Chassis..fro $1,500.00 Myrtle Beach, SC 4 years ago Someone I work with was listening in on a conversation about a newly acquired pipe bender and the buggy I might just build for my 140 HP corvair engine. ID SOLVED. The center of the dash extends all the way down to the original tunnel. It has a tail box, the engine covered for Euro-requirements, headlights in the fenders, and a hood scoop. brand new in 1969-70 from KAR and calls it "Midnight Pumpkin". blue plates # 425 BDQ. The back is big! Includes Aluminum Frame With Glass And Rubber Seal. A dune buggy also known as a beach buggy is a recreational motor vehicle with large wheels, and wide tires, designed for use on sand dunes, beaches, off road or desert recreation.. The legnth was designed to be on a full size VW chassis. The keys to look at on this body are the seat bottom area. Originally a 1776vw with dual dellortos and a 110 cam. My first car was a 1974 Super Beetle. I bought it from them in 2006(it had last run in '84). See pages 52-53 of the Dune Buggy Handbook for a complete description of the Fiber Jet Cobra. This buggy has the basic Manx styling. Worked out the accelleration flat spot. A classic buggy here with a single ridge on the hood, a license plate area down below, flat fenders, and a tail box. The molded fiberglass dash is often found on cheaper bodies as they just pulled a copy of the ABS dash but couldn't make one of ABS in the boat shop they. My neighbors dad had been working on this for a few years. Need more photos - Paul Don't know how to send photos, http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/cootchecop/Bug.jpg. Our example here comes from Ohio and was modified for the rear to tilt for engine access. 15x5 two piece centerlines with radial tires, 15x10 two piece centerline wheels with B.F.Goodrich Radial t/a's. This buggy has a distinctive hood (single ridge, pointed in the front) and unique tail box that raises up above the back end. In our research the Balboa Lido is the genetic orrgin of this style. Custom flames with 1990 chevy yellow paint. The rear fenders are very distinctive and lack any kind of ridge between the fender and the inner body. Frequently driven in the dunes, when running it's my primary vehicle but currently is undergoing some upgrades (new pedals, new clutch, new motor, new suspension.). Click the X-0055 Topic to discuss this buggy. 10/1966 Vw 1500cc single port, Headers, 009 dist; Just Bought 9/12 it is Ruff and Rusty but a complete turn key Runs & Drives Great, 14" mag wheel there are wheel adapters on there now 5 wide to 5 chevy, 14" 60 wide mag wheel there are wheel adapters on there now 5 wide to 5 chevy, My wife as been wanting a buggy for a long time, I Started looking Back in 7/12 on Craigslist and found Are first Fiberglass buggy this one i like because of the Unique Model T Style / and the Hot Rod Look, No Clubs at this time maybe in near future. Since the fuel and gas tank were ruined by this time, the second owner placed a gas container on the back seat and ran a hose to the fuel pump in order to drive about town. It has a Hood Ornament that resembles a Ford Model A hood ornament and a Ford metal grill. See Mantaray II Kyote. When dad passed The Car went to me..to carry on the tradition. I bought this buggy from a friend of my dads. The miniature car featured an open-wheeled fiberglass body shell, coupled with VW Beetle's H4 flat-four engine and a modified, RR-layout Beetle frame. Fiberglass. It was found in a barn in the New York area. fiberglass body, all curves, no straight lines on it, bought three weeks ago from a parents friend in southern ohio. I have owned numerous dune buggies in the past and still have a collection of them. We have no dash pictures because it was to obliterated to tell. Email me! X-0034 has a unique hood with a ridge, a diamond and two spurs coming off the diamond. more pictures go to www.cerealcitytubclub.com. My 7 year old son and i have been building a 1966 Myers Manx buggy we picked up a few years ago. The original owner must have driven around for 4 years and then it sat with a buggered transaxle since 1974 (as evidenced by the registration stickers on the rear plate). Presently restoring. I'm the original owner besides my dad building it. Done deal.what a blast. He was 94. . The only opening is a rear lid over the engine cover. The fiberglass body is a Tessa brand body. . The body comes standard with the hood fitted and mounted. It's sitting on a VW frame with a 6 volt system, http://s1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/chris_ricker/?action=view¤t=Buggy1.jpg. Round fenders, a tail box and a flat dash finish off this buggy. A key IDTrait is the triangle shape in the rear