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Long story with this one.
At least 12 years ago, a buddy wanted to get into a sand toy, cheap. I volunteered to help him, and we promptly found a corvair-powered buggy locally and fairly cheap.
We cut the corvair stuff out, and sold it. Welded in a VW torsion, and built a t-trailer for it.
Made this particular trailer a little different than the usual ones, in order to be able to pull it with a mini-van (I know, I know....not mine though). Kept it a little narrower than most t-trailers too, by moving the axle forwards to the balance point for this type of buggy.
(I actually found the balance point by jacking up a spare completed buggy, and used that dimension to build from)
Raising the "tire-rack" on the rear a few inches also kept the track width down for easier towing.
He bought a bunch of parts, seats, aluminum floor, etc, before running out of time. It was taking up space at my place, and no work getting done for over a year, and I finally convinced him to take it home, hoping proximity would provide motivation?
Guess not. He said he only went out to look at it 3 times in 12 years.
Anyways, I find myself less in need of a large 2-place buggy trailer, and more in need of a pair of LIGHTWEIGHT single buggy trailers.
I already had one lightweight version. Needs something more handy in the ramp department, but that is minor.
I called to see if he wanted to part ways with the whole project. He did, and for reasonable $.
So now we have the 2 lightweight trailers covered. Might have to look into selling the big 2-place trailer now....
Don't mind my driveway weeds.....they have been sprayed.
Anyone want a fiberglass dune buggy project, cheap?
At least 12 years ago, a buddy wanted to get into a sand toy, cheap. I volunteered to help him, and we promptly found a corvair-powered buggy locally and fairly cheap.
We cut the corvair stuff out, and sold it. Welded in a VW torsion, and built a t-trailer for it.
Made this particular trailer a little different than the usual ones, in order to be able to pull it with a mini-van (I know, I know....not mine though). Kept it a little narrower than most t-trailers too, by moving the axle forwards to the balance point for this type of buggy.
(I actually found the balance point by jacking up a spare completed buggy, and used that dimension to build from)
Raising the "tire-rack" on the rear a few inches also kept the track width down for easier towing.
He bought a bunch of parts, seats, aluminum floor, etc, before running out of time. It was taking up space at my place, and no work getting done for over a year, and I finally convinced him to take it home, hoping proximity would provide motivation?
Guess not. He said he only went out to look at it 3 times in 12 years.
Anyways, I find myself less in need of a large 2-place buggy trailer, and more in need of a pair of LIGHTWEIGHT single buggy trailers.
I already had one lightweight version. Needs something more handy in the ramp department, but that is minor.
I called to see if he wanted to part ways with the whole project. He did, and for reasonable $.
So now we have the 2 lightweight trailers covered. Might have to look into selling the big 2-place trailer now....
Don't mind my driveway weeds.....they have been sprayed.
Anyone want a fiberglass dune buggy project, cheap?
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