swamp buggy build

June 19, 2011
this is a quick clip of my buggy after recent repairs to the drivetrain. The entire buggy was built by me and took about 3 months to build. there are more upgrades planned for the future like replacing the 351W with a modified 460 big block and a monster built trans. please leave a comment and rate the video let me know what you think.

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[MudSplatProductions]

how much did it cost you?

roughly

[kingscstl]

@MudSplatProductions

The doner truck, new axles, new tires, all the parts and materials, roughly $7,000

[redneck2296]

alright. i just bought a buggy is an 1984 chevy 2500 extened cab long bed with a 350 small block and i just bought a set of 38.5 groundhawgs for it and looking to do someting similar to the bench seats in yours how hard were they to do

[kingscstl]

@redneck2296

they were fairly easy to fab up, just took some time to do. everything is steel so it was just a matter of welding up the seat frame and a couple of legs. after that i used 3/4 pressure treated plywood, 5 inches of foam and some marine vinyl.

[kingscstl]

@redneck2296

I had a company called northstar products make it. i believe there in ohio. its not the best you can get but its a great price and mine is holding up pretty well so far.

[redneck2296]

what size tires?

[kingscstl]

@redneck2296

they are 16.1 x 18.4 american farmer R1's

actual size is about 44 inches tall by 18 inches wide

[redneck2296]

@kingscstl alright and where could i get a bimini top at been looking every where and cant find one

and thanks for all your help.

[rcruz003]

@kingscstl ...I'd seen several buggies running similar setups and spoke with a few of the guys , they all liked them.. A 4cyl motor and transaxle makes for a very short and compact power train combo , so they are ideal for short wheel base buggies with the bonus being gear reduction because going from a drive axle to 2:1transfercase , to a diff which in my case is 4:88 . Its crawls , there's no speed or massive torque here.

Its not a mud buggy by any means, just transport to and from stands.

[kingscstl]

@rcruz003 what made you go with thar engine choice, seems like that would be alot harder to setup than a standard 4-6 cyllinder or even a small block V8. what gears did you have to run to compinsate for the small engine.