1. Dune Buggy Frame Blueprints

I am a old fart with a foggy brain but I believe the # is 14' (or is that 14 1/4'?) that gets You down to a 80' wheelbaseI have always thought the fiberglass bodies were kind of silly and useless.The sand Rail seem to have greater possibility.This all made some sense when VW bugs were a dime a dozen (or less if you found one that had been rolled) but now that they are 25 years old and all rotted to hellit just looks like a silly waste of money.It's got to be way more cost effective to grab a 10 or 15 year old jeep and start pouring the money into that. You can go the open body route for good weather and close it up with soft or hard body for nasty weather.I was working in a city the other day and saw a flatbed with an old Willy's chained down. Cute little thing! I am a old fart with a foggy brain but I believe the # is 14' (or is that 14 1/4'?) that gets You down to a 80' wheelbaseI have always thought the fiberglass bodies were kind of silly and useless.The sand Rail seem to have greater possibility.This all made some sense when VW bugs were a dime a dozen (or less if you found one that had been rolled) but now that they are 25 years old and all rotted to hellit just looks like a silly waste of money.It's got to be way more cost effective to grab a 10 or 15 year old jeep and start pouring the money into that. You can go the open body route for good weather and close it up with soft or hard body for nasty weather.I was working in a city the other day and saw a flatbed with an old Willy's chained down. Cute little thing!Here's the reason why I like VW Bug over a jeep.

With a bug it's going to be much much lighter, it has a air cooled engine and thats it, no AC, heater, or other crap to worry about. (No radiator or water), plus there is a huge after market part list for old beetles, also with old cars, in texas you don't have to have emission testing, which means no cats or other crap. I am a old fart with a foggy brain but I believe the # is 14' (or is that 14 1/4'?) that gets You down to a 80' wheelbaseI have always thought the fiberglass bodies were kind of silly and useless.The sand Rail seem to have greater possibility.This all made some sense when VW bugs were a dime a dozen (or less if you found one that had been rolled) but now that they are 25 years old and all rotted to hellit just looks like a silly waste of money.It's got to be way more cost effective to grab a 10 or 15 year old jeep and start pouring the money into that. You can go the open body route for good weather and close it up with soft or hard body for nasty weather.I was working in a city the other day and saw a flatbed with an old Willy's chained down. Cute little thing!Here's the reason why I like VW Bug over a jeep.

With a bug it's going to be much much lighter, it has a air cooled engine and thats it, no AC, heater, or other crap to worry about. (No radiator or water), plus there is a huge after market part list for old beetles, also with old cars, in texas you don't have to have emission testing, which means no cats or other crap.Assuming 4wd is not required:Sandrail/buggy = 'fast'Jeep = 'slow'Can you keep/make an open cockpit/tube chassis sandrail street legal in TX?Brian. Originally Posted By MajorLeeHung:Go with a Manx body! They're just so damn fun. Here's Mine.It's an Mgmplastics 4 seater, no need to cut/ reweld the pan. These guys carry them in TX.Damn, they still making those? I remember them running all around in Michigan.

Dune Buggy Frame Blueprints

If you had balls'o fire, they were great in the winter. Drive wheels and all the weight over the rear wheels, keeping the pan underneath wouldn't let it bog down in deep snow. Damn things would go anywhere. They were GREAT for fucking around on frozen lakes.

Also check out our sister subreddit.IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS SUBREDDIT, PLEASE READ THIS POST. If you are new, please read. Crack 3dm state of decay tips.