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Old 10-21-2008, 08:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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my buggy

these photos were taken 30 years apart. the buggy looks the same , wish i did!
my wedding 1978


my daughter's wedding last week


the car . just ignore the fat balding guy. that couldn't be me!



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Old 10-23-2008, 10:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 10-23-2008, 10:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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some times i hate a computer ! links that i can see ,but no one else can ! i'll repost later
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Old 10-24-2008, 08:46 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Ah, that's better.
Hey, that looks like a lot of fun! Like an oversized go-cart. Is it street legal?
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Old 10-24-2008, 04:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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i've had it tagged since 1977.
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Old 06-07-2009, 12:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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what kind of fuel economy does that give? Ought to be decent, considering the small weight.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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Old 06-07-2009, 05:13 PM   #8 (permalink)
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never checked ,it's not streamlined at all , and is a bit overpowered.

short video of the BRAC aircoolers get togther.

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looks like you shortened the frame of a volkwagen bug and took off the body. Is that the basic idea? I'd always thought it would be fun to build a buggy like that for having fun in.
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Old 06-09-2009, 01:44 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Here's your wedding photo with a bit of color correction:




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