This buggy has an Imp-line wide scoop on the hood, flat fenders and a flip up tail. The Dune Runner Pickup specifies the body design - It could have been fitted with a number of different hoods. Email me! The kit was kind of plain beyond that and the tail looked like a Brute. Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:46 am USA - Akron, Ohio Map Seller: Nicholas Wm. The guys who built this had the beetle, rolled it, and decided to make a buggy out of it (only the roof was crushed). Currently being restored, almost finished but needs identification. Free or royalty-free photos and images. Found her on Craigslist. The side are ultra low for easy step in height. Almost all of these dune buggies were sold as kit cars and one of their biggest draw cards was just how cheap they were to build. So I went to check her out and bought her on the spot. Other than the chassis and rear seat change, the GS is identical to the Deserter Series-1. Front fenders resemble flat mud flaps from the front of the buggy. Allied dune buggy. Jul 24, 2021 - Dune Buggy Archives helps people research the history and learn to build fiberglass dune buggies. Boss Bug was made by Perfect Plastcis of PA. Manx style buggy with bubble side pods and fastback hardtop. Story By. The "KAR Touring T" was made to accommodate people (plural), the family or "the gang" Made with equal-level front and rear seating, this "touch of antique" offers real comfort. Dune Buggy Kits, Bodies and Parts The Kit Car List of Dune Buggy kits, bodies, manufacturers, dealers, builders, parts and turnkeys. his image on the sales brochure. In fact, they were the first to create a fiberglass dune buggy in 1964 which set off their tradition of breaking new ground in the industry. If you don't know the manufacturer of your buggy, add it to the "New X-Files" registry with some identification thumbnails. The back is big! Inc. Click the X-0054 Topic to discuss this X-File. 32 years later, it was on my trailer getting a new lease on life. A C cab model was also available. The rear fender does not have the side notch, but instead has a rounded profile to it. The tail section has a small raised box for the rear plate. It is not known where it is now. A 2 seat buggy with room for a jump seat or storage. shortened 62 pan looks like 14 1/2 inches cut out. Sand Flee - Also check out the Sand Flea "Pull-It". My daughter and I have an ongoing bet on whether or not she will like the finished product. I bought it from the owner in NV and brought it back to AZ. The buggy then sat in the original owners garage for a period of twenty +/- years until it was sold to a neighbor. Fiberglass Dune Buggy 1 11,839 views Mar 22, 2011 39 Dislike Share Jo Daddy's Garage 55.9K subscribers This is an old Dune Buggy I bought last year. The fiberglass body made the vehicle lightweight. I own 2 of these buggies, two buddies each own one and I know of 3 more.I've heard they were either made in Lethbridge or Winnipeg, Canada. I'm excited, this is my first build. The Joe Poty Sand Rover has a unique hood ridge that is round at the bottom and widens near the windshield. Bought it from a friend who found it and only had it for a month. This looks a lot like a Sand Rover, but the hood is totally different. The hood and dash are 2 pieces bonded together. This buggy body borrows its base body from Allied. The decal on this previously unknown buggy has sparked some information to be found on it. David Chow of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada. The front fenders are rounded and back is flat with a slight curve to it. Classic Manx body style. Traded a pair of woofers to another kid in exchange in the mid-80s, then placed it behind my parents house for 20 years. The tail is a classic box. Finally! The pointed nose, high rear engine cover, and Datusun 280Z like headlight recesses are very easy to pick out of a crowd. X-0003 has a wide ridge running up the center of the hood with a large oval bump on the very front for an emblem. To add an entry or update your entry, click here to login, Grandpa Crotch Rocket PhotoBucket Gallery. The Single Ridge hood and the rounded edge tail box, is a match to a Glitterbug but, the Dash is the key here. just added the coil overs and exhaust for inspiration, lol. Distinctive rear fenders with no ridge or lip between the fender and the seat tub. She currently runs, but not very well. . It has a very wide and shallow tail box. How many were made? The tail was a flip up spoiler design. Made by Dunbar, the Hawk II had wide fenders and louver hood scoops. The Sand Rover T buggy was a pickup styled