fender area. A similar design is the Enos "500". Its pretty rusted up but the body is in great shape. These were sold by Montgomery Wards through the catalog. I'm the third owner (the second owner only stored it for most of its life). The only difference is the dash. Made by Dunbar, the Hawk II had wide fenders and louver hood scoops. Genom likes to call this a "Spanx" The Califonia Clipper is a classic style body. I got a 1974 Porsche 914 1.8L that I'm doing a total rebuild. Unique III LTD - without molded-in splashguards. are ok too) Buggies here! Nostalgia Dune Buggy Body - Standard Colors $2400.00 Nostalgia Dune Buggy Body - Metal Flake Colors $3450.00 Lancer Dune Buggy Body $2065.95 Roadster-T Dune Buggy Body $3109.95 Genesis 4-Seater Dune Buggy Body - Standard Colors $3350.00 Genesis 4-Seater Dune Buggy Body - Metal Flake $4120.00 Fiberglass Dune Buggy Hard Top $1130.00 This is the same hood that was found on the California Clipper bodies. I'll send pictures as soon as I can. 4-Seater Dune Buggy Style: The 4-seater style fiberglass dune buggy body fits a standard size VW Beetle chassi without modification. shorrtened vw with link pin front and a 3 inch tubular frame. Here's a buggy with a distinctive hood (single ridge, pointed in the front) and unique tail box that raises up above the back end. Thanks Bart for IDing this one as a Dolphin Industries Mod T. This buggy has a Model T hood with almost a Schwimmerwagon tail. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. 1776cc. Car is a real attention getter . The tail lights were cut for '62-67 lens but, I don't have documentation on if this was factory molded in or owner cut out. It was manufactured by Wind an Sea from Costa Mesa, CA. Altogether i have 3 buggy bodies a deserter series 1, a spatz long, and this unknown heavy duty body? It also has 2 battery boxes, underneith rear seat area, Another race thing. . This buggy looks a lot like X-0003 with identical dash and hood, but the tail is very different. Apache - Apache Automotive Plastics of Geneva, OH. The body has a pair of rear seats molded in. Two seater. I just Got it in a Trade and Don't Know anything About it!! The tail is relatively flat with a unique profile. Croix Toy has a beetle nose with a dune buggy tail. It was made by Linton Corporation of Sidney, Montana. The mounts for the headlights may be of Dunbar design. Molded in fiberglass with a durable "gel coat" finish, the NOSTALGIA needs no painting. Been sitting in the same place for 42 years. Hood and dash are one unit. The dash is relatively flat with a center section that angles out toward the passenger compartment. I picked this up in Florida 12 years ago, sat in storage since then, decided it's time to do it up! John McCabe. This buggy still has the ORIGINAL GELCOAT! Found her on Craigslist. And while that RM Sotheby's example sold for nearly $65,000, Bring a Trailer has lately been trading Manxes in the teens.. And the Manx isn't just any dune buggy. Also, the Add to Cart. Year 1965 Colour orange Trans Manual kms 600 1965 Myers Manx clone dune buggy. These bodies have a hood that is exactly like a real Manx. Added to the Allied body is a triangular diamond shape on the hood. hood incorporates a vertical grille area with a smooth hood. Check out the tail "Bustle" or as some called it, diaper. The front of fenders have a very flat appearance. The bodies were built in NJ where motor vehicle laws were tougher. The Baron was built by the designers of the Bradley GT. Me, and my buddy that owns a Manx both think its a Bermoco Race HTV Buggy. Choose from a large variety of "standard" colors or for an additional charge add some sparkle with a "metal flake" finish. FREE delivery Apr 5 - 7 . Barris built and designed Hollywood show cars and the flashy Barris T buggy took the cover of HotRod and other magazines by storm. How many were made? Bought in a good deal. No, there is no evidence of them being cut off, either. According to the Meyers Manx website, the buggy kit presently . The shop later became known as Bugformance. It is a 2 pc. The grille area is not straight. Found this baby on Samba for $800.00. X-0005 has headlights built into the front of the fenders, an opening hood and a flip up tail. high arches and the rear box section is round. Good condition for a 1967, drives fine it need new paint,wheels and tires. (limbo) in progressStill collecting dust. The body is a tradidtional Manx Style, with a box on the tail. It also looks like the hood can be removed while leaving the dash attached to the body. shortened pan with 2 inch square tubing body spacer. Tail light area sticks out further than the rest of the tail. Dads friend built the car in the San Fernando valley