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Quick update - The buggy passed its MOT today with flying colours!! Im very very happy even though it pi$$ed down there and back and I got soaked!!

Just got my insurance sorted for the buggy, back to Graham Sykes again fully comp parts only £111!! for a 1.8T im very happy!!

Hi Alan, yeah it has to be within 30 days to maintain the renewal date same as a car

Hi Alan, cheers mate - Ive now sent off the finished wheel arch brackets for powder coating - im waiting till the start of april before insuring and taxing it so I can take it for its MOT fingers crossed in a couple of weeks it should be back on the road!! - Cannot wait!!

Update time, its been far too long since the last update but things get in the way of building this monster !! However I have to say we are very close now, I got the handbrake working this week, and started the conversion for the wheel arches, I am re-using part of the old brackets and the...

At least youve got a new screen now Alan, is it a bond on one?

ok my guess - a self inflating sumo suit!!.......... what do you mean no :(

Bloody shame about the windscreen Alan, that is bad luck mate!

ha ha yeah that too 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah did just the same ive found a labelling machine very handy too!!

ha ha yeah, to be honest I wish I had fitted it from the start much easier than the way I had it for the IVA!

Thats looking superb - really coming on now! Ah the vw light switch control, what a superb bit of kit, did the same 3d printed a mounting bracket that bolts to the dash then the switch slides in and locks like in the golf it came from - 3d printers are wonderful things dont know where i would...

Happy Christmas All hope you had a good one!

Ha ha cheers fellas, it should be highly entertaining when I get her out on the road! when throttled up she has quite the bark and rapid throttle off produces a few entertaining pops!!

Hello All, long time no post! - took a video a short while back thought I would post it here - Its alive and Moves!

Good to see your back Baloo! - You can guess where I stand on this, I would look at building a subframe in front and rear to take the double "A" arm setup its a lot of work whatever way you do it, and half way through youll wonder would it of been easier to just start afresh !!

Ahh the blue one looks the business, I will have a play and see what it looks like, your still wanting to use the front subframe ? as thats going add a bit of width to the front end

Hey Alan, apologies for not getting much further on the model Ill get it sorted soon with the rest of the frame. As for the wall thickness comment that would depend on a few things, are you thinking of EVER putting it in a competition? if the answer is yes to that then I would check the...

Hey Alan, I did the plans myself around the only former I could find at the time, I got the former from a Landrover specialist who imported them from America, there are quite a few variations now from a few places, this is the type of former i have from another...

Welcome Ross_B !! - Looking forward to seeing the build progress and as 250buggys has said Read the IVA manual, its your buggy building bible! going through it a few times before ripping into the build and will it will save you a lot of headaches later :)