I need someone to finish building my buggy, but who?

fl-krawler · Nov 11, 2013

Fixing the rear shock issue would be easy, and its the least of the problems with the chassis. Its as simple as inboarding the upper shock mounts, and adding the supporting tube work to make it strong. To lower the front down, and make it level with the rear would pretty much take cutting most of the front off and starting over, unless you want to just have the shocks ride lower in their stroke, and sacrifice uptravel (which isn't good for rock bouncing). If you have to move the engine to allow those mods, you may end up having to cut/modify whats left of the original chassis to allow that to happen. At that point you have just put more time and material into your existing chassis, instead of just starting out fresh.

74_Chevota · Nov 20, 2013

Find anyone to work on it?

jwilson645 · Nov 20, 2013

They are just saying that sometimes it's easier (and cheaper) to start from scratch than to fix something that isn't right. :dunno:

ridered3 · Jan 1, 2014

What's the latest on this build/rebuild?

5BrothersFabrication · Jan 1, 2014

Wow, just saw this thread,

at the booger welds! Looks like bubble gum and bird **** mixed together! Note: if anyone grinds a weld, no matter how insignificant, they're hiding a **** weld. I would almost volunteer to do it for free just to save your life in a hard rollover, but my wife wants me to take a break after I finish this Juggy build.

drkelly · Jan 12, 2015

ridered3 said:
What's the latest on this build/rebuild?

Don't know, but the chassis is for sale.

http://nc4x4.com/forum/threads/tube-buggy-chassis.159646/

Stretch · Jan 12, 2015

Got dat mini mohawk. Definitely worth it. :woot:

865yota · Jan 14, 2015

Barnyardfab built him a turn key buggy

infamous1 · Jan 15, 2015

anypics??? :dunno:

clemsonjeep · Jan 15, 2015

865yota said:
Barnyardfab built him a turn key buggy

That's what I like to hear. Gubni is a good guy and good to wheel with as well. I've only seen him out in his CJ, but he's been beating on that ole girl for quite a few years. Every time I see it I remember the days wheeling at Tellico...it's just that type of rig!

Looking forward to seeing some pictures of what he ended up with.

jp fan · Jan 15, 2015

He has a pic of it on the trail ride section under Harlan feb 7 it looks good i am sure there will be some vids this year of it breaking it in

865yota · Jan 16, 2015

Endo buggy

infamous1 · Jan 16, 2015

that thing is flashemifyougotem

1tfrot · Jan 16, 2015

5onrocks said:
Chris at Marsfab or PJ at M&M. It's a tough place to be in for sure. Just be realistic with your budget, it's going to cost more than you think. Good luck

was going to mention PJ since he is building me a buggy right now, but didn't realize it's already handled.

congrats on getting it done. I was in a somewhat similar situation since I had wrecked my truggy (nasty rollover) and it was more work than it was worth to try and fix everything. we ended up stripping everything off and sending it to PJ and started from scratch. that being said, the buggy route will be quite a bit more expensive, but in the long run, the better option since I'll have a much higher quality build and something more capable.