gave the old beast a bit of a super clean and popped along to vw hangouts show near lutterworth.....













entered it into the show-n-shine



CAME 3rd !!!!

so sent boogie bum up to collect the booty .....





tried to sell it !



got no takers - so came home .... lol



with a pooped out munchkin

Very cool

bit more fiddling .... wanted a central tunnel tray, to give my buggy a bit more of a car feel....... got hold of a centre console from an old 1980's vehicle.
it was way too long to begin with, but a bit of trimming down soon made it good







then i painted it with textured black paint....... fitted it into position & fitted some sexy red stitched gaiters in place.













i changed my stereo to a sony mp3 jobbie with a bit more output.

i replaced the numberplates for some new ones

That looks very well done. Looks like it should be there and not an after thought.

Looks like it's ment to be there

Quote from: Shaggy on May 24, 2015, 08:17:52 PM
That looks very well done. Looks like it should be there and not an after thought.

cheers dude.

Quote from: Manxrod on May 24, 2015, 09:08:54 PM
Looks like it's ment to be there

cheers dude. 

couple of shots i took when out for a whizz about.





Voo Doo

Hi just wondering what seats they are

Fabulous, just about my favourite buggy.

Quote from: pepsi81 on May 25, 2015, 08:54:55 PM


Fabulous, just about my favourite buggy.

Mine too!!! B....E....A....UTIFUL   

Quote from: Tone on May 25, 2015, 06:51:15 PM
Hi just wondering what seats they are

afraid i can't tell you bud, i aint got a clue ...... found them on ebay brand new, got them re-trimmed to match the panels i made......... sorry i can't be of more help to ya

Hey!

I was the owner of this buggy from 1998 until 2005 and my brother and I shortened and rebuilt it in the streetfighter style during this time.
I am really glad to see it has been kept looking like we designed, in fact it's far smarter than when we finished with it!

I saw a few questions thought this post about some of the bits on the car:

The wheels were the most expensive part of the build (centerline mohave's imported from the states) at well over 1000 pounds.

The body was one of the first predators made by Mel Hubbard (and has it's own history) and the rollbar is 2.5 inch extruded stainless steel.

I bought this car in 1998 in Portsmouth while at university. At that time it was a long wheel base yellow GP MK1 with banded steel wheels. It was rebuilt as a short wheel base between 2000 and 2004 before being sold on.

There's some old pictures up here:

http://www.thegecko.org/tag/buggy/page/7/

and here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.41382590067.115365.892760067&type=1&l=f78338c09a

If anyone is interested.

I also have a spreadsheet of all the parts and what they cost during the build kicking about somewhere.

Cheers!

Rob

Hi Rob, welcome to the forum!

It's great to hear the history on this great buggy. You did a nice job on it. I saw it back when Chris Allen had it for a while. I believe it was the buggy that was the inspiration for when lee and Darren first built mine. 

Quote from: thegecko on July 15, 2015, 06:51:22 PM


If anyone is interested.

I also have a spreadsheet of all the parts and what they cost during the build kicking about somewhere.

Cheers!

Rob

hi rob, i would be very interested in a copy mate ....