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Moon buggy-ish build for wife/child?...thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig_c" data-source="post: 608211" data-attributes="member: 9343"><p>Well been thinking lately of the direction of my next build. I have been building a Samurai tin top crawler for some time now. Toy axles, 39.5 Iroks, VW diesel, auto trans with a sidekick to D300 doubler. Built for air shocks.</p><p></p><p>My wife had never ridden in anything but a RZR until my U4 buggy was done. I thought she would be scared in it for awhile since you sit up so much higher and have much more body roll than a Rzr. But that was opposite, she said something about it made he feel safer and more comfortable doing things. She said something about all the tubing and side panels....</p><p></p><p>So I was thinking of maybe ditching the Sami build for a small moon buggy style rig, for her to drive and eventually my daughter (she's 4). Something small and nimble that will crawl good, with good visability for them to learn in. She'd be scared to death of any air shock equipped rig I've ever rode in. I really wanna finish the Sami because I have so much time in it already, but I was them to enjoy wheeling and feel safe and comfortable trying things as they learn. </p><p></p><p>So who has been down this road? What are your thoughts? I thought having Windows and doors and heat in the winter/rainy times would be a great thing for them. I'd hate to ditch all the parts I have now, the VW engine is basically all new, I spend many hours building the doubler setup. I've never seen a front engine moon buggy though. Maybe a VW transaxle buggy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig_c, post: 608211, member: 9343"] Well been thinking lately of the direction of my next build. I have been building a Samurai tin top crawler for some time now. Toy axles, 39.5 Iroks, VW diesel, auto trans with a sidekick to D300 doubler. Built for air shocks. My wife had never ridden in anything but a RZR until my U4 buggy was done. I thought she would be scared in it for awhile since you sit up so much higher and have much more body roll than a Rzr. But that was opposite, she said something about it made he feel safer and more comfortable doing things. She said something about all the tubing and side panels.... So I was thinking of maybe ditching the Sami build for a small moon buggy style rig, for her to drive and eventually my daughter (she's 4). Something small and nimble that will crawl good, with good visability for them to learn in. She'd be scared to death of any air shock equipped rig I've ever rode in. I really wanna finish the Sami because I have so much time in it already, but I was them to enjoy wheeling and feel safe and comfortable trying things as they learn. So who has been down this road? What are your thoughts? I thought having Windows and doors and heat in the winter/rainy times would be a great thing for them. I'd hate to ditch all the parts I have now, the VW engine is basically all new, I spend many hours building the doubler setup. I've never seen a front engine moon buggy though. Maybe a VW transaxle buggy? [/QUOTE]
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