The year before I graduated from university, I almost made a very interesting purchase: a tube-frame kart packing the 200 horsepower, 2.5L V6 from a Ford Contour SVT in a rear-mount setup. In Arizona, so long as the vehicle met minimum safety guidelines and had been inspected, it could be plated and driven on the highways, and what says powerslides, off-road hijinks and general jackass driving thoughtful fuel-economy minded motoring like a featherweight buggy that would only really be driven around the local Prescott area? Made good sense to me at the time, but that purchase didn’t take place because the seller wound up trading the buggy in for some kind of Hyundai, Kia or something off of the used lot and the rolling testament to bad decisions was picked up in a matter of minutes afterwards.
Now, thanks to the Internet, I have an even more tempting option on the table. Luckily for me, the bank account does not approve of such a purchase and if I brought it home, this might be the last column I’d ever write, but that means one of you lucky readers could snatch this creation up. You know about the Ariel Atom…the tube-frame go-kart from the U.K. capable of turning Jeremy Clarkson’s face to a human-shaped blob of Nickelodeon slime? Yeah…that was packing a Honda-sourced four cylinder. This ain’t.
Here’s the rundown, from the listing:
-5.3 LS
-Custom Grind Comp Cam
-Ls6 Heads
-Ls6 Intake
-Fast Fuel Rails
-4L60E Trans
-3600 Stall
-10 Bolt 3:42 Rear
-Custom drive shaft
-Racing Fuel Pump
-Custom Fabricated Air Intake
-Polyethylene Motor Mounts
-Shorty Headers
-Electric Oval Low Profile Cutouts with Wireless Remote
-Magnaflow Exhaust
-Cross Drilled Rotors
-Independent Rear Suspension
-Power Steering
Exterior
-Custom Metallic Orange Powder Coating
-Carbon Fiber Accents
-True Flame airbrush work on removable panels
-Black painted intake manifold
-LED Tails lights
-HID headlights
-180 Rear view Mirror
-Custom Seats (custom made to match orange color)
-Polished 13 Gallon Tank
-Black Speedline Wheels 15×7 Fronts
-Black Speedline Wheels15x10 rear
-(4)All new Mickey Thompson tires
-Kenwood KDC-x998 Head Unit (w/bluetooth, HD radio, CD, USB, Aux and more. . .)
-AMP Hidden under dash
-(2) 6.5 Custom Center Mounted Speakers
-Custom LED lit Speakers
-Custom LED lit under dash
-Carbon Fiber Autometer Gauges
-Chrome Fire Extinguisher Custom Mounted
-Electronic Windshield Wiper
-Horn
-Rhino Lined Trunk & Floor
-Computer Under Dash
-OBll Under Dash
eBay Link: East Coast Rails Dune Buggy
Oh Baby that sounds like a FUN ride
that is sooo nice….I’d love to own that on the road. And Geordie, even before you open your mouth, don’t. If you can’t dig this you’re not a car head, you’re a badge hater.
So…. how do i own this??