Scratch built racing buggy

[Shodog]

This is the scratch built buggy I bought from Ebay. My intentions were to start on my Porsche 935 over the Thanksgiving holiday but when this showed up in the mail on Friday, those plans went out the door. It was in pretty rough condition when I received it.

Here are some pics of how the buggy looked.

I have done quite a bit to it. I completely disassembled it and checked out the condition of the parts. I confirmed that it did indeed have a ball differential. I had planned to use it in my runner Rough Rider but found that the previous owner cut the shafts down to fit this buggy. They are not long enough to use in a stock gear case. I have a new MIP gear case and planned to install my MIP 4wd kit on it also. The chassis is in three separate pieces that are bolted together. I took all the pieces, traced them on a piece of paper and made a new chassis out of fiberglass. The new chassis is shorter so that it can fit a Blitzer beetle body. The Shocks were shot so I used a set of Duratrax gold competition shocks instead. The rear RCH roll cage had some scratches on it. I sanded them out and polished it back up. The front suspension was dirty and greasy, I took it all apart and soaked it overnight in some paint thinner. I cleaned it all back up and polished the aluminum tubes. The wheels and tires are from a Rough Rider. I had the set of silver rears with the holes. I didn't have a matching front but I did have a set of gold solid fronts. I used the rear rim as a template and drilled holes on my drill press into the front wheel covers. They look great. I used easy off to strip them and polish them up.

Here are some pics of my buggy project so far

More pics can be found here http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=6169&id=34

Jim

[J3cubfan]

Looks super,there Jim.[8D]

One question. What did you use to shine up the brass fittings and fixtures on this buggy?

John

[stulec52]

Me Likey !!!

Mine won't be to that standard, but thanks to Sean and Kevin I do have some nylon parts and a diff to start from.

[Bibbo]

That looks as cool as f***. Bet it's light too!![:0]

Will you be using a hot motor? I guess that 4x4 system has a bit of friction. Will like to see it when you are done. Like the quality of work on it so far.

[Shodog]

Bibbo, Honestly I don't plan to run it. I just wnated to build a very hopped up shelf queen. A local hobby shop has an old revtech motor that has an aluminum endbell that is red annodized. It looks really cool but the owner won't budge much on the $80 list price.

J3cubfan, I used flitz metal polish and a buffing wheel ion my grinder to polish up the aluminum parts. the buffing wheel makes short work of a tedious task

[Bibbo]

quote:Originally posted by Shodog

Bibbo, Honestly I don't plan to run it. I just wnated to build a very hopped up shelf queen. A local hobby shop has an old revtech motor that has an aluminum endbell that is red annodized. It looks really cool but the owner won't budge much on the $80 list price.

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I don't blame you for not wanting to run it. Be interesting just to have a spin somewhere clean, like a drive way or parking lot, just to see what it goes like.

It just looks so light. Maybe that would make it handle badly I'm not sure. I don't see how you could make a vintage buggy much lighter. Yours looks mostly plastic instead of the usual metal.

[DJTheo]

A piece of art, should try it once though on an even terrain and make a video [][8D]

[jerzirccar]

HI!

I`m just *******ed of to see cars like this, becuse I really want one TOOO. You don`t see cars like this too often I think. If I was you so just throw your girl friend out of the house and start seeing this lovly car instead.

JUST MY OPINOIN

Jerry

[Shodog]

Jerry, I think my wife would be really torqued if I did that. I think she already feels like a Tamiya Widow

Jim

[SJoerD]

Tamiya Widow.. LOL []

Shodog, where is the center driveshaft? You know, that flex tube thingy. [] I'd love to see it in action though, maybe some very very carefull running then...? []

[J3cubfan]

quote:J3cubfan, I used flitz metal polish and a buffing wheel ion my grinder to polish up the aluminum parts. the buffing wheel makes short work of a tedious task

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Doggone you shodog. I bought some Flitz the other day just to experiment on the front suspension of my sand scorcher and now I've got to take the whole thing apart again.[] Man this stuff is great, the aluminun underside looks brand new, the brass u-joints look brand new. Pictures to come.[8D]

Thanks again.

John

[Shodog]

I really like flitz. The bummer is that it is expensive for the amount you get. I was watching TV last night and saw that Mother's is coming out with a polish called billet polish. It looked like it came in a fairly sizable tub. I bet it would be less expensive and probably work just as well as the Flitz.

What ever you do, don't try it on any of your other aluminum parts. Before you know it, every part on your car will be polished to a high shine.