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By Jay H (X-20) (ManxVair CC) Date 2011-01-29 14:03

Bruce Meyers said that the thing that inspired him to design a lightweight body for the VW pan was one of the early heavy water pumper dune buggys that was nothing more than a stripped down frame.

Here is one on Ebay. These looked cool in their own right I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vintage-dune-buggy-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem230dc190e7QQitemZ150554644711QQptZDuneQ5fBuggiesQ5fSandQ5fRails#ht_500wt_1182

By Tom & Kathleen I 639 Date 2011-01-29 14:22

Yes, but they never looked that good "back in the days". Tom

Tom & Kathleen Manxter #16, Kick-Out SS #16 & FiberFab Buggy
Manx Club #1030, CVA, RBC, SCCA

By Jay H (X-20) (ManxVair CC) Date 2011-01-29 15:29

Yes, that is certainly a "frame off" restoration. I had seen a few vintage pictures of frame type buggys. This is the first I had seen with the camera so close to the buggy. Pretty cool, but not for me.

Jay

By Rick M 333 Date 2011-01-29 16:16

Put two "average" Americans in those seats and it'll be doing wheelies all the way down the street.... Lean Forward!!

By yellermanx y 25 Date 2011-01-29 17:19

I built one when I was in high school. Everyone else in shop class was building scrolls and little tool box tray thingies and I built one of these. Mine was built out of a 55 Ford with a six cylinder. Didn't pull worth a crap. No weight on the rear. Around here they were called Skeeters. No pics that I know of.

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Login Home Account Buggy ID Forum Registry DBA Shop Clubs History How To Members Maps Calendar Email Us	DBA Forum - Not logged in Forum DBA Home Help Search Chat Topic Public / Classified Sold Archives / This must have been what Bruce was talking about (6978 hits) By Jay H (X-20) (ManxVair CC) Date 2011-01-29 14:03 Bruce Meyers said that the thing that inspired him to design a lightweight body for the VW pan was one of the early heavy water pumper dune buggys that was nothing more than a stripped down frame. Here is one on Ebay. These looked cool in their own right I guess. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vintage-dune-buggy-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem230dc190e7QQitemZ150554644711QQptZDuneQ5fBuggiesQ5fSandQ5fRails#ht_500wt_1182 By Tom & Kathleen I 639 Date 2011-01-29 14:22 Yes, but they never looked that good "back in the days". Tom Tom & Kathleen Manxter #16, Kick-Out SS #16 & FiberFab Buggy Manx Club #1030, CVA, RBC, SCCA By Jay H (X-20) (ManxVair CC) Date 2011-01-29 15:29 Yes, that is certainly a "frame off" restoration. I had seen a few vintage pictures of frame type buggys. This is the first I had seen with the camera so close to the buggy. Pretty cool, but not for me. Jay By Rick M 333 Date 2011-01-29 16:16 Put two "average" Americans in those seats and it'll be doing wheelies all the way down the street.... Lean Forward!! By yellermanx y 25 Date 2011-01-29 17:19 I built one when I was in high school. Everyone else in shop class was building scrolls and little tool box tray thingies and I built one of these. Mine was built out of a 55 Ford with a six cylinder. Didn't pull worth a crap. No weight on the rear. Around here they were called Skeeters. No pics that I know of. Topic Public / Classified Sold Archives / This must have been what Bruce was talking about (6978 hits) Powered by mwForum 2.10.2 © 1999-2007 Markus Wichitill Help \| About DBA \| Terms of Use \| Kwiki Home \| Logout Content Copyright (C) 2006 Dune Buggy Archives.