dune buggy kit. It could be called a double box as there is a faint outline of a second box. Thank you from the former owner of a Sandwinder II/California Clipper.". This buggy differed from a tow'd in that it was built to go on a pan. in Monson, Ma. The Bandito was stylish built one piece shell style buggy without a seperate hood. The taillights are recessed as was the allied. All the ones I've seen have used piano hinges and crate latches as hardware. The tail was a larger version of the manx style box. Spatz style flat topped rear fenders and tail box are like a Spatzbut those sides are certainly NOT Spatz. Barris built and designed Hollywood show cars and the flashy Barris T buggy took the cover of HotRod and other magazines by storm. Dune buggy that my Grandfather owned before he passed , it was sold as part of his estate. Autocraft manufactured several different buggy models. We have only one ad to reference and a few photos. Recently upgraded to a stock 2.3Turbo ford motor but still working out a few cooling issues. The dual hood scoops with the wide ridge down the nose are similar to X-0030 but the ridge stops as the hood starts to slope downward. The tail is a classic box. Built in New Smyrna Beach Florida. It was a pedigree Dune Buggy from 1968. http://www.dunebuggyarchives.com/forum/topic_show.pl?tid=1761. Our fiberglass line includes accessories and Trike bodies. Anyone with information on the name of this buggy I have will be greatly appreciated. The mounts for the headlights may be of Dunbar design. 1971 thru 1973 1600 DP not the original if pan is 1974, engine serial number begins "AE". The hood has a raised strip down the center which ends at an oval. We are a club in PA. We are always looking for new members and there are never any membership dues! This body was created by Stan Jevne in Entwhistle Alberta. The Touring T is built on a 94" wheelbase. (c)2016 - Acme Trailer Works, Inc. The front fenders have a spot molded in for the front turn signals. Like a Mountaineer, but with a pick up style tail. The designed a Clone body that would easily stack inside each other 20 at a time for cross country shipping. The car is still sporting it's original orange metal flake gelcoat! bought the body for 35 dollars, needed alot of work, got most of it done. In the photo album we have a vintage photo of the store front. Restored and shortened. Was a cool buggy in the 60's, but time has caught up with it. There are before and after pictures. If anyone has the literature by Fun Products, please let us know. Well done electricals and such. Want to build your own dune buggy or buy one, there are vendors who specialize in manufactured dune buggys and those who sell dune buggy plans . No cracks in fiberglass, spider cracks, chips or dings. X-0037 looks like a splash of a Spatz buggy. have no idea what cylindes,crank heads, just purchased trying to locate wheel cylinders that fit all are 1 1/16 where they go in the back plate I need 1 1/8, I am not real good so the dang computer made lots of entries hopefully some one will fix it, crager? He found it on Ebay and drove out to Michigan to buy it. The bump is round on the bottom with straight sides and a point on the top where it meets the ridge. No, there is no evidence of them being cut off, either. X-0007 has a unique hood with a rib that goes halfway up but then flares out into a big V shaped "scoop" but it's not a scoop. She's no speed demon and, even though she thinks she is, she is not a 4WD. All new paint on everything.that's a whole lot of sandblasting. The high carriage style top is also unique. Bushmaster out of Texas made several different models. The fenders are missing the standard headlight stand offs. Veep by Hadley Engineering Inc. 1778 Monrovia, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 The Meyers Manx Mk 1 was a cherry to the eye. The EAST COAST laws required full engine coverage after 1970. 