DOG Site
Contents
- Owner Map
- DOG Forum
- Intro
- The S1 page
- The GT page
- The GS page
- History Page
- Parts Info
- Liturature
- DOG Club Merchandise
(on left hand side of the link
above, look for the Button
Club Merchandise
(how the buggy goes racing)
You now could have a perfectly balanced mid-engined custom chassis sports car designed specifically for the Corvair six cylinder or even a Porsche four of six cylinder if your wallet allowed. A stock Corvair provided double the power over the VW engine and provided race car handling in a very light, 1,100 lb. package.
The partnership of a dune buggy manufacturer (Dearbor Automotive), sharing ideas and shop space with the top race car supplier in the US (Autodynamics) led to this totally unique buggy. The excellent design and fabrication skills available from the Autodynamic�s race car crew provided creativity and engineering far beyond a typical repair shop. IIn hindsight, they provided some truly remarkable race cars and dune buggies with many individuals from the Autodyynamic�s crew leaving much bigger marks in the automotive world following the stints at Autodynamics and DAC.
The combination of a balanced, light, stiff chassis with the fiberglass body proved to be very competitive on the Autocross circuits across America, SCCA track events and even the Pikes Peak hill climb events. Drivers like Alex Dearborn himself, Bill Goodhale, Reeves Callaway, Chuck Ribblett and Ted Trevor all seemed to have great fun and successful runs in their day in these cars.
Originally the GS chassis was fitted to the Deserter Series 1 Manx style body, but demand quickly led production to fitting the exciting new Deserter GT body to this chassis. The majority of GS cars, estimated at less than 100 in total, wore the GT body kits. Less than a handful have been located wearing the S-1 bodies.
The adds on this page give you views of both variants of the Deserter GS mid-engined buggy. Both used the same GS chassis kit, fitted with either (S-1 or GT) dune buggy bodies.
The unique GS Kit included: custom tubular chassis, fiberglass floorpan, fiberglass toe box and fiberglass engine cover. Mechanicals were optional and determined by the size of the owners wallet.
and thank you in advance for sharing information on these great little cars.
Web site by
Bob Elliott
(Last Update, 12/1/08)
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