4lwd seating question

[Leatherneck]

That’s a sweet looking buggy. Yes start another thread and let’s see what you got planned.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

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Sorry to see the other one go but with this you have a lot going for you from the start. Sometimes it is easier to start with something already usable then convert it to your wants and needs.

Has the driver's side just behind the driver's seat been "whoofed"?

Lee

[Jbuggy21]

I think it’s just the picture. This thing has seen some stuff but it’s got a lot going for it and it has a pretty cool history that I’m trying to piece together. Either way it has a lot of good stuff on it and will be a fun project. I’ll start a new thread soon.

[dustymojave]

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Has the driver's side just behind the driver's seat been "whoofed"?

Lee

I don't think it 's been hit or bent Lee. It appears to have been seriously modified.

All the upper cage looks to be 1.75" with 1.5" lower structure. The upright by the driver's head ("B-pillar") appears to extend to the floor and bypass the upper frame rail. I would say the wheel base has been extended by moving the rear torsion housing back about a foot. The lower structure looks a lot like my Chenowth C2RL1W back to that B-pillar and it appears the upper rail ends at the C-pillar. The suggestion of a bent side is probably the sheet metal conforming to the re-designed tube structure.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

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This is what I was seeing as being "hit". It is my understanding that you don't load a bend as it the material (tube) has already been stretched and compressed during forming so it is not as strong as un-bent material.

I enlarged it and focused in and it is looking like the down bar might go behind the bend in the tube. My mistake!

Lee

[Jbuggy21]

Its a really weird section they added there, the panel exaggerates the bend.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Its a really weird section they added there, the panel exaggerates the bend.

So does the lighting/reflection.

How is your remodeling/updating coming along?

Lee

[Jbuggy21]

Not as quickly as my wife would like, but I’ve got a lot done in short time considering my sneaking off to the garage and working on the buggy as much as I can.
I’m about to start my daughter room addition so buggy time will be reduced I think.
Thankfully she doesn’t have any other options when it comes to the construction so it will get done in my time.
Thanks for asking though.
I’m still looking to be test driving the buggy around in a month.