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Freestyle GT Build Diary
06 March 2009 Hi All, About time i started this really, so here goes........... Well after a couple… [more]
More Messing In Freestyle Buggies
This is a video just showing what the Freestyle is capable of, and well as you can see the Freestyle… [more]
The Brown knight – The effects of getting Muddy
Getting muddy at its best! This is a Freestyle Road Buggy that has been out green laning and its got… [more]
Freestyle Buggies Playing in Greenlanes
The Freestyle road buggy is not only great fun on the roads but they are awesome off road. Take a look… [more]
International Mini Meet 2005
May 26th 2005 I am outside my house strapping the last of my luggage to the freestyle waiting while I… [more]
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The Blitz 2
The Blitz 2 is a two-seater buggy with minimum bodywork offering a very easy build due to the simplicity of the design. The donor car for the Blitz 2 is the (A-Series engine – sizes up to 1275cc) mini, which sold in its millions throughout the world, suitable models are 1976 onwards. A good second hand mini can be purchased for as little as £250 with a MOT. Handling The design of the Blitz 2 moves the engine from the front of the original mini into the rear of the Blitz chassis making the Blitz 2 a mid mounted engine buggy for the … [Read More...]
A Photo Video Of Various Trialling events
There are a few of our members that are keen at trialling and the Freestyle kit car is a very popular buggy for doing this as its light weight and rear wheel drive. The photos in this video are taken by a valued member Jon Way.... cheers Jon … [Read More...]
Cheap Road Buggy Insurance
In order to save as much money as possible on your insurance, there are three things you must consider: The insurance company The level of cover you need Your own risk factor Picking an insurance company can be the easy bit, if you use all of the tools at your disposal. Comparison sites such as Gocompare.com and Only Finance offer a great way to compare quotes from a number of insurers. Gocompare specialises in car insurance, and is great for finding the right policy, whilst Only Finance is great if you want cheap car insurance as a … [Read More...]
Stoneleigh Kit Car Show 2006
Well, What a few weeks I have had, It was a mad rush to get the freestyle ready for the kit car show as I was still doing repairs from the IMM 2005 and so I was working all day and all night to get things done, On the Saturday before the show I worked to gone 2 in the morning to try and get everything done but I just ran out of time, So I went to bed and thought to myself that all I had to do was put the nose cone back on and try and grease the joints up on the chassis. … [Read More...]
Road Legal Buggies And Quads
Road legal buggies are what make Muddy Buggies. We started over six years ago when we built the mini based buggy the Freestyle which was soon road legal and we were driving around. The Buggy forum was then started tio help other buggy builders get it through the SVA and make them road legal. Muddy Buggies has gone from strength to strength with a busy forum community and ofter meetings at the uk Kit car shows around the country. But Muddy Buggies does not only cover road legal buggies but it also looks at road legal quads which are … [Read More...]
Freestyle GT Build Diary Page 2
*** Little Update *** Date March 09, 2009 Weather held out slightly yesterday morning so got the buggy wheeled out of the garage and started stripping bits that are no longer needed. Pictures don't show much but i have added a few anyway. Got the old pedal box removed and have ripped out all the old break lines and clutch line as i was not happy with how these where done. Removed the exhaust system as this needs to be completely remade for the new engine, have kept the crabon fibre bike can though as it should sound great with the … [Read More...]
Freestyle GT Build Diary
06 March 2009 Hi All, About time i started this really, so here goes........... Well after a couple of weeks away and a little think i have decided to go ahead with the 4EFTE conversion into the Buggy ;D ToyotaGT will be doing all the work that i can't handle myself, or just cant be bothered to do myself :o So most of it! and is going to be done in stages so that the dent on my wallet is gradual rather than all in one hit! … [Read More...]
The Onyx Tomcat
You could be forgiven for thinking the Tomcat is an unashamed copy of the Blitz but its not. Onyx's David Golightly originally built a similar Mini based special as an autotest car which he used to great effect. he drove it in the runner up spot in 1989 National Auto Test Championship. Having impressed himself with his car designing ability, it was this success that ultimately led to the birth of the first Onyx model in the form of the Fiat Panda based firefly now manufactured by Formby Kit Cars. That said, the Tomcat is a joint effort between … [Read More...]
Bike Engined Buggies
A road legal buggy is nown for its capabilities off road but not many people realise how good they are to drive on road. At MuddyBuggies we have a few members developing bike engined buggies and all I can say is that they are going to be awesome. With the light weight chassis and the light powerplant they will be quick! … [Read More...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 3
Hello and welcome to my Re Build Diary Page 3, Saturday 5th January, Today I was up early to finish getting the buggy ready for the painters so after doing a bit and freezing my bits off the buggy was about ready, then tragedy my brilliant welding failed I snapped one of the wing mirror brackets off, this was the first bit of welding I have ever done and did not use enough power but after I ground the old weld off and re welded it was strong again. So I had to empty my little escort van of all my plastering gear and then to find … [Read More...]
