Quote from: targabuggy on June 05, 2017, 03:12:28 PM
Liking this build a lot especially when it involves thinking outside the box!

Box ? you mean there's a box I should be thinking in    I think not, never been one for doing that lol

right plan A got changed fairly early on that was the Suzuki v6 engine, nothing wrong with them at all just something more interesting fell into my lap


I tripped over a lexus Gs 430 what a car drove it round on a test drive for 9 weeks just to make sure all was tickerty boo
it was,  ok in a car that weighs 2.2 tons it will accelerate to 60 in around 5 and a half seconds and will power on to nearly 160 mph  should enable me to keep up with the traffic in a sub 1 ton buggy

just out of interest I strung up on the scales the 4 pot oil burner that Suzuki fit as standard in there diesel models, its a mazda derived engine for this vintage

the lexus V8 although wider and longer was 40kg lighter, the swap would be worth it on those grounds alone let alone being pinned in my seat with a stupid grin from ear to ear !!!!!

Fantastic concept, looking forward to the rest of the build


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Quote from: baloo on June 04, 2017, 08:40:16 PM

Quote from: ben_w on June 04, 2017, 08:27:35 PM
Anything that requires the destruction of a PT Cruiser to build it is ok in my book.

PT Cruisers are pitifully awful goddamned creations that should be burned with Thermite.

Ha Ha  I haven't met anyone yet with a good word to say about cruisers yet, must be one out there somewhere 

I actually really like them - cos no matter what I am in they make it look better

And people worry about drilling the first hole in a new shell you have gone slightly further than that.

Well done looks a great project

Quote from: ben_w on June 04, 2017, 08:27:35 PM
Anything that requires the destruction of a PT Cruiser to build it is ok in my book.

PT Cruisers are pitifully awful goddamned creations that should be burned with Thermite.

actually I have a confession to make    crusiers have been growing on me    I know I know its probably  curable with tablets or shock therapy 

if Chrysler had made them rear wheel drive with a separate chassis and a big horsepower engine perhaps they would be more appealing, who knows 

I had been hunting around for a cheap convertible for my screen as the frame is reinforced to take a rollover but in the end I bought a  front chop as I couldent find a cheap one, well one that was near enough to fetch,  why would I want I convertible complete ? well I am getting far far in front here but I was looking at the tub shape of a convertible with the roof down and its not a million miles away from the shape of my hoppa buggy shell, now if l could alter/reshape my shell to mimic the cruiser I could take the power roof off a cruiser and use it on my hoppa and as I am using a cruiser screen and surround it would all marry up and lock into position,
any way that's far far in the future for now I accept that skin is water proof and if it rains I will either get wet or not go out lol   

ok this might jump about a bit,  the plan all along was to use a Suzuki  mk2 swb vitara rolling chassis un modified preferably, but when started" I dident  have
one, but I did have a vitara mk 1 lwb rolling chassis so I started with that and chopped out the centre of the chassis to make it the same length  as a swb, simples !!
no not really lol there were so many differences between a mk 1 and a mk 2









now I need a wider screen that the shell was designed for looked at a few but was after something with a lot of curve in it to match the rest of the hoppa buggy
and that's how I arrived at a pt cruiser screen nice and curved, once I had a screen well I decided I might as well have the bonnet as well and use the original bonnet hinges wipers and dash for that matter












this is just a prototype chassis as I have cut it and chopped it about, a real unmolested one will be along shortly




 

Quote from: baloo on June 03, 2017, 08:30:20 PM
ok guys not sure you are all going to like this as it doesn't contain any beetle bits

Who said it had to ?   


I`m loving this build - its absolutely awesome and so refreshing to see something different that is still a Buggy 

If you are that bothered by the lack of beetle bits put one of those silly based on the dashboard - simples

Loving this thread, keep it coming
Dave

I had one of the first PT cruisers in the country and at teh same time got the same reaction as my buggy did, with peole stopping, staring and waving.

THe originals were great cars, except they were slightly underpowered and thristy with it. They were in all ways, a really nice Cruiser.

I did really like mine.  So there, you have found someone.

And the build looks great too.

Chad

sometime around now a mk2 vitara turned up

well i just called in to add some updates and it seems photobucket has now changed its policy unless you cough up $500 a year you cant link onto forums   

can I attach photos to this post ?

Quote from: baloo on July 15, 2017, 07:31:57 PM
well i just called in to add some updates and it seems photobucket has now changed its policy unless you cough up $500 a year you cant link onto forums   

can I attach photos to this post ?

ok I found your thread about photobucket

chassis went of to the shotblasters and came back al shiney and new looking, I do like cleaning things lol

I had to modify my "spit" I built for my dax rush as it wasent long enough so I whopped 10" in the middle
to be able to lock the spit in any position I added a transmission braking of a landrover, afterall if theres one thing a landrover is good at its breaking lol 

anyway that enabled me to mount the Suzuki chassis so that I could spin it over to paint properly

Loving this thread. I'll be awesome when finished 

How did you post your new pics

Paul