Volksrod Beach Buggy build project

shadow4509

shadow4509

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Hello people,

I've just purchased a Volksrod beach buggy on a 1958 VW chassis. Engine, gearbox are in working order and have recently been rebuilt just needs a lot of cosmetics.

Was just wondering if anyone has experience of buggy restoration or even if anyone has some parts lying around that may come in useful????

Thanks in advance
 
A genuine Volksrod? Kit car that looks like an old Ford Hot Rod?

Or did the seller of a Beach Buggy merely describe it as a Volksrod?

Volksrod means either the above kit car or a radically chopped, channeled and sectiond VW made to look like a hot rod.

If it's just a Beach buggy, who is the manufacturer? Pics?

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEACH-BUGGY_W0QQitemZ270215984912QQihZ017QQcategoryZ27385QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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You did NOT pay £582 for that.

Did you? :eek:

"NEW FLOOR, NEW BRAKES INC BRAKE PIPES MASTER CYLINDER,THE 1600 VW MOTOR HAS HAD NEW BARRELS AND PISTONS,CRANK REGRIND,STILL NEEDS TO BE RUN IN,ALSO NEW SHOCK ABSORBERS ALL ROUND,OWNED FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS BUT NEVER FINISHED"

It doesn't even say when the work was done, he could have done it and parked it up for 10 years. Good luck with that.
 
Can't say I'm a fan of LWB buggys...

Basically you have a lot of work ahead of you.

Dead Dog can tell you better than I can about the chassis resto bit but I know that fibreglass resto is a whore of a job.

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Akira said:
You did NOT pay £582 for that.

Did you? :eek:

"NEW FLOOR, NEW BRAKES INC BRAKE PIPES MASTER CYLINDER,THE 1600 VW MOTOR HAS HAD NEW BARRELS AND PISTONS,CRANK REGRIND,STILL NEEDS TO BE RUN IN,ALSO NEW SHOCK ABSORBERS ALL ROUND,OWNED FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS BUT NEVER FINISHED"

It doesn't even say when the work was done, he could have done it and parked it up for 10 years. Good luck with that.
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No it doesn't say when the work was done, but i used that little link labelled "email the seller" and then had my friend go look at it. £582 is not a high price for that at all.

The only work that I will be carrying out on it is the new roll cage build and any welding that needs doing. The buggy will then be going to speed culture which is a local company that carries out restoration.

A well restored buggy of this type, from my research, sells for anything between £2500 - £6000. So I have a £2000 limit to get it looking good. My first priority is to get it fully road legal and then looking good and ready for the summer.
 
Haven't even thought about colours yet to be honest. I'm having a sit down with the guy from speed culture tomorrow to see what he has in mind.

They seem like a creative bunch down there so I tempted to just say use it as a blank canvas and let them do what they think is best.

Obviously cost is the main concern but with a £2000 budget I think it could be complete. But I may be wrong, does anyone else have views on this?
 
shadow4509 said:
Obviously cost is the main concern but with a £2000 budget I think it could be complete. But I may be wrong, does anyone else have views on this?
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I'd expect the body repairs, prep and paint to come to at least two grand...Budget about the same for chassis and mechanical work.

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shadow4509 said:
I'm having a sit down
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:D + :D Simple things Please Simple minds :p

In 2 minds about this, Not had one myself but a couple of mates have had them. On the one hand they are crap & on the other they are Uber fun :confused:
Put together by the right person they can be quite driveable & look pretty good as well in a unique kind of way. Your one though is a LWB which kicks it right in the sacks as far as i am concerned. LWB with low clearance & that body make it Useless for what it's designed for :( First Dune you went over it would ground out with the wheels just spinning in the air. S'pose this will only be used on the road so the LWB will come in handy for more space & will make it look long & low on the road.
Interesting project though & I await pics of the build & finished motor/buggy.
Good Luck :)
 
Cheers for the repsonses. Fortunately the buggy will be seeing no dunes at all, but i'm sure it will be parked at the beach down here in torbay throughout the summer so some sand may get blown under the tyres but thats about all the sand it's going to see.

If it was just me and the missus that were going to be using it then a SWB would definately have been the preferred option but I would definately prefer the extra space in the back for passengers.

Lol at the sit down comment. I have no experience in building or restoring cars whatsoever, and you can find so many unfinished "projects" that people have bought saying they are going to do it over the winter and get it ready for the summer and it just never happens and ends up sitting untouched for months and then getting sold on. Which is why i'm not going to be that person, i'm getting the buggy to people who have a passion for what they do. It makes them happy and the finished product will make me happy.

I will be going in every few weeks to get pics and updates and will keep it posted on here.

At the moment the person I won it from seems very very reluctant to let it go, I think he wanted more for it. But if it goes breasts up i have seen this one for £1800 but I need to take a look at it properly first,

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I think the key to these is driving them before buying them. Like you say most have not been built properly in the first place & then go through many hands getting bodged through the enxt MOT rather than re built properly. I've always said to myself & others that if got something like this or a kit Cat (:D) I'd strip it back to shell & re build it myself. It is really the only way you can do it & know it will be done properly. Unless you have Uber dough & a team of enthusiasts ;)
 
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