Dave’s long-term Lil’Bugga Buggy Build

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LOL! :lol: Yes, exact same seat?! Weird!

Yes, remember that from back in the days of Difflock. fella spent a fortune on it... racking my brain for his name...?

 

This is them  Blitzworld Buggies
 

Baloo - Alan Chambers, that was him!

Engine and transmission... (Suzuki) motorbike engine I'm hoping... already have the reverse kit in my parts pile -



See below, but front engined...

Dirtbird - think small rock buggy, like these as inspiration...





But obviously on the cheap / a lot simpler...

hi Dave
            that yellow buggy is super cool  i could easily be persuaded not to use a jimny chassis  and build one like that lol,  only reason for the jimny chassis was to keep it road legal but  i could live with trailering it around
are you definitely going to narrow your axles ?  are you planning on using jimny coil springs ?

Going to add a little yellow, tipping my hat to your build Dave. 
   

This is going to work out well as I've got a second set of Jimny parts, going to try and get the transnational back together first.

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hi Dave
            that yellow buggy is super cool  i could easily be persuaded not to use a jimny chassis  and build one like that lol,  only reason for the jimny chassis was to keep it road legal but  i could live with trailering it around
are you definitely going to narrow your axles ?  are you planning on using jimny coil springs ?

Yes, determined to use to narrowed front axles, I want a small one seater buggy, and it has to be about the size mentioned above to be able to get both buggys in my garage...

Yes, Jimny coil springs that will dislocate, due to super long shocks...



4x new standard Jimny front springs, 4x JimnyBits “Black Raptor” brand +5″ rear Grand Vitara gas shock absorbers, and four spring clamps.I don’t want too much lift with the buggy being short and narrow, but it needs to have plenty of articulation, so the springs will dislocate at the top, and be held in place by the spring clamps which are attached to the spring cups on the axles.The shocks are 29″ at full droop and 15″ compressed, so that gives me plenty to play with when the suspension is setup during the build…

Lots of unsprung weight (axles wheels and tyres) and a small light buggy on the top

I looked at air shocks, rod end links, etc, etc, but this is just a simple cheap build again using easily sourced repair parts, to keep me sane in the garage...