Am I a buggy yet?

It was a truck, has been a truggy, and it lost a few more pieces today. would you still call it a truggy or do I get to be one of those buggy guys...

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It's still got fenders and doors that appear to open, I'd call it a truggy still, a very extreme truggy, but a truggy none the less. I start calling it a buggy when there are no more fenders at all and the doors disappear.

Truggy's have a portion of an existing vehilces frame rails. Buggy's are full tube or box frame construction.

You have a truggy.

Truggy, always will be. It started off life as a truck and was built around the foundation of a truck. Even when every single truck part is gone it will still be a truggy.

Binder said:

Truggy, always will be. It started off life as a truck and was built around the foundation of a truck. Even when every single truck part is gone it will still be a truggy.

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Sort of like how it's still a Jeep after the engine, transmission, transfer case, drive shafts, axles and steering have been replaced?

ToyBug said:

Truggy's have a portion of an existing vehilces frame rails. Buggy's are full tube or box frame construction.

You have a truggy.

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x2 on this one. And I see lots of frame left. Plus functioning doors and fenders.

ToyBug said:

Truggy's have a portion of an existing vehilces frame rails. Buggy's are full tube or box frame construction.

You have a truggy.

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So this must be a truggy too, it's got 4 feet of toyota frame.

darius said:

So this must be a truggy too, it's got 4 feet of toyota frame.

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Why?

It was stated by mark that a piece of existing frame rail is what defines a "truggy".

darius said:

It was stated by mark that a piece of existing frame rail is what defines a "truggy".

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That projected started life as a buggy...not a daily driver.

I think he means why use any truck frame parts at that point?

darius said:

It was stated by mark that a piece of existing frame rail is what defines a "truggy".

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:haha: I meant why waste the time by using 4' of Toy frame.

GRNTACO said:

:haha: I meant why waste the time by using 4' of Toy frame.

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They needed that chunk of recycled metal so as to fit in with the WE Rock rules for the class it would be running.

darius said:

So this must be a truggy too, it's got 4 feet of toyota frame.

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yep....TRUGGY :fawkdancesmiley:

GRNTACO said:

:haha: I meant why waste the time by using 4' of Toy frame.

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The early legend's class rules of UROC were not clarified too well, they used the toy frame back to the vin number, to be sure the buggy would be legal. that's why the time was wasted using a piece of toy frame, that and the dimension's were right for the application.

Jobless said:

They needed that chunk of recycled metal so as to fit in with the WE Rock rules for the class it would be running.

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I see now.....

darius said:

The early legend's class rules of UROC were not clarified too well, they used the toy frame back to the vin number, to be sure the buggy would be legal. that's why the time was wasted using a piece of toy frame, that and the dimension's were right for the application.

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Gotcha.:awesomework:

.....yep

I believe that in the new promod rules it can be all tube frame

Jobless said:

That projected started life as a buggy...not a daily driver.

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4' of it was a daily driver :redneck:

In my opinion what really sets truggies apart from buggies is basically height. Not the overall height of the vehicle but the height of the way the components are layed out. Relation to the chassis and powertrain to the driver. Most truggies started out as something where the driver set upright with bent knees and usually poor visibility over the hood as a direct relation of the height of the components. As the rig goes through stages and is modified rarely does this height relation change much if at all. When all done the truggy still has a driver that sits upright with knees bent and crappy visibility. Therefore given a even height of the belly pan the truggy will almost always be taller and probably more unstable..........
Then if there's toy parts involved it's just plain crap no matter how you try to smoothe it over.:haha:






I had to throw in that last part just forthe :stirpot: factor.:awesomework:
I'm in a argumentive mood.
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