Hallzy
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Gotta love old bikes too
Other toys lets see em
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Hallzy
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And boats
I like boats too, had a lot of fun with them quite a few years ago.
River Cruises from Hastings MN/Prescott WI up to Stillwater MN on the St. Croix River.
Check out the price of Reg Gas $1.29 gal.
River Cruises from Hastings MN/Prescott WI up to Stillwater MN on the St. Croix River.
Check out the price of Reg Gas $1.29 gal.
Then there are the Dune Buggies
And converted to a Dune Buggy Snow Plow
Dune Buggies, building them and using them, travel to different Dune locations around the country meeting lots of great people. That was so much fun, glad we took the time to go after that.
And converted to a Dune Buggy Snow Plow
Dune Buggies, building them and using them, travel to different Dune locations around the country meeting lots of great people. That was so much fun, glad we took the time to go after that.
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
I seriously want try making one of them ! Those look like so much fun unfortunately I don't have anywhere to ride one. Wonder if a guy could make one street legal here in VA? Probably not they are so strict about stuff like that.
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
My other hobby is gunsmithing I really enjoy building custom rifles and restoring old ones. Here are a few of my customs. The ruger is a ruger American it was my buddies and it got ran over by a pickup at the local shooting range bent the barrel and broke the stock but the action was ok other than it broke the safety off. I made a safety out of a scrap piece of aluminum and rebarreled it in 338 federal. Next is a custom mauser i built its a 450 bushmaster on a spanish 93 then a early iver Johnson 12 gauge i restored. Im gonna do an original style butt plate eventually im not a fan of the recoil pad. I wish i had a before picture of it. It was seriously garbage lol most ppl would have tossed it. I paid 35 bucks for it at an auction
Yeah we built all those buggies here with the home made tubing bender setup on the wood splitter. I still have all of the Buggy Frame dimensions cataloged with angles and pictured to duplicate those frames like the Red Buggy if you ever feel the true need to build one.
We built these off the VW Bugs suspensions and drive lines which are in short supply now. Another one of those things that was good to do when the time was right, all the readily available parts are gone now.
People are still building them, but with the components they are building them with the price has tripled.
One of our custom modifications to beef up the drive lines was to put in the Super Diff (4 spider gears like the Sure-Grips) and the modified 280-Z Drive Shafts to replace the stock VW CV Jointed Driveshafts that would blow out all the time, that fixed that for good. They looked cool sitting in there too.
Nice workmanship there for sure !
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Iv seen those vw Buggies on the roads here so its got to be doable lol
My new project is a 1959 Rocket roundabout by Feather Craft, 12.4 in length , first 3 pictures are how I got it, just pulled the hood off and going to replace it with a solid aluminum hood..fun fun.
The trailer is a Gator from 1959 and it's a great find that came with it
The trailer is a Gator from 1959 and it's a great find that came with it
Sure want to see it when your done Mike..
Here you go, a couple of lads having a good time in their street legal buggy, driving past the local Bar/Grille on 9-19-20.
Sure looks like fun I would love to build one or buy one all done.
How much would one cost?
My Willys, built it from a $200 pos.
I sure will keep you updated, my son works for a cnc corporation, he can cut me a new one, rivet it back on and put an aluminum floor in it, I love this little hot rod
Treblig
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He/she who dies with the most toys WINS!!!
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Cool boat Mike! You mentioned Gator trailer? Got more pics? I had one that I traded for a newer one.
Round pipe and lightweight.
Round pipe and lightweight.
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Back in 2000 we were into building them, figured if we could get one done up for 5000 with all the bells and whistles we were doing pretty good. Took about 200 man hours to build them start to finish. Could probably build one for less if you are resourceful.
This Red Buggy was first built in 2000 with a stock VW 1600 cc Engine and '73 IRS Transaxle. Later upgraded to a built 1835 cc and the beefed up drive train and beefed up rear control arms to handle the abuse so they would not bend. External oil coolers really helped to pull the heat out of the air cooled engines and allowed them to run much cooler, plus the added oil capacity and remote filter was a good thing too.
There were unique sets of parts from the VW Bugs that were much better that others, so it took some experience to know what to look for that provided strength and application usefulness.
Probably best for someone starting out is to buy a used one as all the parts and package are completed. Then rework it from there as you see fit.
Here are 2 pages of the 20 page build diagrams that I have on file here yet.
Gave us something worth while to do to get through the cold Winters here, then we would head down to the Dunes in warmer Oklahoma in the early Spring and go use them.
The higher end long travel suspension buggies are taking over the market now.
The quad runners and new side by sides are popular now too, people can just go buy them.
We actually enjoyed building our own, then taking them out and using them to share our build experiences.
We were just so into it at the time, like an obsession . . Lol . . .
Greasyfingers
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Was doing a lot of offroading up until recently. Hopefully I'll get back to in the spring.
Cudabnu
(3) 64 Val Verts. /6 4spd, 273/904, 318/727
mopardude318
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1974 power wagon, W200.
I’m in to old tractors, especially Oliver and Cletrac. I brought this little Ollie 550 back to life and disc the field with it.
I have 3 mid-late 1940’s Cletrac Dozers I’ve been working on the past 3 years. 2 are gas, 1 is diesel.
You can see what I started with last year with the tree laying on it, sat there for 40 years, and now it’s all fixed and me driving it In the field Just yesterday.
a few of mine
Hallzy
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This ol 2500 burban was my best friends before he passed away I've been slowly fixing it up hopefully going to put a 12 valve in it soon. It seats 9 and is really quite a capable 4x4 with the winch there aren't many places she won't go!
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