The buggys arrival at it's new home.
Tom talked the seller down to $500.00 from $1000.00....not to shabby.

I have always liked white wall tires on dune buggys....NOT.

Somehow this buggy found it's way from Arizona to the Chicago area. I spotted it sitting in front of a farmhouse when I was driving down one of the local gravel roads.

The seats are the most comfortable seats I have ever sat in. If anybody has an idea what they came out of, let me know.

The green tint at the bottom of the windshield is a bit unique.

It looks as if the original builder spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to clearance the fiberglass for the air cleaner so it would look like it came from the factory.

The dash has a ton of holes and the wiring was a joke. It has a nice set of vintage, cable operated steering brakes.

The Dual Cannon mufflers had to go. the baffles were rattling something terrible. This engine smoked so bad when he bought the buggy, I'm amazed oil wasn't running out the mufflers. We honed the cylinders and installed new rings and now it runs nice and clean.

A nice new K&N air filter, a new header, and the back of the body trimmed in a symmetrical fashion and it looks a lot better. Notice the Chevy Vega tail lights. Each taillight has 2- dual filement bulbs, so it can be seen during the day. There are fiberglass enclosures made to cover the back of the taillights, it's a nice feature.

New rollbar, wheels, tires,and windshield frame. Now it's looking presentable.

Cleaned up fuel filler hole in the hood made a big difference.

Tom's Buggy finally made it to the sand.

New Super Trapp installed along with a double tube bumper.
The Super Trapp really quieted the buggy down. It's a pleasure to drive down the road.
You have to excuse the ground clamp for the welder that is clamped on the exhaust. The new muffler was needed once Tom installed the new 1835 cc engine with a single Weber 44IDF.

Tom stopped by to have me take a look at the front end of his buggy. A couple hours later we had the king and link pins replaced.

There was a serious amount of rust in both the king pins and link pins.

Tom, installing his new steering wheel and turn signal switch.

NIVA Bugfest 2005.
The trip home from the show. I can't understand why Tom is so happy, the bank thermometer across the street was reading 100 deg.F.

TOMS BUGGY

Here is Tom's buggy now that the roll bar has evolved into a rollcage.

2005 Harsh Winters VW Club "Bugapaloosa" in Sandwich, Ill.
Tom's buggy

2005 NIVA Crystal Lake, Illinois Show.
Tom's generator belt decided to leave in the middle of our 90 mile trip home. Believe it or not, 5 VW buggys and nobody had a spare!

2005 NIVA Crystal Lake, Illinois Show.
There it is, a beltless generator. We found a "fractional HP' belt at an ACE hardware that was on the verge of closing. It fit fine and got us the rest of the way home.

Tom's buggy at the 2006 Bugapaloosa

Tom's buggy at the 2006 Bugapaloosa