sometime in the 60's. SIDE AIR SCOOPS, for Type 2 VW Bus, Thru 67, Pair. One other LTD I saw online also did not have the splashguards. The contracted Terra-Knife (now know as Terra-buggy) to build the buggy they called a "Cyote" and rename it as a Rascal. Click the X-0056 Topic to discuss this X-file. The tail section has a small raised box for the rear plate. dune buggy body. even the front axle is off the frame. Original builder/owner member of Victoria Volkswagen Club, Armond Prod, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/butchmays/1964%20VW%20Dune%20Buggy%20-%20Action%20Fiberglass/?action=view¤t=100_3748revised.jpg. Options included gull wing doors, a hard top, a pick-up bed and a road racer hood just to mention a few. Some like our example here had a cut away area for the light to show through. Looks like a Spoiler or Desert Fox by Builders Equip. It is sitting on a shortened VW Bug frame. He found it on Ebay and drove out to Michigan to buy it. Much bigger and flatter than a Manx. They are in every respect Complete with motor (1600CC) and swing tranny. He interjected that he "had one of those". The hood and tail are the same as the 20 2 standard style buggy. Click X-0044 to follow the topic on this X-File. Double hood scoops. I bought this car from my father last year. Share. and I've bought it in Sweden. THIS KIT WAS ONE OF THE FEW UN-BUILT KITS OF THE BRUCE MEYERS SIGNATURE KITS AND IS SERIAL # 05 OF 100 KITS MADE . has a 019 dist. Stored in a crate for many years before being built. Clamshell fenders like an Imp on the front. One piece body, clamshell fenders and lights in fenders. Many dune buggies are made from existing motor vehicles. The only difference On this episode, we get the cracks and holes repaired in the body. The Apache kits also had an optional fiberglass wrapped windshield area unlike any other kit of the day. It was a true T buggy four seater and was introduced by Hot VW magazine in April 1970. Got fustrated and sold it to me. The Sand Rover T buggy was a pickup styled dune buggy kit. El Lobo Style. Trucker from Victoria Canada bought it while in California in the late 1960's early 1970's. Brand New. That motor is gone. purchased from a friend in Oregon. The Meyers Manx is a dune buggy developed by Bruce Meyers, it originally had an advanced fiberglass composite monocoque body with a VW Beetle drive train and suspension attached, however this proved complex and costly to mass-produce. A two seater with a pickup look box covering the engine. Bounty Hunter was one of very few "original" designs of the time. This looks a lot like a Sand Rover, but the hood is totally different. X-0022 is a classic 2 piece buggy with a pretty smooth hood with headlight buckets right in the front. The keys to look at on this body are the seat bottom area. Or so the story goes. in Crawfordsville, Ind 47933. Sand Winder is a Classic style buggy with two hood scoops on the hood and a badge bump location between them. The key traits you are looking at here are fender recessed headlights, tail spoiler, and the twin raised hood scoops. Seems the entire hood is higher than most to fit the gas tank in. Mine was "TOURING T" KAR-T-TUB. The rest of the body resembles a Manx. The card is not there. The previous owner lived in Ohio and had the buggy in Fripp Island, SC when I purchased it. The Touring T is also listed as a KAR-T-TUB in one of the ads. This is one of my many projects, I hope to be able to spend time on this one over the winter. The need many small fiberglass repair. Thanks to Arno L 2154 for IDing this one. Kellison Sandpiper Roadster looks like a manxsingle hood ridge manx tail classic body. The most unique one was called the SideWinder. X-0049 has deep buckets in the hood for head lights. The low sides should be a clue to. Dad drove the car as a daily driver in Redondo / Hermosa Beach area for YEARS. If you don't know the manufacturer of your buggy, add it to the "New X-Files" registry with some identification thumbnails. (was X-0029). X-0007 has a unique hood with a rib that goes halfway up but then flares out into a big V shaped "scoop" but it's not a scoop. have no idea what cylindes,crank heads, just purchased trying to locate wheel cylinders that fit all are 1 1/16 where they go in the back plate I need 1 1/8, I am not real good so the dang computer made lots of entries hopefully some one will fix it, crager? Sand Flee - Also check out the Sand Flea "Pull-It". Fiber Jet Indy Enos 500 takes its design from the Lido, but has rounded fenders and an abruptly truncated front hood. Sears advertisied this buggy for the first year with it as an exact match to the "Cyote". Click the X-0042 Topic to discuss this X-File. Early 