Leethal Driver 86 Posted October 1, 2009 Slight case of stable door and horse in the distance but did anyone else see the episode last night (never seen it before but my brother in law came round to babysit and put it on just before I went to 5's so I sky+'d the last 20mins). They took a shed of a Beetle bought for £200 and turned it into a Sand Rover via the addition of a fibreglass shell and some alloys with fat rubbers. Sounded great considering it only had a 1300 under the rear, and looked a blast when the guy was tearing across the sand flats. Just thought it was a real nice 1:1 reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30cms 7 Posted October 21, 2009 wheeler dealers is great. i know he is getting paid, but Mike seems genuinely interested in all cars!! new series is on now (tuesday night - disco realtime at 9pm) i have seen the beach buggy one a few times makes me want to build one!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiggusDitchus 38 Posted October 21, 2009 On a note about that episode the guy who sold Mike the Dune Buggy bodyshell is non other than Tamiya Club member Mad Zero, a top bloke he inspired me to do my mods to my Sand Rover and came up with the idea for the bikini roof on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamiya1/10 382 Posted October 22, 2009 Like the show. But the only part I don't like is they never factor in the labor cost, which I think they would have lost money on almost everyone of the vehicles they sold after fixing it up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30cms 7 Posted October 22, 2009 Like the show. But the only part I don't like is they never factor in the labor cost, which I think they would have lost money on almost everyone of the vehicles they sold after fixing it up. I think the idea is that labour cost is free as you are doing the jobs yourself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Zero 316 Posted August 16, 2021 On 10/21/2009 at 12:11 PM, BiggusDitchus said: On a note about that episode the guy who sold Mike the Dune Buggy bodyshell is non other than Tamiya Club member Mad Zero, a top bloke he inspired me to do my mods to my Sand Rover and came up with the idea for the bikini roof on it. Thanks mate! (only took me 12 years..) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites