Hi, All new to the beach buggy scene, Have just bought one that had been in a garage for the last 5 year's so l think there's a bit of TLC that will be going on.. I'm in Wells, Somerset.. Thanks Royston, Will add more as the buggy moves on.. 8)
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Greetings from Cornwall.
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Royston this looks like you have most if not all the components of an operational buggy (although I see it has been towed to site) but do let us know what needs upgrading or is missing as often people on here have bits and/or useful advice or ideas on what's best when changing.
Have you previous buggy experience and will you run it as it is or do you have radical plans to alter the appearance ?
Pictures on a first post - BRILLIANT !
Welcome aboard - good to see another Buggy being resurrected ;-)up
Don't forget to start a Build thread in the Members Buggy section and tell us all about it as you go along ;-)up
It`s a Hi from me ;-)up
Good news another recovered and put on the road ;-)up
Hi Royston and welcome to the world of Beach Buggies, I recognised the reg number of your Buggy, Back in the 70s the original 1st owner lived next door to my wife when she was a child living with her parents in Sawley Derbyshire. The first black and white photo is from back then and is how it looked when first built. The colour photos are probably about 10 years ago when it was owned by someone on the Isle of White.
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This is brilliant Merscury - wish we could link up more of today's buggys with their images from former lives. So was it purple when Sue was a child ie has it been the same colour throughout ?
Didn't you see the photos Hugh? It was black and white ;D
Funny Dave!
I actually feared that b&w image hid the fact it was orange originally and that had influenced Sue and paul in their present buggy colour...
Believe or not Sue can't remember it, so I had to ask her elder brother and you can't imagine how much I was hoping & praying that he was going to say Orange but he seems to think it was metal flake or maybe metallic Blue.
Thanks for the welcome ;-)up, As for plans the buggy it is going to be stripped down, Body off, Engine stripped and rebuilt,Complete rewire and body respray.Now how I want it to look,Well I must say a big thank you to Merscury for the photos well happy with them, I now think l am going to build the buggy as in the colour pics without the checker plate....Oh and them nasty rear lights already gone..Thats it for now will start a build thread soon and am sure l will need some advice and help now and again... 8)
Good news you can do a rebuild thread in members buggy section so it is all in one post.
Just looked thro` the pics... I have two pet hates in todays motoring world.. They are ... chequer plate & blue silicone hoses. Cannot really explain why but just don`t look right to me ;D ;D