70's Alsport mini trike dune buggy - $1,800 (Lawrence) For sale is an early 70's trike mini dune buggy that was made by a company called Alsport. I own 2 of these buggies, two buddies each own one and I know of 3 more.I've heard they were either made in Lethbridge or Winnipeg, Canada. I believe that third owner may also be responsible for a lot of the chrome trimmings that are now outfitted on the engine. G70's front chrome slots (will be changing), N70's rear chrome slots (will be changing). I found this buggy under a tarp in the rain, u know how the story goes Now, i've been looking like crazy trying to ID this buggy. Also check for more dune buggies, sand rails and specialty dune buggy kits . The front fenders are rounded and back is flat with a slight curve to it. 15" tires on 5 lug Chevy wagon wheels on vw 4 lug drums with adapter plates, http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af333/ben512v/buggy%202012%20this%20is%20a%201969%20Kar%20Touring%20T/Dscf1190.jpg, i have had a few buggys over the years and this one rides like a cadilac it has a long wheel base i think it is 96", no clubs in this area closet one is 3 hrs away. Cars Hogansville. For the X-0035, the hood looks like a Spatz but the rest is way different. Rear wheels locked up completely about a mile from the house. They decided to built that style into a buggy body kit. It sits on a full length VW pan. Protected with a gel coat. Buggy has a dual port motor,I have not messed with it to see it it turns,but today I'm pulling plugs and spraying cylinders. We just have an ad to work off of. Speaking of the body, it's available in the buyer's choice of 18 solid colors, or a whopping 46 hues of metal flake for an extra cost. Offered to a gentleman that helped build it and then passed along to my father that also helped build it. Refine. Dune Buggy Kits, Bodies and Parts The Kit Car List of Dune Buggy kits, bodies, manufacturers, dealers, builders, parts and turnkeys. By 1969 the popularity of the buggies craze was on every magazine and Sears executives wanted to get in the mix. Unknown make. Our fiberglass line includes accessories and Trike bodies. It is similar to a Fun Buggy, but we only have one ad for a Fun Buggy. Finned Aluminum Valve Covers And Chrome Engine Dress-Up Kit. It was made for a shortened chassis. 10 vehicles matched That way the springs act in a progressive rate. Soon I'll also be swapping in a bus transmission and some beefy trailing arms to help deal with my driving in the dunes ;), Fiberglass, all one piece, backseat flat, no step for battery, flat dash panel, gas tank built into hood, back of buggy comes down very low, no pvc pipes or loop under fenders, built in buckets for headlights, rib down center of hood, windshield mounts. It has a tail box, the engine covered for Euro-requirements, headlights in the fenders, and a hood scoop. 68 Volkswagon Beetle. Thanks to Bart for the ID on this one. The Touring T is built on a 94" wheelbase. Check us out at. The Humbug resembles a Can-Am Group 7 race car. just decided to keep it how it is and look for another body to put on my new frame. Fargo A Dune Buggy INC product out of Englewood, Co. DAC laid up a lightweight fiberglass body and designed it to fit a short VW floorpan and running gear. BJ. 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (5) $529.95 $ 529. got it almost done just to find i dont like how it turned out so i am going to build a new irs frame for it this winter. Dean allowed them to use If you offroad your car much this might be a better alternative. My wife and I pulled it out of central CT on a weekend road trip. The fibreglass is first rate, very well made with lots of strengthening boxing underneath, http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/548972.jpg, http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/548973.jpg, Has Dash Plaque SAND DANCER It is the Copper Colored One In The Fore Ground Has Nice White Vinyl Top With Oval Window in Rear, H code only stamped With no serial # High Performance With Dual DELLARTO Carbs, allied fiberglass fun buggy 30-30???? New Fuel Injected 1600cc VW Engine: $3200. Dune Buggy Archives helps people research the history and learn to build fiberglass dune buggies. There is a separate firewall part of the tub so it can be pulled from the mold. Much bigger and flatter than a Manx. very friendly group of people. We were on Craig's list looking for parts and found this 1962 buggy for sale, so we called took a 320 mile round trip to look at the car and ended up bringing it home. The tail is very similar to a BCBee with the flat, slightly curved apron around the engine and the wide flat area between the back seat and the apron. In