Low budget buggy

5onrocks

5onrocks

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Low budget buggy....Update

FOR SALE...........$3500 obo

Update: Bought a unfinished tube chassis and have been working on that....Rear axle is under it....front axle still needs upper link and coil mounts...motor is in but need to make t-case mount... More progress to happen tomorrow.
Plans are:
3.8 chevy v6
Th350
dual toy cases w/ 4.7's in rear
eaton rear 4.56's.....3link w/ coils
dana 44 front 4.56's......3link w/ coils
 

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is there going to be a body to it or just strickly buggy??
 
strictly a buggy.... trying to be somewhat light weight. It will have a little sheetmetal and some expanded metal but as little as possible. Trying to finish it for around $3500.....we'll see how that goes. After selling other parts off the truck and what I already had I've got about $700 in it now, and that includes seats, harnesses, fuel cell, guages and wiring. The main items left are tube, full hydro steering, dual case adapter, and 4.7's for the rear case.
 
5onrocks said:
strictly a buggy.... trying to be somewhat light weight. It will have a little sheetmetal and some expanded metal but as little as possible. Trying to finish it for around $3500.....we'll see how that goes. After selling other parts off the truck and what I already had I've got about $700 in it now, and that includes seats, harnesses, fuel cell, guages and wiring. The main items left are tube, full hydro steering, dual case adapter, and 4.7's for the rear case.
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Then all the nickle and dime stuff........:D ' Good luck....sounds like a good start.
 
progress.....
 
So your going to run dual cases with one case having 4.7's and a TH350...thats pretty crazy low for an automatic. You must like going REALLY slow. :D
 
It will be single case to begin with.....duals as soon as i can afford it then i will see from there. As far as the tires go....I've already got some more for it. A big thanks to Jesse for letting me use his garage and welding skills.
 
that's gay
 
is that HC4x4's buggy they were trying to build? if so what happened to the one you started?
oh this is kregg by the way, i used to work at line-x.
 
Yep, it's Al's old buggy. I took everything from my old chassis and put it on this one..... Things were taking too long and warm weather is here so I bit the bullet and bought something.. Hope the new job is going well
 
Awsome nice to see my old tube chasis finally getting worked on again. The guys from High Country 4x4 and I spent a lot of time on design and building that chasis to just have it sitting in a garage rusting away 1/2 finished. Looks great.
Al
 
a little more progress

got a little more done on the buggy tonight. motor mounts, T-case mount, and Fuel cell.
 

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5onrocks said:
It will be single case to begin with.....duals as soon as i can afford it then i will see from there.
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I think you'll find that a single 4.7 case is plenty with an auto, and will let you spend $$ on other stuff... :D I've never wanted for lower trail gearing, even when doing the very technical slow stuff in TX.
 
yeah, I've decided to run it like it is and see how i like it.
 
I wish... Its gettig closer but still got a ways to go....I'm always taking donations for parts
 
getting a little closer

A little fab work left to do...then on to wireing, brakes, fuel lines.
I'm still looking for a full hydro set up.
 

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