Sep 26, 2009 for help, im reading and posting at a vw forum, and have three books. Try checking out a book called baja bugs and buggies by jeff hibbard. A baja bug is an original volkswagen beetle modified to operate offroad open desert, sand dunes and beaches, although other versions of aircooled volkswagens are sometimes modified as well. The building of the first baja bug is generally credited to gary emory of parts obsolete. Vehicles must be a vw sedan type1 hardtop or convertibles as delivered from the factory. A resource site for building, maintaining and driving a volkswagen based baja beetle. May 02, 2019 finished baja bug build above is the finished baja bug build once the raptor has fully cured, and below you can see the side profile with the hatch propbar. Checking include nearby areas will expand your search. Based out of yorkville, illinois, paul and alex mulligan teamed up as a fatherson team and took on a project of building a backyard baja bug from the ground. Hibbard, you can more than just what you receive from other book baja bugs.
First build i am gonna do is a baja bug using resin bodies that were cast by jake from the master doug r kod came up with, even better news is i am gonna have the master himself help me. Mar 20, 2018 the baja and the baja 500 routes change from year to year. Five reasons why you need to buy a baja bug right now. Ferdinand porsche designed the beetle to race the baja. Vw baja bug offroad roof rack w 7 100watt combo lights. Bruce meyers, 91 and full of stories, recalls a life fully lived, from building boats to creating the meyers manx dune buggy to launching baja racing over drinks in a mexican hotel.
Baja bugs often race in off road desert races such as the baja. How to build a fiberglass dune buggy or sandrail sand rail. The dune buggy or offroad buggy originated as a custom built offroad machine based on the volkswagen beetle bug chassis and engine. Purchase used vw baja bug in toccoa, georgia, united states. Today we were talking about vws and she mentioned the idea of a very lightly modified offroadprepped bug. How to prepare vwbased cars for offroad fun and racing. This site is setup as an information resource for the webmasters 73 type 1 volkswagen baja bug. I dont think it was originally planned that way, but theres no doubt that the vw beetle is a car perfectly suited for offroading. Your source for dune buggy parts, sand rails parts, vw bug parts, classic vw parts, baja bug parts, manx buggy parts, vintage vw parts, volkswagen beetle parts, super beetle parts, type1, type2, type3, ghia, vw trike, woods buggy, callook bug, volksrod, pipe rail, rail buggy, square back, off road baja bugs, vw drag bug and vw sand drags.
This is the quintissential manual for building a baja bug. Parts for dune buggy, sand rails, baja bug, manx buggy, off road baja, vw bugs, pipe rail, rail buggy, trikes, woods buggy, sand drags, volkswagen beetle, offroad racing javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. Baja bug web site, the building baja bugs from the ground up. There are different classes for bugs, citation needed namely class 11, class 5 1600, and class 5 unlimited. Father, son join forces to build a baja bug the wichita. Its torsionarm front suspension and lightweight engine. A baja bug is an original volkswagen beetle modified to operate offroad although other.
This book details the innerworkings of the vw beetle and outlines the strengths of each make of beetle. Getting the books building a dune buggy the essential manual. Although written in 1983, author jeff hibbards book still remains the best place to start for the aspiring baja bug builder or off road racer. Rebuilding the front beam and suspension setup vw baja bug build series were sorting out the whole front beam and suspension in this video, as well as finalising the brake system and trying to button up the front end. The high reliability and simplicity of the aircooled motor lent itself well to use in desert areas of the us southwest and mexico, and hence the term dune buggy was coined. She has mentioned that she would like to have a stock 60s beetle to drive around. So my wife loves old beetles, she learned to drive in one actually. Used very little since completion and never offroaded, the car looks essentially boxfresh and ready to use. In online forums people in england,germany, south africa, israel, mexico, malaysia, australia and all over the world people refer constantly to this book.
Converting a bug to a baja version can be done in a weekend with the right preparation and tools. Kl beams are more durable than balljoint beams balljoints fail and break all the damn time offroad, and you can buy all the parts needed to do this conversion on the aftermarket. Baja bugs and buggiesrochester carburetorshot connections jewelryhow to. In this book, veteran offroad racer jeff hibbard, shows you what youll need to do in order to build your beetle for offroad action, whether for fun or for allout. This book features full wiring diagrams including 6volt systems, convertible top repair, carburetor rebuilding 30 pict1 and 30 pict2 and comprehensive year and model specifications and troubleshooting tables. While this book doesnt cover the thoughts behind turbocharging the engines and newer frameroll cage modifications, hot vws magazine has that arena covered and there are two prominant forums on the web samba and azbaja to ask questions to assist in the process of building and maintaining your own baja bug. Baja bug dune buggy gas tanks by pass shocks, kyb gas shocks. The height of the orange stripe and location of the orange bull bar were purposely chosen to match the height of the orange wheels and orange marker lights, to create a consistent orange. The building of the first baja bug is generally credited to gary emory now of parts obsolete, circa 1968. It is still the bible to baja bug builders and offroaders of other types of vws around the world.
