Just another buggy.....

[shortxjdoug]

bent up the boatsides on my lunch break... managed to get one tacked up, im getting the other one in tomorrow and ill make a judgement call on the boatside height. As of right now i like it, its only 8 inches above the top of a stock rocker.

cant be any harder to get in than a jimmy chassis right?

 

[Lowrange2]

Looks nice.

Do you intend to put a stock Cherokee front clip back on it? Or something of the sort?

 

[shortxjdoug]

Looks nice.

Do you intend to put a stock Cherokee front clip back on it? Or something of the sort?

no the front will be just wide enough for the radiator and some square headlights then to cover it all up i'll cut down a cherokee center grille to fit. as for the rest of it its just getting basic buggy skins...no use putting a bunch of time in on cherokee panels that will get mutilated quickly :explosion

 

[Lowrange2]

Well, I just meant to ask if it was going to have a Cherokee grille on it.

There's a couple small buggys around here built like you're building yours. They're by far my favorite. I'll see if I can dig up a picture or two.

 

[Lowrange2]

This one belongs to Miller McArthor (sp?)

I LOVE this thing. I'm trying to find a picture of the other one.

Here's a couple shots off of the Gulches web page.

 

[256offroad]

Looking good Doug. you running air shocks coil overs or oris? 4 linked front and rear? 8.8 rear? .... You may have said all that in an earlier post...

 

[shortxjdoug]

This one belongs to Miller McArthor (sp?)

I LOVE this thing. I'm trying to find a picture of the other one.

Here's a couple shots off of the Gulches web page.

i have pictures of his jeep somewhere, its a nice rig. plus he saved a lot of scratch by keeping the front inner fenders...nothing like using cherokee stuff that was already there for your font suspension

Looking good Doug. you running air shocks coil overs or oris? 4 linked front and rear? 8.8 rear? .... You may have said all that in an earlier post...

air shocks or coilovers....whichever shows up in the pirate marketplace cheapest when it comes time to buy. 4 link rear, 3 link front. 44/8.8 combo pretty much identical axles to tim's. He's had such good luck out of them that i'm just copying them...plus im not running a 5 speed/5.0 atlas combo like him so it should ease a little pain on the drivetrain id love to run ORI's but unless theres a major income upgrade in the next year i wont be seeing any anytime soon

 

[shortxjdoug]

pass side up...i like it, high clearance sides are staying.

sat in it to get a feel for it, i havent drawn anything out on what i want it to look like, so every time i get another section done i have to stop and stare at everything for about 15 minutes.....slow but effective

im picking up more tube next week, upper cab structure is will get done then

i'll put in a plug for the gottrikes bender plans too, if you have the time to put it together its worth the effort, nothing like bending tube from a deskchair

 

[unclethumbtack]

People thought mine would be hard to get into but I really like it. And I find it is not that hard to get in. driver side matches the passenger.

 

[twodoorXJ]

Did you build version A or B for the bender? Looking good!

 

[shortxjdoug]

Did you build version A or B for the bender? Looking good!

whatever is the easier one...version a i think.

my buddy has a laser cutting hookup, i had all the flat 1/2 pieces laser cut for a bill. way worth it