Before I got old and boring I used to arse about with old VW's and beach buggies. I was about to buy another recently but with the imminent arrival of a small pink screaming baby thats been put on hold for a few years( I will be secretly stashing cash to one side to buy one outright in couple of years, hee hee) So here are some pics of what I used to bomb around in.
First one is my very first buggy, its a long wheel base very low and loud buggy that was really cool to drive.
You can just make out the exhaust sticking straight up at the back, the system was about 2 foot long in total and unscilenced, which meant flat out it was ear piercingly loud
Second is my old 1968 bug, This didn't hang around as one Volvo T5 owner found out when I blitzed him at a Traffic light, priceless
Third is my old SWB Buggy, this was the best but had to be sold to fund a move a couple of years ago. It had a big motor that was fully chromed and detailed up. Its specs were as follows-
1- 1641 cc motor
2- Balanced fly wheel
3- Twin 40 delorto Carbs
4- 10mm High power leads
5- 70,000 volt coil (burnt plugs out every 2,000 miles)
6- Race cam, very lumpy idle and flame outs on overun
It was quick and weighed only 450kg-500kg and topped out at 105mph, which in a light weight plastic bath tub was scary as ****. When low on fuel it also popped wheelies in 2nd but mainly in 1st.
I do miss it still to this day, biggest blast I ever had in that thing.:slayer:
First one is my very first buggy, its a long wheel base very low and loud buggy that was really cool to drive.
You can just make out the exhaust sticking straight up at the back, the system was about 2 foot long in total and unscilenced, which meant flat out it was ear piercingly loud
Second is my old 1968 bug, This didn't hang around as one Volvo T5 owner found out when I blitzed him at a Traffic light, priceless
Third is my old SWB Buggy, this was the best but had to be sold to fund a move a couple of years ago. It had a big motor that was fully chromed and detailed up. Its specs were as follows-
1- 1641 cc motor
2- Balanced fly wheel
3- Twin 40 delorto Carbs
4- 10mm High power leads
5- 70,000 volt coil (burnt plugs out every 2,000 miles)
6- Race cam, very lumpy idle and flame outs on overun
It was quick and weighed only 450kg-500kg and topped out at 105mph, which in a light weight plastic bath tub was scary as ****. When low on fuel it also popped wheelies in 2nd but mainly in 1st.
I do miss it still to this day, biggest blast I ever had in that thing.:slayer: