Mini-Buggies...

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Store bought, or home built.... choose your poison.

Enter the "Puddle Jumper"

weird name, even weirder creation. Egged on by guys like Short Circuit, I finally got started.
Bought some Bandit plans off ebay from Theo, VERY impressive! Then saw some sidewinder pics....I LOVE working with square tubing.
Found out the cabin area of a standard bandit might be a bit cramped for me...

So the "Puddle Jumper" is about to be hatched...... hear's the beginnings.





I could NOT work without clamps...





That's it for today....you can probably see more SideWinder influence right now, but the Bandit will be their too. Power plant was originally slated to be a KZ440, but I have since changed my mind, and think I'll put a KLR650 in this instead...:lmao:

BUT, some of these things use our own GY6 engines and the Honda clone 250 CF engine.... come on guys, you know you want a second hobbby....

www.buggymasters.com/forum/index.php

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Sorta like this...

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Had to bring out the big gun today. My little 110V Lincoln was fine for the 1/8th > 1/8th joints, even though it was maxed out. So as some metal gages were increasing, I decided to move the gas cylinder over, and dust the cobb webs off my 220V machine..... NIGHT and DAY....



So with the frame turned over on the table, and all the welds finished on this side, I went the down and dirty, quicky way of rear suspension supports....yup, 3/16th gage 3" channel steel. Cut it all out, drilled it, lined it up, and the 220 machine sewed it up like nobodies bidness.





Gotta head for the u-pull-it yard this week, and pick up a bucket seat, so I can start on the cage next.....

[Rebel]

Looks like a lot of fun, we had dune buggies when I was a kid, I got tired of eating sand.