Beach Buggy Restoration

[areofall]

Quite unusal but this is a factory made fibreglass body minature VW Beach Buggy. The plan is to restore her into a tot rod. The Old scooter type engine which is a bump start but the plan is the replace for a Honda GX and to cut the rear axle so only one wheel drives to decrease the turning circle so it can be drive a shows, at present it's very juddery cornering at low speed. Full respray anf interior retrim, golf buggy rear wheel and new alloy roll bars. Just like they do on American Hot rods! Any sugestion would be great or possible paint colours.

 

[oscaryu1]

Nice! What type of engine is that?

(Bump start??)

 

[I like karts]

(Bump start??)

You have to push it to start it.



That thing is cool!! As for an engine, a hf clone would do perfect in there. Ad for paint, you could do like blue with ghost flames or somethin. Go all out.

 

[risto]

i agree. a HF clone and some blue paint to match! ghost flames sounds pretty sweet too! You should also get some lights on that thing...

 

[gocartkid]

Awesome!!!!!!

 

[areofall]

Whats a HF engine?

 

[gocartkid]

Whats a HF engine?

It stand for Harbor Freight, whom sells Honda clone engines. That's what we refer to them as.

 

[risto]

Here's the link to that engine:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96500

You could also put some wider tires on that thing.

 

[areofall]

Have found golf buggy wheels fit and planning to widen the rear, the front probably have to stay as they are due to clearance. If I fit a 6.5hp engine how would I slow her down? I always remember having to rev them up and them the clutch kicked in quite sharpe, could I keep her slowed down on the gearing and also git it smoother take offs?

 

[redcali]

well if the clutch kicks in sharply thats not the engines fault but the clutches or your control of the revs

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

You could gear it super low and have a manual belt clutch.