Desert Rat Sand Buggy

[Nosferatu]

I had an urge to build something that crawls thru the sand. I started with Tom Daniel’s Ice Tee. I like this body style and thought it would make a great dune-type buggy. I rounded the cab to a C cab and cleaned up some of the angles on the body. I then cut out the body where the engine would go and put in some styrene. I found an airplane cockpit glass and carved it for the fuel tank (not shown). I also scratched built all the suspension including winding the front springs. The rear springs came from an old computer CPU. I will be using a Corvair 6 cylinder for the power train. I found these giant tires on a toy I got from a thrift shop. The front tires and wheels came from a mini bike with a larger scale but I thought they looked good on the vehicle. The seat section of the interior came from the Lincoln Futura. I made a hinged rear gate. Inside the back I put a tool box, fire extinguisher, a shovel and a cooler. The dash is from a Corvair. I found a winch for the front and used a fine picture hanging wire for the cable. Also added Diamond plating in the interior.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.
 Dave.

[David G.]

What a cool looking mashup this promises to be!

With that Corvair boxer in the back, those large rear tires and short wheel base, it'll be one mean wheelie machine! 😮 

David G.

[espo]

Great creativity.  

[Nosferatu]

Thanks for the nice comments.

Dave

[Dann Tier]

This is crazy cool and unique!

[Zippi]

Now that's a sand buggy for sure David.  Pretty kewl idea.  Looks pretty wild.  I'm diggin it.