10 vehicles matched The buggy sits on a shortened pan. He purchased the body, upholstery, windshield, etc. AlbarES (See The Dune Buggy Handbook for a full description), Abar S (See The Dune Buggy Handbook for a full description). Son made a bad joke, this is how it got the name refuge shopping Kart! X-0022 is a classic 2 piece buggy with a pretty smooth hood with headlight buckets right in the front. This buggy looks a lot like a Sand Dancer Brougham T, but it has a double tail box. Thanks to Arno L 2154 for IDing this one. The only difference Modified rear lights. One set of springs bears most of the weight, but as the suspension compresses it gets stiffer as the second spring starts to load more and more. The back seat of a series one could be cut out and replaced with an engine cover to go over the mid-engine chassis. I am a member if the Buggybums dune buggy club. According to the Meyers Manx website, the buggy kit presently . Bought this buggy about 6 years ago and began tinkering with it, this past winter i got it finished and street legal, it needs a little work here and there, later i would like to find a 1600 dual port to put in it. Thanks to David H. Irwin for the following information. Email us or post it here! Tail light area sticks out further than the rest of the tail. This buggy looks very similar to a SandPiper Pickup except for the back of the rear fenders (chopped off instead of flipping up) and the sides of the fenders (which come down further). Dune Buggy has 1965 vw chasis with a manx fiberglass body. currently replacing stock tranny broken last month at drag strip .waiting for new pro comp tranny to arrive. Fiberglass Fun: 1970 Meyers Manx SR. Bruce Meyers kicked off a craze in 1964 with his Volkswagen-based Meyers Manx dune buggy; here was a low-cost, easy-to-build, fun, lightweight beach car to perfectly embody the Southern California surf scene that's always captured the American imagination. Someone I work with was listening in on a conversation about a newly acquired pipe bender and the buggy I might just build for my 140 HP corvair engine. It is a tiny car, with a wheelbase 14 1/4 inches shorter than a Beetle for lightness and better . Cars Hogansville. front left cylinder not carrying well carb was dumping fuel when I fired it up probly rings washed out the cylinder. Nostalgia Dune Buggy Body - Standard Colors $2400.00 Nostalgia Dune Buggy Body - Metal Flake Colors $3450.00 Lancer Dune Buggy Body $2065.95 Roadster-T Dune Buggy Body $3109.95 Genesis 4-Seater Dune Buggy Body - Standard Colors $3350.00 Genesis 4-Seater Dune Buggy Body - Metal Flake $4120.00 Fiberglass Dune Buggy Hard Top $1130.00 Has wiring harness tube on the driver's side running to the rear. Came with single port.now has dual port. It's sitting on a VW frame with a 6 volt system, http://s1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/chris_ricker/?action=view¤t=Buggy1.jpg. The body's only really distinguishing feature is the enormous gauge pod on the hood. The company overlooked the commercial manufacturing of the street-ready Manx Dune Buggy. They were designed to be the same dimensions as it's cousin the Manx. Car lot in Grass Valley, the owner of the car lot said the car was on consignment and the cars owner is on a long finishing trip ? X-0033 may be a buggy manufactured by Bermoco. Here's a buggy with a distinctive hood (single ridge, pointed in the front) and unique tail box that raises up above the back end. A VW bug is a common model for turning into a dune buggy. I bought this car from a friend of mine of mine 2 years ago. Bertram FiberglassMade a copy of the popular Lido kit and advertisied it in 2000. This buggy would have been the ultimate "Family Sander" in my opinion. . 95. I would like to know when this was made and by who. The trip was about 35-40 miles or so mostly on the Expressway at speeds upwards of 65MPH. The body comes standard with the hood fitted and mounted. "ACE" is molded into the tailgate. I remember it was a four-seat, greenish,fiberglass, with a "Flintstones" like white top. Details. It has a very pointed nose. Click the X-0055 Topic to discuss this buggy. The dash looks unique in that it has a rectangular center section that seems lower than most. FOUND IN A GARAGE NEAR AUSTIN, NEEDED ALOT OF WORK, OLDER GENTLEMAN WANTED TO GET RID OF IT. Roadster-T - Unique Style. Alameda Fiberglass built this style of pickup kit. X-0004 has a large oval opening in the front of the hood reminding us of a Cobra. Aero Buggy was one off racer built by Scott and Mark Hannum, wrecked, and then sold. This body was also special in that there was a flat horizontal stiffener for rigidity that the body needed to mate against. The fenders are classic clam shell shape. The rear seat has a battery box and front to back trough. All GT bodies have a "cut-line" around the back seat area where they can be cut to add the GS option. Its a hatch that I don't have but I have someone looking for it. drives nice could use a little touching up. This buggy has the basic Manx styling. There is supposed to be a history on how this model came to be. It is also known as the Vagabond Sportster. X-0034 has a unique hood with a ridge, a diamond and two spurs coming off the diamond. It has a tail box, the engine covered for