63 Buggy Budget Build

Last Saturday me and big bro went up to Athens and picked up a buggy (Thanks Shane) damn good price. It does have some issues, the pans are toast, passenger side of the tunnel is rusted out and several holes drilled in the body.

So Sunday we started the work. Got the body off and the pans cut out. Built a tube chassis and cut the bad part of the tunnel and patched, put in new pans, then built the roll cage.

The goal is to have her on the road by the end of August at a cost of under $1500.

Might have to call big bro to get some pics up.

My bay in the shop is getting full........

Nice looking cage that you're welding up

Thanks, Been doing alot of body work the last few days. I noticed the paint was bubbled up in several places around the back and over the tires. So I started sanding and found about 75 holes from the size of a pencil to a dime filled in with bondo. I got it all out and started putting fiberglass back in. Hoping to finish it today.

Here are some pics from the last few days

I love the way those buggies look with the roll cages,great job

We got most of the holes filled and the cracks repaired.







Started work on the dash last night. Got one layer of glass on and should finish up today.

You get more done in a week than I do in a year.

I'll let you in on a secret Glenn......
He don't have to get up and go in to work every day....

Good looking glass work!!!! When she gonna get paint? May be able to get out there this weekend and help again.

I'm hoping to have it ready for Johnny to prime Saturday.
Almost got the dash finished.
Also started sanding about 5 coats of paint off he body yesterday.

I'm sick of sanding but we should have it primed tomorrow.

nice work - cant wait to see it in paint

Not in final paint yet but looks better than when we brought it home....

Side by side look close to the same....

Got a few more things done

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Got a lot of new parts from Clyde over the weekend and a set of taillights that I'm going to cut down and mold in.

A few more pics from the last couple of days.
Tail Lights molded in.

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Back seat area boxed in, now just needs the padding and vinyl.

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Narrowed the beam 4" and put in adjusters.
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After

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Joe wrote:

That's looking great man. Love the stance.

It would be nice to keep that low but, it will have to come up about 3".

Shorter tires maybe?.......

Just leave the luguts loose, she will be scraping the ground in no time.................


Tail lights look great, sometimes you see them where they don't really fit with the flow of the body, but those look right on!!

Joe wrote:It would be nice to keep that low but, it will have to come up about 3".

Haha, yeah I figured it would have to come up a little. First bump you hit like that and those fenders are toast.