the photo album we have a vintage photo of the store front. $35.99. Was advertisied from 68-93. X-0013 has a unique hood with a single narrow ridge that melds into a badge bump on the very nose. My headlights are mounted to the fenders but not on any raised mounts like the photo in the ad, just holes drilled in the fenders not straight up but at an angle towards the hood. Both of these chassis required a specific body that looked similar to the Manx, but allowed the Corvair's coil springs to fit under the fenders. Large flat fenders all the way around. Front angles made for Sqaureback Turn signals and rear panels for oval tailights. X-0047 is a classic body with a ridge and 2 small ridges near the wiper mounts. This buggy turned up on the sand dunes over here in Australia - Any one have any idear what this might be Bruce F. Meyers's fiberglass dune buggy body transformed the Volkswagen Beetle into an off-road legend, and Meyers personally drove one to victory at the first-ever Baja 1000. Click X-0038 Topic" to discuss this buggy. Sure nuf underneath on what looks like apc. The Vokaro is really more of a sports car kit body but I have seen so many of them raised and off roaded it has to also be included in our dune buggy files. I'm tyll and i'm restoring this bug to be my first car. Email us or post it here! Dad never could figure out the body on it though. Probably bumping up to 1500cc when I get it rebuilt. the early 60's and developed the first of a line of popular dune buggies, the Cheetah. With a forum, wiki, buggy registry, historical buggy ads, product info and identification services, Dune Buggy Archives is a one stop shop for fiberglass buggy information by buggy owners for buggy owners. Side pods, a hard top and engine cover where available for it. It was basically a Manx Clone with the triangular shield shaped bump instead of the manx bump on the hood. Not a '56. Swing rear with link front..all stock. The dash looks unique in that it has a rectangular center section that seems lower than most. It was, and still is, a free-spirited vehicle, ditching the unsafe, odd bug-shaped metal body of the Beetle in favor of an even less safe, stranger-looking lightweight fiberglass tub. The one-off buggies were utilitarian, but Bruce Meyers was an artist, and artists look to the form. Modeled after the Corvette front slope the dune buggy still had classic features that were just abnormally exaggerated. My buddy has one and we need to get it photographed for reference. Reinforcment tubes from front rear fender to beginning of rear fender on each side. The only info on WFC's I've been able to find is on this site, that orange one posted which has a different hood. Quite tall too. Flying across the sand like a four-wheel rocket, the first fiberglass dune buggy was sleek, stylish and a little whimsical, a small car with big wheels and a tangerine-red paint job.. Old American racing alloy rims(sand blasted and painted white). It could be called a double box as there is a faint outline of a second box. Dolphin Industries "Mod T". Super Safari was a second generation buggy made by Safari. JUST DISCOVERED IT IS A FIBER JET BEACHCOMBER. SAW ANOTHER ONE ON YOUR FORUM DISCUSSION PAGES. X-0007 has a unique hood with a rib that goes halfway up but then flares out into a big V shaped "scoop" but it's not a scoop. Yankee's front and back. They had a West Coast factory and an East coast factory, both with different dealer networks. It has a very pointed nose. Under the hood is an EMPI logo. I bought this car from a friend of mine of mine 2 years ago. Need rebuild!! The roll bar is also large chrome tube. This looks very similar to a BCBee, but the hood is of a different style. Instead of the fiberglass coming to the traditional high peak that is found on every VW pan, this body rose from both sides, but was flat across to meet the chassis. I'm told 1961 by po. One part matches, but another is different. just can't see tearing apart a good running buggy. But for a street car a solid bar will work best. Terra Buggy was a division to Terra-Knife Inc. started out making knife blades for tractors before moving into the buggy business. The hood has a one off license plate box that is a curved recess. Apache had foil backed stickers with the logo for the company on these bumps. We just have front shots of X-0048. The designed a Clone body that would easily stack inside each other 20 at a time for cross country shipping. Another unique feature of the body you didn't mention that may help with identification is the rear deck/shelf area behind the rear seat. Alameda Fiberglass built this style of pickup kit. Free or royalty-free photos and images. About Berrien Buggy by Acme Berrien Buggy by Acme manufactures sand rail frames in any configuration from "knocked down" weld it yourself kits to fully welded frames. Fiberglass full-pan body, which resembles an Empi imp. number 0231-129-019 i believe from 1955!?? It was produced by his Fountain Valley, California company, B. F. Meyers & Co. from 1964 to 1971, in the form of car kits applied to shortened chassis of Volkswagen Beetles. The car will now drive daily in Huntington Beach CA. Traded a pair of woofers to another kid in exchange in the mid-80s, then placed it behind my parents house for 20 years. The key IdTrait here is the shield shapes bump on the nose of the T buggy hood. