Rebuild of my mini buggy
 

Day 1: Well as of now it has fresh green paint. the little 8 horse is going and its getting a chevette motor this weekend. tomorrow im getting some deck material so stay tuned

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Day 2: Got the deck stripped down and got the materials have to set the water seal on and let it dry over night. heres a picture of how rotted it got

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Day 3: Its naked now
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Today : Got the 2 coats of water sealer done, now i got to do 2 more of primer. getting the motor thursday so hopefully all goes well
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Moved it under the carport, too hot to work
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Finally got the motor Wooo!!!

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Neat looking project. Looking forward to seeing the rest

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Its mounted now have get a few parts and get the drive shaft cut will get pics int he mornin

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got the motor mounted finally, yay
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The axle got moved back alittle still have to get the drive shaft cut and rewelded. got to weld some gussets to the spring hanger in the rear. going to the junkyard on monday to get the rest of the motor parts i need and hopefully she'll be runnin this week i cant wait

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What is thing crazy thing? :lol: Does it have a purpose?

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Neat little project !

How about some more pics and info on that square in the background of pic 5 ? ;)

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Heres what the buggy looks like with the axle moved back
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The shifter imma use
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Rear spring mount
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Some gauges i got today at the junk yard
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Its called a "Swamp Buggy" and the purpose for us floridians is so we can ride trails and go through mud and hunt and just have a good time on it

Info: 350ci th400 i think a 205 or 208 case mated to a 800lbs deuce case, some crazy gearing 5 tons and about 20 or so inches of lift on 60" tractor tires
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Both are so cool man!

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Very cool!

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Dude, That's one big ass truck right there !!!


I just noticed your here in Fl, You ever play at a place called Ocean Pond ?

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No sir to far of a drive for me i play around my house and at the yacht club when they open

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Oh, ok now I see. Its a mini version of those trucks that have the really narrow tall tires. Very cool. Should be fun to bomb around in.

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Got a new starter and all the wires hooked up
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Alternator hooked up along with the hydro pump
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Gas tank
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Battery hooked up
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Ignition and gauges hooked up
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Got to get another elbow for the exhaust
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Got to get the driveshaft cut
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It should be running this weekend, got to pull the carb off of bigfoot and throw it on to get it running then have to get the deck mounted and etc...

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Got it runnin tonight runs and sounds amazing, got everything hooked up now i need an air cleaner and to throw the deck on. i can't thank my dad enough for helping hes the best

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Homemade shift lever my dad came up works pretty great
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Radiator mocked up got to get some hoses
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Gas pedal hooked up
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Look'n good ! :metal:


Don't forget those action shots from in da hole...... ;)

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Oh i wont , i can't wait to tear it up :burnout:

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Da hole I hope ! :lol:

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Getting the deck fitted right now but the rain is trying to stop us.
Left to do:

* Get radiator hoses and get them ran
* Air cleaner
* Mount deck
* Mount seats
* Mount and wire up the front lights
* Tear up the nearest mud hole

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Woohooo got some hose today for free now i can run the radiator. all that needs to be done is get the radiator situated weld the front two link bars mount the deck and seats and im done. should be running later today i will get a video
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Lights mounted and wired
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The box that houses the air cleaner and the seat will sit on it
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neat toy

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Sweet toy you got there!

What is the rear axle out of?

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Shootin to have it going wednesday

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Cushman truckster look it up there weird little rigs. i call it a mini toploader

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Now that it runs, looks like imma have to tear it back down unless it quits smokin cause it looks like the rings are bad =/ figures
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But my solution is Got some goodies and now im broke, since the engine sat im hoping it only has a stuck valve so that can of restore will free any that are stuck.
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