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| Topic Started: Sep 13 2009, 02:19 PM (703 Views) | |
| rmcelwee | Sep 13 2009, 02:19 PM Post #1 |
 
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OK, I have a '92 Metro I picked up as a parts car (there is no title for this car). It is an automatic that I was planning on selling on CL for $350. The windows don't go up and down, the interior is ripped up a bit, there is some surface rust and the driver's side door is beat up. The engine runs but smokes badly and the auto tranny has some problems. I don't know much about automatics but it feels like it would be a worn out clutch if it was a manual (just doesn't want to go). I was talking to some friends this morning about buying a dune buggy (what we used to call a woods buggy when I lived in WV) and we found ourselves outside looking at the Geo. I do have a manual transmission and gear shift linkage sitting in my "junk yard". It seems to me I could build a tube frame and transplant the drive train and stuff over to it. I haven't put much thought into it so far but I foresee a few problems like how to use a water cooled engine on something that may run over small trees (damaging a front mounted radiator) and how to handle an engine that needs an ECU (lots of extra wires and stuff compared to the old "slap a VW engine on a frame"). Anyway, this would have to be an extremely low cost build like most of my other projects. I don't have the $$$ sitting around to spend a lot building this thing. Anyone have any encouraging words or helpful ideas on building this monstrosity? It is the red car (it looks a lot worse in person): 
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| rmcelwee | Sep 13 2009, 02:35 PM Post #2 |
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It is amazing what you can find when you just do a search on google <G>: http://www.squarewavz.com/hdc/index.htm Further research and I find the above buggy was just posted on CL: http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/mcy/1372497382.html Edited by rmcelwee, Sep 13 2009, 02:52 PM.
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| Coche Blanco | Sep 13 2009, 02:56 PM Post #3 |
Captain Slow
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http://www.team-moto.com/ They have one not a DIY per se, but pretty cool. I want to make a "Pre-Runner" geo metro, but dune buggy looks like more fun. Can't you get a title for them? I like the idea of making a Geo fly. Edited by Coche Blanco, Sep 13 2009, 06:33 PM.
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| rmcelwee | Sep 13 2009, 06:42 PM Post #4 |
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Not sure what that is... Getting a title would be hard. |
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| Mr Murf 59 | Sep 13 2009, 06:56 PM Post #5 |
Looking like a lost Irish tourist
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That looks way cool. I was wondering one thing. If the engine and trans are mounted in it backwards, does that mean he has 5 gears in revearse?  I used to run in to this problem with the do it yerselfers. They were convinced that you could take the Saginaw 4 spd gears and put them in a Corvair case. They would have just that problem. 4 gears in R. and 1 forward. It was really very amusing
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| Coche Blanco | Sep 13 2009, 07:45 PM Post #6 |
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Captain Slow
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A pre runner is a 2wd lifted truck. Like a Tacoma prerunner |
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| bogs | Oct 14 2009, 11:38 AM Post #7 |
Duct tape heals all wounds
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Its funny, before I even clicked on the above links, I was thinking rear mounted radiator  The hardest part would be as Murf said figuring out the reverse linkages, which you could do with a series of toggle links under the engine and up then to the normal shifter on the tranny. I think it would also have to be shielded from below. I was also suprised when you pointed out the red Geo was the one you were talking about, when you said surface rust I thought for sure you were talking about the white one hahahha. |
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| Potter | Oct 15 2009, 08:28 PM Post #8 |
"Mini Mullet"
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Dune buggys fly if you get them goin fast enough on a sand dune... good luck keep us posted... you have grabed my attention on this one 
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| rmcelwee | Oct 16 2009, 01:52 AM Post #9 |
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I haven't moved forward at all on the project. In fact, I may have moved backwards a bit because I put the red car on Craigslist again. I've gotten a few calls but no one has jumped on it yet. I think the lack of a title is killing the sale. |
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