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Swift / GeoMetro Street Legal Buggy in the UK; Build thread for the UK Ultralite Buggy
Topic Started: Apr 16 2010, 04:15 AM (14,353 Views)
starscream5000
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Got 70 MPG?

Lookin' good! :thumb
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bogs
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Duct tape heals all wounds

Nice work !
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ChaosMS
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Thank you!! - still a way to go but getting there ^o)
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ChaosMS
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Just thought I would give you all a quick update on the buggy, things have been running a bit slow recently due to work and other commitments but I have been busy in the garage recently building (and then scrapping and re-building) the gear shift assembly. Its using a Toyota MR2 Gear change assembly with MR2 Turbo Cables (soon to changed for custom units attached to a fabricated shifter assembly at the rear of the vehicle, so here are a few pics;

Alloy section used to house handbrake and gear shift assembly, cables atttached but layed onto to measure up!
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Cut outs done for mounting cables through
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Working version of the selector mechanism bare
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Mechanism with push rods and cranks fitted (extended threaded rod to be swapped out)
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Fitted in position at the back of the buggy! (Again the extended threaded rod is to be swapped out with correct length bolts)
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A lot of work went into getting this correct, it was surprising just how much work was needed just to find out how big the cross gate crank needed to be! :banghead Anyway it works like a dream now, just enough movement across the gate and a good notchy click as it goes into each gear, overall I'm very happy :D

I am now working on the pedal assembly which is a hung assembly - as a floor mounted one to me didnt feel as good - anyway its another scratch build job (should'nt take as long as the gear change :hmm ) - I will post again soon with some shots of construction.



Edited by ChaosMS, Sep 13 2010, 05:06 AM.
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bogs
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Glad to see the update, for a while I thought you fell off the face of the planet.
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Bogs, not quite off the planet, work got in the way for a while :( but im back on with it again :thumb
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sweet! been wondering what ever happened to this project.
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Horn


that buggy is badass. How much for it? jk but I would buy it if there was one around here. If you drove it like a regular car going the speed limit, what do you think your mpg would be? or do you go by kilometers per gallon
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km/L over there i think.
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o yea. us americans have to do things our way. o well im assuming it would get awesome km/l and awesome mpg
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horn12007 - its MPG in the UK - and I think the Swift 1.0gl (which was the original car) did about 55mpg taking into consideration that the original car was almost twice the weight of my buggy I would hope to get at least this if driven on the road under normal conditions, however lets face it its not going to hang about is it so maybe a bit less, and by the time ive finished tuning it.... a lot less ha ha lol ^o)

Interestingly enough someone else has expressed an interest in owning a vehicle like mine and as it has been designed in a CADCAM package it would not be a massive (well not too massive) a job to take my workshop designs and turn them into build instructions :whistle
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SORRY TO BRING THE PARTY DOWN BUT THERE IS NO VISIABLE DUCT TAPE SO IT CAN NOT GEO RELATED... :ermm:
outstanding job! :D
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bogs
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Duct tape heals all wounds

He can fix that...
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beachbummm
Sep 14 2010, 06:02 PM
SORRY TO BRING THE PARTY DOWN BUT THERE IS NO VISIABLE DUCT TAPE SO IT CAN NOT GEO RELATED... :ermm:
outstanding job! :D
That is the personalized part! You add duct tape in your particular color/design to finish the project. :thumb
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HA HA!! But I did use Duct Tape!! See if you can spot it in this early progress shot :whistle

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HINT: Look at the wood :ermm:
Edited by ChaosMS, Sep 15 2010, 03:09 PM.
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