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| Where Can I find a Buggy? - Try our Classifieds section, or the local WantAdvertiser, Parts Swapper, eBay for a few good choices. Usually at any time you will be able to find a half dozen well loved, but forgotten buggies in something less than 100% state of completion. If you go via the internet, remember that shipping charges can often be more than the cost of the bug! Know where you are dealing from! Depending on the condition, anything from $100 to 3 or 6,000 could be appropriate. Any average driver today has to be worth $3-4,000, less if not running, more with the expensice stuff. All you have to do is ask yourself, how much is missing, how much can you do or want to do and how much do you want to spend. And try to be honest! Then, the best advice would have to be, buy the best car you can afford. Someone elses labor almost always comes free of charge in any partial project (and some times it's not even worth that :-). But potentially, it's a lot less work for you to and get something running and useable and better than starting from scratch. A lot of the fun of ownership with a buggy is the fact that you did not have to finance your life away to get it drivable. If your interest includes show perfection, sure you'll be spending more, but still a lot less than on a 100 point Corvette. I've seen plenty of dune buggy owners go well over $10,000+ and not have everything sorted out yet, parts add up fast, money goes fast. I'd think pretty hard at refusing a running cars simply because of bad paint, or some bad tire or wheel combination or some other easy fix.. ****************************************************************************************************** |
| What about a New Body ? - If your interested in the long, expensive route that guarantees you'll know every nook and cranny then you might be looking for a body to start the next project. If your wondering if there are there any others new buggy bodies out there, here's a few to places to look at? There's quite a few people pulling fresh bodies from either new or old original old molds. Here's a list of some of the sources we have found on the web. http://www.berrienbuggy.com Berrien Buggy's, 10644 U.S. 31, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103 (269) 471-1411 Fax (269) 471-5903 - Check out the Nostalgia line of buggys. ****************************************************************************************************** www.texasbuggys.com - Texas Buggys, contact Bobby Sparkman, (361)-573-1461, 402 Hampshire, Victoria TX 77904 ******************************************************************************************************* http://www.jbertram.com/Vw-bodies/index.html - Denver Colorado, looks like a JSC or an El Lobo body. ****************************************************************************************************** www.funbodies.com - RTS Enterprises, Lakeside, CA 619 938-0839, longcarmanx@yahoo.com ******************************************************************************************************* The Empi Imp is being reproduced and available from Unique Supply, Inc. 610 Tennessee Street Redlands, Ca 92374 (909) 793-0212 ******************************************************************************************************* The Manxter, a Bruce Meyers car for the 2002. If something the $7-10,000 price range to start with is in your range, this is the car for you. www.meyersmanx.com/manxter_main.htm ******************************************************************************************************* |
| I Found a Buggy, but What Kind of Body Is It? - Here's the ultimate buggy reference site. John, Bart and Paul and the rest of the crewcan help you ID it, no matter what it is. Give them a try.. http://www.unebuggyarchives.com ****************************************************************************************************** |
| That's all for know, check back from time-to-time - tBC |