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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2018, 09:21:12 AM »
what happened to the beach buggy project that i think you cut up a pt cruiser or something then had to cut and widen a fiberglass body??
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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2018, 09:48:54 AM »
what happened to the beach buggy project that i think you cut up a pt cruiser or something then had to cut and widen a fiberglass body??

that's on the shelf with a label on it that says "finish when retired "   LMAO

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2018, 10:17:01 AM »
stop it lol what put the brakes on that project?? there's your buggy build right there.
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2018, 11:34:13 AM »
I needed the space in the workshop for work stuff so the buggy went upstairs  in the hay loft
I will get back on it but for now I feel like l need to bend some tube and melt some metal
and besides I am a bit further on with this than the pics show  ;)

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2018, 11:39:48 AM »
so I stripped the golf slowly and methodically removing the whole wiring loom without cutting any wires,
 what a mission









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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #20 on: July 18, 2018, 11:42:57 AM »
engine stand so I can run it up before it goes in the buggy






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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2018, 12:07:00 PM »
Cool for sure. I was/am amazed that the nomad is bronze welded chassis. WTH is up with that? I mean for MX bicycles I would be OK with it but on a car?????

Arn't bikes brazed? Maybe with the ERW pipe and the bronze welded they have a different design philosophy?  They want some flex in the chassis and this is the way to do it with out cracked welds?  Counter intuitive as everybody talks "rigidity" but there might be a method to the madness?
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« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2018, 12:16:53 PM »
I gotta agree with you on that. I did do a search for salvage stuff in the UK but ,nope,nothing came up.
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« Reply #23 on: July 18, 2018, 12:24:16 PM »
I gotta agree with you on that. I did do a search for salvage stuff in the UK but ,nope,nothing came up.

nope,   will be rarer than a Politian speaking the truth over here

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« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2018, 12:27:51 PM »
Cool for sure. I was/am amazed that the nomad is bronze welded chassis. WTH is up with that? I mean for MX bicycles I would be OK with it but on a car?????

Arn't bikes brazed? Maybe with the ERW pipe and the bronze welded they have a different design philosophy?  They want some flex in the chassis and this is the way to do it with out cracked welds?  Counter intuitive as everybody talks "rigidity" but there might be a method to the madness?
I know the theory but IMO,it's not for any use where structural integrity is the most important criteria. Most bikes today are tigged as well. The brazed joint is not a welded joint even though they call it welded. It is a much weaker joining method. Probably up to the task,I mean ,haven't you seen the ads for flex tape?  :m
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2018, 12:31:07 PM »
I gotta agree with you on that. I did do a search for salvage stuff in the UK but ,nope,nothing came up.

nope,   will be rarer than a Politian speaking the truth over here
Well,at least we finally got a bluntly honest,for the most part,President here.
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #26 on: July 18, 2018, 12:40:40 PM »
he's over here at the moment isent he

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #27 on: July 18, 2018, 12:40:58 PM »
I know the theory but IMO,it's not for any use where structural integrity is the most important criteria. Most bikes today are tigged as well. The brazed joint is not a welded joint even though they call it welded. It is a much weaker joining method. Probably up to the task,I mean ,haven't you seen the ads for flex tape?  :m

Well, because I am me, I sent them an email and asked why (always curious - non confrontational in the least) so hope to get a response?  We will see if they get back to me?   
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #28 on: July 18, 2018, 12:55:05 PM »
I know the theory but IMO,it's not for any use where structural integrity is the most important criteria. Most bikes today are tigged as well. The brazed joint is not a welded joint even though they call it welded. It is a much weaker joining method. Probably up to the task,I mean ,haven't you seen the ads for flex tape?  :m

Well, because I am me, I sent them an email and asked why (always curious - non confrontational in the least) so hope to get a response?  We will see if they get back to me?
I suppose you did see the suspension arms are tigged?
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #29 on: July 18, 2018, 01:46:20 PM »
motor sure cleaned up nice.

fabr i don't know why they would braze any structural tube member together. must be missing something or there's a mixture in that rod ????
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