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. Just built a 1651 with bugpack heads and some hipo stuff, tri mil exh duel solex, runs like a champ, still breaking in. Runs a fiberglass fuel tank in the front (it leaks now) Long nose hood with a raised bump/scoop. "Spy versus Spy" buggy - it has an Ocelot front but a lot pointier and the tail is a lot more cut off. Currently being restored, almost finished but needs identification. It is the only example of the T buggy they sold in Indiana and Michigan to compete with Citation that we have found. just got back together so i can drive it for the summer. Truck style bed with removable hard top and a small hatch back on the hardtop. The most known feature for them was the flat front hood that was often used to place stock VW headlight buckets into the nose. I would greatly appreciate any answers as to what this is. The rest of the hood is smooth. EMPI Imp FAQ. The X-0046 looks like a turtle. He put a new clip on the front end with disc brakes but never did much else. Plans for future Corvair (140 HP Corsa) power. wagnerimprovall@hughes.net ,please let me know if you have any ideas what make it is. The tail is a single box. It is completely flat no tool, or tire well or battery box. Looking to build a 1835. The Bandito is often confused or mislabeld the Bandido. The easy ID trait for an Apache was a sheild shaped bump on the nose of the buggies they built. The engine appears to be a 1975, 1600cc dual port by the serial number. The rear has a large removable engine lid. The tail box raises up above the rest of the tail. Dune Buggy Kits. The tail was a flip up spoiler design. Joe Poty MFG. This is the full tilt dune buggy from Allied. I thought he was talking about the pipe bender. A number of buggies are similar, but it looks closest to a Kellison Sandpiper Roadste. All GT bodies have a "cut-line" around the back seat area where they can be cut to add the GS option. The body could stand a little workit has some pits here and there. Berry Fiberglass was one of the first to make a T style buggy. This buggy looks a lot like a Sand Dancer Brougham T, but it has a double tail box. Vw Fiberglass Dune Buggy Body Kits 9 out of 10 based on 391 ratings. A complete one includes the roof , gull wing doors , and hybrid chassis with de-cambered rear suspension. BUILD THE DREAM, with a fiberglass dune buggy. The Jackal was designed by a former employee of Deserter. ACE Industries Pickup. X-0045 has a Model A hood with more of a classic buggy body. The E flat towed it home with ease, I hardly knew it was back there. My intent is to keep everything original that came with the car. 1969 Volkswagen *VW* Beetle Dune Buggy 2-seater fiberglass body bug. Drove it for a few days till started smoking wires, upon investigation found all wires were blue and no fuses all direct wired, re wired it and drove it till left for college and now brakes are locked up so gonna do a disk brake conversion, 1835 CC Dual Port with Dual IDF Carbs, mild cam,
, My wife bought it for me for my birthday, for $300.00. this buggie has a ridge or scoop in the hood that starts at the front a little bit up the hood and then splits to a y at the windshield.and hood dash molded together also has battery box flat fenders a boss for the headlamps no raised area in hood for embelm or sticker. Currently not running, but hopefully will be! New VW Bug Chassis:$3000. Dolphin Industries out of Florida. For the Fiber Jet Rough Terrain, see The Dune Buggy Handbook pages 56-57 for details. Sand Dancer was located in Webberville, MI. The trike was taken apart, all the parts were cleaned and or painted. Grasshopper (See The Dune Buggy Handbook for a full description) was manufactured by Kellison. The rear fender has very shallow indentations. Body ready for paint. Complete kits were available. Listed 4 days ago in Kingman, AZ. AlbarES (See The Dune Buggy Handbook for a full description), Abar S (See The Dune Buggy Handbook for a full description). 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