Ok back a few month ago my girlfriend and I went to an off
road show. I had been thinking about buying myself a buggy and what kind of
buggy would it be… Well we talked to may
of the vendor there and found one vendor that actually wanted to spend time and
answer all my questions.. Ok and hour later, yeah allot of them.. We went and enjoyed the rest of the show.. We
took a
picture by the one they had on display and here it
is..
Sorry for the bad
picture,
It was taken with a cell phone
camera
Here are a couple of pictures that was taken of the one buggy that was almost done. This is what my buggy will look like just to give you an idea where all this is going..
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bigger view)
Well as it was, I was able to do a few things and make this life long dream come true… So down to the shop we went and talked some more to the guys at Lightning Industries and make the finial decisions for the buggy. After a month or so my financing came through and I met with Chris and gave him the deposit. Well they did a bunch of change on the jig for the buggy frame and other delays, but then I get the e-mail I was waiting for.. Progress pictures… Here is a set of the first pictures that they sent to me..
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bigger view)
Well, here we are in week two of the build! I came to work Friday and found an e-mail from Lightning Industries with more progress pictures. I was very excited to see them. Here are the pictures that they sent me, Enjoy!
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bigger view)
3/19/07
Well here we are in the middle of March and I have gotten a few more pictures from the shop. The update is, the front a-arms are being laser cut and being put together, the fuel cell has come in and they are going to start building the brackets for it. The engine and the trans is on order, I guess that the mendeola company only makes so many trans housings so we are on standby for the next run of them that should be in the next week or two. Once all the comes in we should really see a lot of progress on the buggy.. Here are the pictures that I just got…
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bigger view)
4/09/07
Ok, I took a trip down to vist my buggy. I was a little disapointed that there wasn't more done on it. they are saying that do to making the frame wider there has been a lot of changes. So they now have giving me another completion date of 6 to 8 weeks. Well as of the 10th of this month it was 8 weeks from the true start of the build. So I am trying to be patient. They are doing a great job on what is done so far. The feul cell was there and it comes in around 22 gals. They were working on the mounts for the front arms to attach to. Well here is the next completion date it is June 12. So we wait. I had Kathy take a couple of pictures of me by the buggy, They were taken with a cell phone again sorry..
They also had sent me progress pictures that same day, so here they are, enjoy!
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bigger view)
You can also see my page on www.dunebuggy.com the address is http://my.dunebuggy.com/kaddman088
Stay Tuned for the next step in the build!!!
