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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: muddyoffroader on January 27, 2010, 18:41:01
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anyone interested in or got an offroad buggie, or even on road, or thinking of building or buying one,
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Do you mean "Converted Lawnmower" buggy or "McRae Dakar" buggy/Sand Rail?
There is the "Build an off road buggy for" £XXX (not a lot) that Haynes Publish.?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Your-Own-Off-road-Buggy/dp/1859606423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264629440&sr=8-1
Iv looked at some on ebay before as iv got some land, prices vary but over £1000 you can get something very scary. No idea of build quality though.
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anyone interested in or got an offroad buggie, or even on road, or thinking of building or buying one,
hi m8 ive got one or two offroad buggies :-$
reliant engined buggy
2 bike engined buggies and stuff to build another bike engined one but using a gsx750f engine :dance: if i get around to doing it
Simon
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or are you on about rock crawling/challenge buggys?
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BUGGY'S IN GENERAL
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Kiddies push chair buggies?
Not exactly specific just saying buggies :roll:
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My mate has one, it was powered by a 900cc Fireblade engine. It was so fast across a stubble field even time slowed down!
Great fun cost us a fortune in Chains and sprockets but what a laugh!
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South Wales Police went through a phase last summer of scrapping them, when their owners were caught using them illegally.
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South Wales Police went through a phase last summer of scrapping them, when their owners were caught using them illegally.
Can do under section 59 if its not reclaimed after 14 days or if it caught on the public highway with not insurance etc...
Lucky for us my mate also owns 2000 acres of Lincolnshires fines grade 1 silt land! :D
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If you plan to build a road legal one, start by reading up on the SVA/IVA regs. Yes there are hoops to jump through but a well-designed and built vehicle should have no trouble passing, and it's well worth the effort as you'll only be able to use it on private land with the landowner's permission otherwise.
Personally if I was in the market to build something extreme it'd probably be a traybacked 90 as a road legal challenge truck.
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90? Extreme?
Start with a stolly !!
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Nah, Scammell Constructor! :D
The front axle articulation is mad, and with a walking beam at the back and 6x6...
It does have a rear-mounted winch too - reckon it'd be allowed to enter challenge events? :lol:
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scamell challenge wagon? now theres a project id like to see!!
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Only ask as I am designing a full spaceframe buggy based on a Disco engine and running gear with coilovers, although 303 axles are looking tempting!
Hope to start the build in April/ May - not sure when it will be finished, the aim is 6 to 8 months.
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My Buggy...after 18 months!!!!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/manxmafia/misc226.jpg)
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Very nice bit of kit you got there,
have seen road legal buggys on ebay with a front winch as standard,they look like good fun 4 about 4k brand new and no need for iva :D
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seems a few are interested, anyway few friends have opened a new uk based buggy forum, if anyone is interested ye can join here
http://muddybuggy.co.uk/portal.php
with more members im sure it will get quite busy,
it free and friendly and still under construction but its UK BASED so uk builds mainly, from 2wd to 4wd, front engine to rear engine,
come along and say hello
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Very nice bit of kit you got there,
have seen road legal buggys on ebay with a front winch as standard,they look like good fun 4 about 4k brand new and no need for iva :D
Presumably the seller organises the IVA? I'd want to see a certificate before shelling out personally, as I've heard a few tales of people buying something described as "road legal" and then finding to their cost that it lacks the necessary IVA paperwork!