Is there a dune buggy kit that can be built from a Super Beetle chassis with struts?
I’ve got a 72 Super Beetle that needs some love, but I’m just too tall to fit inside this thing. The car needs so much work that I was thinking of starting from scratch and building a buggy, but SBs come with McPherson struts in front, not the standard bug axle-thing front end. Is there a fiberglass buggy kit that has strut mounts?
…but, I want the struts. Any ideas for that?
I would not recommend doing this to a super because the whole front section of the car is used as a stressed member. In other words the unitized body section where the struts are attached is built in such a way that it acts like a frame. If you start cutting away at this “framework” the front end becomes extremely weak and will not take any kind of torsional twist at all without failing altogether. Driveability will be greatly diminished and straight-line stability almost non-existent. If you have ever stood on an aluminum can and had it support you and then just tap the side enough to dent the can and watch it collapse you will get the picture.
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