Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

It's starting to look a lot like a rzr but designed by someone who actually goes off road. Good work that man!

Lambert wrote: It's starting to look a lot like a rzr but designed by someone who actually goes off road. Good work that man!

WOW :woohoo: Praise indeed, THANKS Lambert... if we go back to the very first post on this thread...

X8GGY wrote: Ok, some history first, I've attempted to build a buggy five times, and always given up due to lack of time and.or funds. I've asked Father Christmas for a Polaris RZR buggy for the last few years, but apparently he can't afford one. And lastly, I've drooled over the Ford EX Concept vehicle for many years too -

And recenty I found this Brazilian buggy, more of an ATV size but more of what I was thinking of in terms of inspiration...

So, last year I started looking for a cheap soft-top to be a winter project to try and create a buggy inspired by the above two photos, but more for the British climate, so retaining the windscreen and front soft-top roof section for some protection from showers...

Eventually I found a good donor from the one and only James Priestley (J999PRE on here) and he dropped it off for me

... part of the idea was to build a buggy 'like' an RZR but as lot cheaper, for greenlaning, but with bigger tyres than a UTV, as one of my greenalning mates (Gary Wrench I think?) said that Jimnys have a better ground clearance than the average UTV anyway, and being as I've always tinkered with Suzuki 4x4s it seemed sensible to base it on a jimny...



It's getting there! Looking forward to getting back out on the 'lanes soonish... and the BugJimny Meet for it's unveiling of course..

Speaking of which.. I'll probably do the "last" update on this thread on Sunday when the front 'wing' area, A-pillar and tree wire loop should be finished, and then stop updating for a while, whilst the finishing touches and paint are done, so that there is something to unveil at the meet, otherwise you'd have all "seen it all before"...?

Dave

Nice work Dave,have you weighed, good achievement,

Sent from my SM-A305YN using Tapatalk

Thanks (Old) Neil...

No, I'll weigh it when it's road legal though, I'd be interested to know too

Cheers!

Good idea on the keeping it under wraps for BigJimny meet, looking forward to it.

Dave. You are a Monstrous tease! Ten weeks is not a long time in buggy building, you had best crack on!