Freestyle Road Legal Buggy Trip To Wales 2010
The Wales trip is now becoming a bit of a MuddyBuggies tradition, before this trip in 2010, Steve Alan and Simon did a tour of Wales. I was not able to make this trip as I was actually travelling around Australia at the time. However, the Wales trip in 2010 myself and my girlfriend Jane made it. We met at the garden centre in Lichfield and we had tea and coffee while we came acquainted with the others. I made a comment about Simon's brakes, as previously I rammed him on the way to another show, the comment went along the lines of “I've not … [Read More...]
International Mini Meet 2005
May 26th 2005 I am outside my house strapping the last of my luggage to the freestyle waiting while I am waiting for Dave Smart to arrive from Somerset. He was driving to my house where he would get in my buggy and we both would then go to meet Jon Way and his Daughter Jenny, Jon was driving Dave's buggy down and Jenny was my passenger. … [Read More...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary
Hello and welcome to my re build diary, In september I was meant to be heading down to somerset for 5 days then up to New Quay (wales) in my Freestyle buggy. I could've always spent for a car hire like car rental dublin but I was in pursuit of real adventure so I brought the buggy. But on the M4 motorway my buggy over heated so i pulled over on to the hard shoulder and slowed down to 50mph the oil light started to flicker so I turn off the ignition and rolled to a stand still. After inspection by myself I found copious amount of oil over … [Read More...]
The Howie 650cc
The Howie which is the USA Joyner is a road legal buggy that is fun to drive on and off road. This buggy is has the american style with two seats there is no excuse not to take a passenger out. The Howie has excellant suspension to enable it to cope with difficult terrain. The power plant is a suzuki based 650cc engine giving it good low end torque for the buggies light weight. The howie road legal buggy comes with alloys and and a soft top roof as standard. This is a great road legal buggy for someone getting into off road driving, … [Read More...]
The Brown knight – The effects of getting Muddy
Getting muddy at its best! This is a Freestyle Road Buggy that has been out green laning and its got very muddy! The perfect day out in my books!! Well done chaps! … [Read More...]
Freestyle Buggy Videos
The Moke is out playing with the freestyle when it gets stuck in the ford. The freestyle just fly through the ford. Wait till The Moke gets started again at the end of the clip will make you laugh! Some of the terrain that the Freestyle road legal buggy can get over is pretty impressive and I have yet to see one tip / roll over all be it very close in the next video. The buggy that is winey is not broken its just got a straight cut gear box. More Freestyle Buggy antics. They just are great fun and especially if there are … [Read More...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 5
19th February 2008 For the last few days I have been painting and prepping bits for the rear suspension set up. I also fitted the engine to the subframe with the help of my little sis. The bell housing end of the engine was a simple procedure getting the mount in but the timing chain end was a real pig and took over an hour of swear and throwing things but its in. As you will notice from the pictures below I have actually fitted the engine to the subframe and the subframe to the chassis with the chassis still sat on the garage floor I have … [Read More...]
A Newspaper Clipping
Below is a clipping taken from a news paper, I am not sure of its origin but thanks to whoever wrote it. Coming back down to earth with a bang, the humble Mini is, itself, already something of a cult car. But what do you do when the pint-pot classic has come to the end of its life and you don't want to let it rust in peace? Well, fear not as the heart and spirit of your perished Mini could live pn in an A.B.S. Freestyle. Looking like a cross between a 1960s beach buggy and a no frills trials car, the freesyle is not only cheap to buy but … [Read More...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 6
10th March 2008 So I ordered my tyres from MiniSport at a cost of £192 delivered I went for the Yoko 175/50/R13 I went off to see my unle at MK MOT to fit the tyres to the rims, I decided that I was not going to fit these myself as I did not want to scratch the rims too much so my uncle had the pleasure of that job. I had the pleasure of balencing them which turned out ok and found it to be quite an easy job. With my tyres fitted I was then on a mission to get the chassis rolling, I had one small problem at this moment in time and … [Read More...]
Two Freestyles & A Moke – The Fun Begins
Mokes are great fun but they are absolutely rubbish at going off road and this clip is of a friend ours and he gets his moke stuck and then has to be dragged out of the wet stuff by a freestyle. This video is very funny and well worth the watch! The Freestyle just goes on to prove how well it is adapted and how it can handle even the toughest terrain, the water is the video is very strong and deep yet we just plough throught it..... fantastic! … [Read More...]
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