Hi Andy,

Those are some nice looking engines, I bet you have invested quite a bit of money into those and your cars!!

I wish I was in the states doing this project, everything is so expensive over here and I could cound on one hand the total number of parts dealers so finding the stuff you need is hard and then costs a lot. Plus I have two young kids who take up most of my time so the project is taking a lot longer than I thought but they always do.

I am glad I decideed to do the long wheel base buggy, as you say none of the hacking of the chassis, I had to replace the framehead bottom as mine was shot after the brake fluid had leaked and rotted it through. That was a pig of a job, I also decided to strengthen the new floor pans I fitted by making some angle steel parts to run along the edge of the floor pans where the shell bolts to. Ill take some pics so you can see what I did, it makes a huge differance to the strength of the chassis while not adding too much weight.

I think I am also goint to make some tubular side runners, a bit like whats on a baja bug. hopefully these will help break up tha extra length of the wheel base that makes the LWB buggy's look a bit too long.

Thanks for pics of your engine's, I would love the larger 2276cc version I my buggy, I bet that would shift.