Mini Buggy Build

[97'Cummins]

this is one of the coolest go cart builds iv ever seen. great job on the build. look forward to seeing the finished product!

 

[mrfreyguy]

im excited to see the end product is ays your from mn will this machine see any snow?

I will hopefully be driving it frequently in the snow

this is one of the coolest go cart builds iv ever seen. great job on the build. look forward to seeing the finished product!

Thanks man! Finished product should be coming soon

Got the 2 front shocks mounted today. Everything's just tacked in for now, still need to brace the mounts and trim down the mounting plates. Next on the list is steering.

Bottom Mount

Top Hoops

Shi*** looking mounting plates, will be trimmed dwon so they look nice

Messy Garage

New Garage, yeah!!!!

 

[nak18]

HAHa, built a new garage after the first one got crowded. 2 cool projects, in one thread.

 

[kpiki007]

Helo I would like to ask it that the sizes of the frame of buggy

 

[mrfreyguy]

HAHa, built a new garage after the first one got crowded. 2 cool projects, in one thread.

Thanks lol!

Helo I would like to ask it that the sizes of the frame of buggy

Define Sizes?

Sorry for the lack of updates, almost all of my time has gone into finishing the garage. I did find a a little time to finish boring out the Subaru CV's accept the 1 1/4 bore hubs for my axles. All I have to do is weld them together.

CV's

I did have some time to start figuring out my front shock mount brace

Once we get rid of the rest of the building materials I will get much more work done.

Before:

After:

 

[r97]

Nice garage! looks like the buggy is coming along nicely, can't wait to see it finished. I'm hoping I can build a mini buggy soon myself!

 

[mrfreyguy]

Video Update: http://youtu.be/vA9m8kDu3A0

 

[TorqueRanger]

How do you plan on transporting this beast???

 

[B.M.800]

That thing is cool.
I want to build a sort of small buggy sometime...

 

[mrfreyguy]

How do you plan on transporting this beast???

Car dolly

That thing is cool.
I want to build a sort of small buggy sometime...

Go for it!

Finally settled in to the new garage. I know have an organized workspace . Welded one of the hubs completely today and half of the other. The one thats finished turned out great.

Possibly one of the nicest welds I have made. Im starting to make nice welds consistently

Assembled

How the buggy sits in the new garage

 

[frankysfree]

I just came across this build and I have to say it's looking killer

 

[mrfreyguy]

Thanks man!

 

[mrfreyguy]

Finished the other hub tonight. Only worked for about a half hour so I didn't get much done. However, I did manage to weld together my jackshaft plates so there's another thing done. Next thing I will probably is cut the frame-end of the bushings off of the rear A-arms and change them over to heim joints. Pics soon.

 

[bighead]

Keep taking some good pics on how you set up your axle. Some day I am going to build my own buggy. I am saving all your pics. I really like how you did the roof/top on your cage. Looks very good.

How much did that heater hanging from your roof cost? Does it work well?

Beyond killer build friend. It's going to be sweet man. I'm jelous as hell. Licking my chops wanting to drive it.

 

[mrfreyguy]

Keep taking some good pics on how you set up your axle. Some day I am going to build my own buggy. I am saving all your pics. I really like how you did the roof/top on your cage. Looks very good.

How much did that heater hanging from your roof cost? Does it work well?

Beyond killer build friend. It's going to be sweet man. I'm jelous as hell. Licking my chops wanting to drive it.

Thanks for all the compliments, I really appreciate it. The heater was approx $350. It does its job well and will usually warm up my 20x24 shop in about an hour. It gonna be sweet, but I have to sell it so I can finish everything on my truck . Thats not a day I want to think about lol, should bring in alot of cash though.


Made some 1/2 inch threaded bungs in shop over the past week.
Welded them into the A-arms tonight and threaded my 1/2 inch heims in. Only got one side done but Ill hopefully do the other tomorrow. In my opinion it looks alot better and more professional than having bronze bushings on both ends of the A-arms. Now all I have to do is brace the upper portion of the A-arms and Ill be done with the rear

Sorry for the crappy pics, only had my Ipod

 

[sparky]

go to vw-samba web site, and check out some of thier fab tricks,do's and dont's.some of the projects on that site are works of art and you will save time and $

 

[mrfreyguy]

go to vw-samba web site, and check out some of thier fab tricks,do's and dont's.some of the projects on that site are works of art and you will save time and $

Ill take a look

I finished the other side today. Looks good. I really like the final product, it looks more professional and its now fully adjustable.

 

[robotmickey]

Great job!! Looks AWESOME!!! Gonna be a beeeeeeaaaaasssttttt...

 

[Lynx_Genisys]

this is comming along great!
Cant wait to see it up and running!

 

[mrfreyguy]

this is comming along great!
Cant wait to see it up and running!

Thanks! Hopefully it will be running by mid march.

Started re-fabricating some things I didnt like on the buggy (Shock Mounts, Engine Mounts, Spindles, and the front A arm Mounts)


Front wheels back on.

New Shock Mounts

Spindles Mounted

Rear Lower and Upper Shock mounts

Wheels waiting to be put back on

Motor almost completely mounted

Might run a dual exhaust system

Welded some stuff in