Contact us for more information on your volkswagen bug or beetle. How to prepare vwbased cars for offroad fun and racing book, written by jeff hibbard, provides straight forward and valuable cost effective techniques to build buggies and baja bugs. Dans performance parts vw buggy and offroad parts vw parts. Baja bug, backyard build, cover of hot vw magazine 112014. Introduction below are project pages for converting a stock vw super beetle into a street legal baja bug.
Your dune buggy project will succeed with this book. Post your baja bug and see what everyone else thinks. We have everything you need for your vw dune buggy or baja bug. This book really is a must read for beginners so that you understand the weak components on a vw and identify what areas you should focus on when building your bug for off road.
If youre looking for thrill of ownership, no car beats this for the. Baja bugs and buggiesjeff hibbard 1982 shows how to convert. Provides information on how to modify and build offroad buggies from a vw base. This 1970 volkswagen beetle was converted to baja bug spec a few years ago, the seller noting that work was both timeintensive and expensive, further adding that build costs totaled a lot more than the asking pricewe believe it. How to build a dune buggy by earl duty is an illustrated expert stepbystep howto guide. Vw books, vw manuals, vw dvds and how to videos for. Baja links baja bennys page read about the transformation of a 1969 bug into a fullfledged baja bug baja bug web site, the building baja bugs from the ground up baja bugs insanity, inc. Sometimes such as 2016 it is a loop that started and finished in ensenda with checkpoints to ensure that drivers complete the course. I also got to ride in a class 5 unlimited in 92 baja 500. The paint is not perfect as there are areas that have slight blemishes.
Dune buggy kits dune buggy parts chirco 8009559795. Like the latermodel type 1 manual, this is a comprehensive source for service and repair information. Building a dune buggy the essential manual bernhard rieger reveals how a car. The vw baja bugs and buggies manual includes information on engine, transaxle, suspension, and steering modifications. Get the how to build a baja bug book its old but its not like stuff has changed. Bills 1962 vw dune buggy our 1962 burro dune buggy was built using a 1957 vw as the donor car. Parts for dune buggy, baja bug, manx buggy, off road baja. Some of the information on this site has been reproduced from multiple resources for. Class entrants shall comply with all class and applicable general regulations. That is a fun car, big suspension and lotta power, light weight.
Dune buggy coloring book the millioncopy selling truck fitter returns. Best setup for a baja is to get a king and linkpin frame head, and weld it to an irs pan. Include frames, roll cages, skid plates, enginetransaxle mods, suspension mods, tires, wheels, brakes, lights, electrical, fuel tanks, offroad breakdown solutions and drivingsafety tips. Info has been compiled from many useful sources, including the world wide web. Todays nice price or crack pipe baja bug looks like it was ripped straight out of a high school parking lot circa 1980. The conversion enables an already versatile passenger car to become a full fledged offroad machine. Since you are building your baja bug to use for sand and off road driving only dont worry about rusted out areas in the rear part of the floor pans or glass that is in poor condition. Baja bugs and buggies hp60 by jeff hibbard goodreads. Baja bugs originated in southern california in the late 1960s as an inexpensive answer to the successful volkswagenbased dune buggies of the mid1960s, especially the meyers manx. How to build an inexpensive sand and off road worthy baja bug.
Sep 24, 20 a baja bug is generally just a bug with flared fenders for larger wheels, the area behind the engine cut off so that engine removal is easier, and often the front spare tire well cut off and trunk lid replaced with a fiberglass one that covers the missing spare tire well. Whether you build your car for recreation or fullrace, this book has a plan for you. The car has a full set of vdo gauges, and a 4 point integrated roll cage with kyb gas shocks. Lets find out if its price makes it ready for fast times. The volkswagen bug is a popular starting point for a capable offroad version, which is commonly referred to as a baja bug. Parts for dune buggy, baja bug, manx buggy, off road baja, vw. Parts for dune buggy, sand rails, baja bug, manx buggy, off road baja, vw bugs, pipe rail, rail buggy, trikes, woods buggy, sand drags, volkswagen beetle, offroad racing. The bug has a rearengine layout that lends itself well to being used offroad. Baja page, the vw sedan modified for offroad use, with writings and features on race, show, and real bajas, and baja buses.
You may want to remove the rear part of the floor pan anyway because it collects mud and sand, and the glass is just unwanted weight. May 15, 20 nerf bars i fabricated for a 1970 baja build. Im thinking of building a baja bug daily driver, no idea. I highly recommend this book to anyone building or using a baja bug or vwbased offroad buggy. Im just not a big fan of the vw motor i always had to tinker with it, jets were always getting clogged and needed to adjust the dual carb linkage.
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