Sammi and sillybuggy

[rock mafia]

I bent all the tube up for this thing the first of last year. Owner is just now getiing it done. 4.3, th350, dual yota cases, tons, 42's.

And a few pics of Joel's new chassis.

 

[wngrog]

Woot, I like that Sammi buggy, that is very clean. Should kick ass.

Joel....

 

[under_psi]

looks good...

no it's my turn to make fun of someone for taking a long time on a build....

 

[InDaShop]

Exciting times in Mississippi, the new buggy capital of america. A rock crawlin' midget moves there and buggy mania takes over the masses

Cant wait for Joel to get that thing rolling. You're prolly right Louis, but I'm going to crack the whip as hard as I can from 400 miles away.

 

[under_psi]

i was doing my buggy before i ever met said midget.....

 

[blacksheep10]

thing is LOW. I love it

 

[vanguard]

I like the way you're protecting the side of the hoods now. A lot of times when I look at a new rig I try to picture what it will look like after if it's driven for a year. I picture the contact points it will have when it's upside down, I look at how far the tires stick out from the body, etc. I think that sami would hold up nicely.

 

[Cole]

Looks good, I know Joel is stoked about getting started on it. I talked to him when he past through Yesterday headed that way.

 

[InDaShop]

Some build shots since the cat is way out of the bag
I asked Joel if he was buying a wood table when i saw the 1st one...LOL

 

[Cole]

Jim what does the bare chassis weight?

 

[wngrog]

i was doing my buggy before i ever met said midget.....

Although I may not have been an influence, you still had your Heep when I moved to MS for about a month

 

[rock mafia]

Jim what does the bare chassis weight?

I've never weighed one. Joel's has around 200 ft of tube, so I'd guess just under 400 lbs.

 

[John Galbreath Jr.]

I've never weighed one. Joel's has around 200 ft of tube, so I'd guess just under 400 lbs.

Assuming 1.5" .120 wall at 1.769 = 354 pounds.

 

[Cole]

Assuming 1.5" .120 wall at 1.769 = 354 pounds.

It may be .188 wall, thats what Gregs was.

 

[Marty]

I think he does .188 on the lower main tubes, for attaching links and tcase, Jim correct me if that is wrong

 

[BamaTJ]

i was doing my buggy before i ever met said midget.....

This is true Skeeter. I think Nolen had just moved there when we went to Clayton in 2006 and you destroyed your TJ. But he did not begin pushing his propaganda until well after you had your buggy bought!!!

 

[wngrog]

This is true Skeeter. I think Nolen had just moved there when we went to Clayton in 2006 and you destroyed your TJ. But he did not begin pushing his propaganda until well after you had your buggy bought!!!

Nope, he called for a consult while I was at a training session up in NY before he bought the Blue Torch buggy. I highly advised him he would be getting in over his head with said buggy. I thought I was right, he, of course, ignored me as he always does and look at the beauty he produced.

The MS boys were all just going 1 ton when I got here. The dramatic shift to buggies did not take 24 months.

 

[BamaTJ]

Oh, the rock midget with yet another satisfied customer.

Jim, is that the sammi for Greg's wife?

Nice chassis Joel!!!

 

[bigsilly]

Thanks Matt. I am very happy with it. Jim did a great job. We went and did a little wheeling today. I have some pics I will post tomorrow. I am in Atlanta for tonight, it is a long way to Jim's and back.

 

[74_Chevota]

Joel, Nice meeting you today. Hope you have a safe trip back man and the chassis is straight up hawt man! Ofcoarse im a little biased. BTW, any chassis Jim builds only goes at full throttle. Crawling doesnt seem to work.