Euro-requirements, headlights in the fenders, and a hood scoop. This buggy turned up on the sand dunes over here in Australia - Any one have any idear what this might be Choose from a large variety of "standard" colors or for an additional charge add some sparkle with a "metal flake" finish. not sure, never seen a nother one like it (until now on here) that's why i like it. Hand Made Structure Our body shells are hand made to order, they come in an outstanding smooth finish. just can't see tearing apart a good running buggy. Been sitting in the same place for 42 years. The EMPI Imp 1970 model differs from the 68/69 in a number of ways. The most unique one was called the SideWinder. The Beettle also known as the Tall Timber Buggy by Beettle Auto Haus of Washington State was one of the 70's biggest NW manufactured buggy kits. Looks like it had a flat dashboard and has the gas tank fiberglassed under the hood. This is similar to X-003 except for the rear end which is quite unique. It is built on a 4" longer chassis than the Bounty Hunter. Thank you to James Hale and his book "The Dune Buggy Handbook" for the body, fender, and hood photos. Hydralic front end, new rims and. My grandpa bought this dune buggy while my dad was in high school. A number of buggies are similar, but it looks closest to a Kellison Sandpiper Roadster. The X-0046 looks like a turtle. These were built on either a 15" shortened pan or full length pan, the only difference was the length of the hood. Many makers copied the mini T style. Under the hood is an EMPI logo. This body was made by Shortie Mfg. It has a Hood Ornament that resembles a Ford Model A hood ornament and a Ford metal grill. Cars Victoria More info. "Spy versus Spy" buggy - it has an Ocelot front but a lot pointier and the tail is a lot more cut off. the driver. Finned Aluminum Valve Covers And Chrome Engine Dress-Up Kit. They took a different approach to top design and made the only Manx style hardtop I know of that had gull wing doors. September 23, 2013. 68 Volkswagon Beetle. I was told somewhere there was a tag stating my htv was #2. Was I ever wrong! I'm going to take the time this winter to get it running and looking great. I have owned numerous dune buggies in the past and still have a collection of them. Barris T buggy was one of the first Model T dune buggy bodies. The tail lights were cut for '62-67 lens but, I don't have documentation on if this was factory molded in or owner cut out. I drive it every weekend (when the weather doesn't keep me inside). This buggy has an offset hood scoop pattern and a stepped dash with a radio plate area. ACE Industries Pickup. He did all of the hard work all I really had to do was put it together. New VW Bug Chassis:$3000. For X-0041, the hood, dash, and tub are one piece. Period PURPLE METAL FLAKE. The step in the side is very unique. The version they often advertised was called the Roadster. It deserves to be saved and restored to former glory. and the windsheild bolts to hood/dash. Turned out to be a 1956. The 68-69 EMPI Imp has a bump on the hood below the scoop. Sure nuf underneath on what looks like apc. Thunder Bug was Custom Built mold made by Clay Diekmann and Tony Vierra of Manx House (a dune buggy shop) in 1968 in Sunnyvale California. With so many fiberglass buggies on the web its hard for me to figure out the company that made this one. not yet, lookin @ HVWC. I cant help but be curious as to what fiberglass body i have. Click the X-0039 Topic" to discuss this X-File. The fun products made both the MIGI STUTZ and the MAXI STUTZ, presumably based on wheelbase. Login Home Account Buggy ID Forum Registry DBA Shop Clubs History How To I have not seen or heard of too many of these. $50. He was 94. . The rest of the hood is smooth. Designed for either a regular shortened pan or Corvair use. Belly Pan Body Gasket Fits VW Fiberglass Dune Buggy 1949-1977 # CPR701100-DB. The keys to look at on this body are the seat bottom area. This body is a Late Tail Box Sears Rascal. have old 'ol school 4 bolt mags i am gonna mount after the disc conversion front and adapter for back. The example Vagabond below has had the hood cut to allow easy access and is not typical of a Vagabond hood. The Touring T is also listed as a KAR-T-TUB in one of the ads. The gel coat is a orange color. And it has 64 Impala taillights, one on each side. Click the X-0043 Topic to discuss this X-File. The back seat area is flat (no spare tire or battery area) and the dash has a wide rectangular center drop section. Also the rear seat back area above the tail. 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