technological aspect, seem to have more options.
Beachbuggy.com.au is bringing in a new buggy body in soon too. They aren't bad at all, They just don't advertise many technological aspects/options.
But i love the finishes on their turnkeys.
Their all good, with a lil' difference here and there. Just talk to em, see their web sites, and choose what eva takes ur aspirations.
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 09:22 PM |
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custom off road
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
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you know who i am
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 09:38 PM |
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mmm
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custom off road
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Yeah the Geko is a LWB Buggy hehehe
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Anthiron
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| posted on January 8th, 2006 at 11:37 PM |
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not really after a ute.....well im after anything really.....cheapest lwb buggy body i can find i spose.
will check out those sites pete.
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pete wood
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| posted on January 11th, 2006 at 03:25 PM |
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Why do you want a LWB one?
Extra seating, or QLD rego laws?
Coz if you wanted to do something real different, you could put an SWB body on a LWB chassis. The way to do it would be to have the front of the
chassis sticking out further and the front seats mounted further back. You have to shorten the gear shift and the cable tubes in the tunnel and mod
the pan a bit, but you'd need to do that anyway. It could look very hot rod and extra cool if you found a old looking shell and made the car a rat of
sorts. You could even put a spun Ali fuel tank up front like a gasser. :thumb
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| posted on January 12th, 2006 at 08:48 PM |
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i want LWB for simplicity (no cutting up of the pan) and because i dont want hassles if i went to rego it.
im thinking about a SWB body on a standard pan and in my head it just looks all wrong lengthening a body might be the go but only if i can get a cheap
second hand SWb body otherwise id just get a MAXFX kit.
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| posted on January 12th, 2006 at 09:57 PM |
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The long wheelbase Rat buggies look good Nick and I believe they're still available in Oz.
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pete wood
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| posted on January 13th, 2006 at 08:40 AM |
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fibrefab, in Vic I think
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| posted on January 13th, 2006 at 06:47 PM |
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Yeah http://www.fibrefab.com.au/
I heard from them about 12months ago and they were still doing them.
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| posted on January 13th, 2006 at 11:15 PM |
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just checked out the website.
does the maxFX kit come with rollbar and all that jazz? cause the ratbuggy seems to be a more complete kit for your money.
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| posted on January 14th, 2006 at 08:12 AM |
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I think that the Max kit is just the tub!!
You need to 'add-on' things like bar work ect. BBA can supply all this though
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| posted on January 14th, 2006 at 10:25 AM |
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The big advantage with the rat is that if you want to go watercooled later on, you a have a ready made grill cut out for a radiator. Might be worth
messaging Ratbug (I think that's his name anyway), coz he has one and could give you the heads up on it.
As for buying the rat based on rollbars, I'm guessing you'll probably need something a little more substantial than a single rollover hoop for
serious offroad anyway, so better getting that made up for the car once you have the body.
The other thing I should mention is, LWB pans need strenghening just like SWB pans. You will need to factor this into your budget, but if you can buy
a cheap mig (NOT gasless) and teach yourself to weld, you'll save yourself heaps...and learn heaps too.
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| posted on January 14th, 2006 at 11:34 AM |
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ive no intention of going water cooled so thats not really an issue right now.
by strengthening you mean with a lift kit style thing? there are manxs getting around without lift kits though?
i know id need more than a roll over hoop but if it comes with something thats better than nothing considering the kits are similarly priced and the
rat bug kit appears to come with a lot more goodies.
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| posted on January 14th, 2006 at 11:34 AM |
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does anyonw have a pic of a LWB rat buggie in its standard or more or less standard form?
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| posted on January 14th, 2006 at 04:02 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Anthiron
by strengthening you mean with a lift kit style thing? there are manxs getting around without lift kits though?
i know id need more than a roll over hoop but if it comes with something thats better than nothing considering the kits are similarly priced and the
rat bug kit appears to come with a lot more goodies.
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Yes, you can strengthen the pan with a lift kit or just by putting square tube around the edge and thicker sheet metal in the pan with a few braces.
And yes there are buggy's with unstiffened pans, but the tunnel generally ends up cracking around the handbrake lever. Bad. 
If you are planning to do anything above drive sedately rounds the streets you need a stiffened pan and adequate rollover protection. Ask someone like
buggybrad what can go wrong if you don't. Don't risk the lives and safety of yourself and your passengers.
Anyway, it's not that hard to do. All you need is some basic welding skills and strengthening in the right areas. If I could learn to do it, I'm
sure you can. Besides, if you want to invest thousands of dollars in it, you'll want to do it right.
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