HolyCount":nhuk6jnb said:
Biggest question is what constitutes an "unaltered" chassis ? I assume if you use the base chassis and bolt on a frame or new body you will be within the rules. However, by welding a frame to the chassis, are you altering the chassis ??????
Other than that it seems quite straightforward !
good question, my take on it would be that if you stood the chassis up against the wall with 5 others could you pick it out ? if you have welded bits on it so as its different then its altered and needs a sva/iva, if its got no extras welded and looks like the others then its good to go, so if l wanted something for the road then l think l would make it all bolt onto the orginal body mounts,
been playing around with the steering column, started of with the justy one but thats not adjustable and space is tight when getting in and out, so l have found a toyota column from an mr2 that l recently stripped
( anyone need a good mr2 engine and box for a rear engined buggy ? ) this is adjustable up and down so l have switched to this one now, going to make it slide sideways as well so as l can push it over to the middle to aid those of us that are 6'6" getting in and out
are there any other commonly used steering colums out there ?
now the engine is on its mounts proper l find the brake master cylinder rubs the altenator, so l have had to cut the tube linking the strut tops that suports the pedal box out and replace it with one that bends back 2" instead :
also been playing with some rolled tube that was kicking about the workshop, could come up with a really cute/wacky shaped buggy here
l did try a couple of regular shaped roll hoops but neither really took my fancy
was thinking about mounting the rad behind the engine, do you think that would work ?