Love my Mopars and yes abused them bad and they still ran. I needed a new toy to restore and always liked the Bug or bus just to have some fun in my old age so we will see how well my new Bug works out.
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My dad made dune buggy's back in the day and had a blast driving them around. So my new toy being under powered and no heat in the cab will be a challenge here in North Dakota winter at 40 below. If it doesn't work out I'll sell it and buy a new toy again. Retired has it's advantage I can restore a car and do another one if I want. Keeps me busy and having fun.
TexasDart
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Oh yeah my aunt had a dune buggy that was a blast to drive.
diymirage
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I'd love to have one some day...probably stick a junker 318 in it though
TexasDart
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Now those rail buggies with the V8s those look like too much fun.
Damn kids your all the same. Throw a big engine in a roller skate and hang on.
How bout a 57 Ferd straight 6 on a shortened frame with a seat! Did that around 66 lolDamn kids your all the same. Throw a big engine in a roller skate and hang on.
Ahoey
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Never said anything about creature comforts. Took the pos distributor out put one out of a 1200 changed solex carb for a mikuni installed mild cam put header on it rings bearings oil pump and beat this thing stupid. Still running still will pull wheels on asphalt and still will make you scrape your pants out. It’s 26 years old. Can’t believe the abuse this power train has endured. No oil filter
yup offen thought about buying one of those high hp Front wheel drive imports from auto pac write off sales welding u joints on wheels straight using vw front end and build a wild buggy. Then I think about it nope not happeningDamn kids your all the same. Throw a big engine in a roller skate and hang on.
I like your ideas that would be a blast.
Neither did I!! Knew going in that there wasn't going go be much in creature comforts but didn't think there would be NONE lol It was pretty much a 'pill bug' car but thought it would be a 'bit' more than that. The Valiant/Dart was a MUCH better car imo.
Yep best to keep it to the point of just shitting myself and not flinging it around the neighborhood.
Ahoey
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Lmao but from what I understand never had the experience these are not winter cars. Oil pan heaters, air cooled a gasoline heater in front trunk (I have one will test if u need it) look for frost shields probably going to need them.
It was fun until our dads shut us down lol Oh well. Go carts were next. My dad took a sledge hammer to the motor on mine one day because I kept running it in the neighbor hood but luckily the piston was down and the only thing damaged was him driving the spark plug down into the head and I had it running the next day. I thought that was the end of time until I pulled the head off
Kept the cart over at a buddy's house until the 'storm' blew over.....
Mine would be in a heated garage all winter and would not go far in winter if I had to drive it maybe 40 miles round trip.
Haven't seen a gasoline heater in years pictures of it if you can.
Unconventional
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Manitoba 1966 "Hey Dad. How come all the cars up here have those weird black stripes on the windows?"
I was 10 yr old.
We all had dirt bikes in my youth and had a great time out running the police. Dad never gave me a hard time because I was not a thief and always helped the neighbors. Cop totaled out his car chasing me one day as he slid around a corner and hit a fire hydrant. Got a bigger dirt bike after that and never had another problem getting close to a cop car.It was fun until our dads shut us down lol Oh well. Go carts were next. My dad took a sledge hammer to the motor on mine one day because I kept running it in the neighbor hood but luckily the piston was down and the only thing damaged was him driving the spark plug down into the head and I had it running the next day. I thought that was the end of time until I pulled the head off
LOL never been there again I'm guessing.Manitoba 1966 "Hey Dad. How come all the cars up here have those weird black stripes on the windows?"
Unconventional
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Dad was working on a slip form concrete silo project. Spent all summer up there
. First lake I ever saw that you couldn't see the other shore, Lake Winnipeg. October 1st it was raining on the ground where we were, it was snowing on the top of the silo, "Get Packed! We're outa here!" The trip home was pretty amazing also. The Great Lakes, the Mississippi, the Ozarks, lots of Route 66 .
Dry as a popcorn fart here at 10 below never need defrost much.Just leave the windshield out. No fog no ice.
Sounds like your dad went south from Winnipeg real fast to get to warm weather.Dad was working on a slip form concrete silo project. Spent all summer up there
Unconventional
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East to begin with. Lake of the Woods Ontario, Mackinaw Bridge, Michigan, Chicago, then south and west. Folks had friends in numerous places along our route. They heard the same thing from some of them when we got back to Ca. "Be glad you got out when you did. 3 days after you left it started snowing and didn't stop for a week."
We had carmin ghias. They were horrible in the winter. Driving with a scraper in your hand. The moisture comes from your body. It is rarely that cold here so I dont know how that works in your climate. That was a joke anyway. I would never do that. Curios to see the gas heater. I've heard about them but never saw one.
Ahoey
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It’s in a wreck I bought for parts. Try and remember to take pic after work.
Do what this guy did. He put a 383 4 speed in his. You don't drive it you just aim it.
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