hades998 - 29-7-2005 at 05:58 AM
Newbie question.
I see some people have asked this before with varying success. I have checked out the plans for buggies i can find but they leave some of the build to
the imagination.
Anybody actually built from one of these plans with success?
Which set of plans stands out above the rest?
Cheers.
FYI. i'm a Mech Engineer so can understand pretty much everything on the plans 
fightingfish - 29-7-2005 at 12:27 PM
I was thinking of building my own buggy, but then I went ahead and just bought one. Personally, it would of only have been worth building if I had
welding skills. However, I've never welded anything in my life.
If you have some welding/building skills it may be worth it for you. In that case, I would recommend checking out some retail buggys in person if you
can. Maybe find a design you like, then go with similar measurements....but you didn't hear that idea from me. Of course, this could be tough, if
you don't know anybody who owns a name brand model...
good luck,
fighting fish
goreo95033 - 2-8-2005 at 12:26 PM
You might check out http://www.alienbuggy.com. It is in German, and requires that you create an account on their site, but is worth a look. I was poking around
their site via Google's translator.
The buggy looks pretty fancy with its suspension axle, etc. Good luck.
zloty - 2-10-2005 at 12:05 PM
I have build my first buggy and now I can tell that it is not a money saver.I have welding skills and that was not a problem, but true is that you
will never make product like you can buy on market by your self.There is lots of people working hard on project like this trying to make someting very
good.
Don't get me wrong I'm very proud from what I have made, but it is like with custom cars ,It's more hobby and final efect satisfaction than time and
money saveing.I spend on this project $267 and one week of labour and sarching.on the other hand I had view people willing to pay me $400.