Hallzy
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Gotta love old bikes too
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.Then there are the Dune Buggies
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And converted to a Dune Buggy Snow Plow
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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.
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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.
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
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Iv seen those vw Buggies on the roads here so its got to be doable lolYeah 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.
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Sure want to see it when your done Mike..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
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Iv seen those vw Buggies on the roads here so its got to be doable lol
Sure looks like fun I would love to build one or buy one all done.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.
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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 rodSure want to see it when your done Mike..
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
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.Sure looks like fun I would love to build one or buy one all done.
How much would one cost?