Something like that would probably be a Class 1? There's so many classes it's tough for me to keep them straight these days. And seriously, let me know when I can come pick up your brother-in-laws '69.That looks bad ass, My buddy Mark builds bomb proof VW bus 901 transaxles (http://www.markssandtrans.com)
but he got away from the VW powerplants once he played with a turbo Honda based rail. I could see getting him to build me a Corvette LS based rail to race.
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I'll be there at thanksgiving, I'll snap some pics. He picked it up for the dunes and has never even gotten it running (I honestly don't think he has tried). It's down by Eugene.Something like that would probably be a Class 1? There's so many classes it's tough for me to keep them straight these days. And seriously, let me know when I can come pick up your brother-in-laws '69.
You bought them all didn't you?
Man, I'm not sure I'm the guy to answer this to be honest. I'd suspect it kind depends on what all you want or need to salvage from the donor bug itself. I think a lot of the tube chassis have a front beam (and maybe trailing arms?) from a bug, not sure what else is pulled from the car when building a tube chassis car. I'll ping the other guys on the team to see what they think, there's a couple of guys that really know bugs that might have a better idea. Also, there's a pile of forums out there for this question...
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all I plan to use the donor car for is keeping the vin and locating tabs and basic geometry, I am betting 90% of the original car will scrappedMan, I'm not sure I'm the guy to answer this to be honest. I'd suspect it kind depends on what all you want or need to salvage from the donor bug itself. I think a lot of the tube chassis have a front beam (and maybe trailing arms?) from a bug, not sure what else is pulled from the car when building a tube chassis car. I'll ping the other guys on the team to see what they think, there's a couple of guys that really know bugs that might have a better idea. Also, there's a pile of forums out there for this question...
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So the finished tube car will look like a bug then? Same size (ish) and all that? Probably anything would work then. Might want to have a look at the different rear suspension styles to see if there's anything absurdly different in geometry that would affect what you're building.
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Late model non super. You are looking for anything with a flat windshield.
As ive been sick as a dog and stuck in the recliner I have been going over several options the more I learn as I surf the builds out there.
The body is basically 4 bolts to the pan. If you are doing tube, you just need 4 body mounts and you are done. You could do any number of tubular a arms and trailing arms like long travel pre runner setups. Get a bus 901 from my buddy Mark in Forest Grove (Mark's Sandy Trans).
I guess I need to decide if I am going to go bougie or beater, thx for the info on mark, seems like the guy who could answer any question for sure
He built amazing VW based rails for years. Then he found a Typhoon V6 in the junkyard and got crazy into turbos. Now he builds Honda based monster turbo setups. I worked with his wife back in '99. He's been building bombproof sand gearboxes since before that.
I typically wont build a project unless it has some appeal for resale when I decide to build another project to tinker with.Resale value?? If you're concerned about resale value, just buy a Camry.
Sand rail Camry, I can totally see it.Resale value?? If you're concerned about resale value, just buy a Camry.
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