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In 1958 Pete Beiring of Oceano, Calif., took the body frame or "pan" from a damaged Volkswagen and shortened it into a new machine that eventually became the precursor to the dune buggy. This eventually led to the first production dune buggy called the "Sportster", which was developed around 1960 by the EMPI Imp Company. It was an angular sheet ...
While the Tow'd was a minimal off-road racer and the SR/SR2 was a showy roadster, the Tow'dster was a compromise between a dune-capable vehicle and a more utilitarian street rod, and "paved the way for the rail-type buggy that was to dominate the buggy scene following the demise of the traditional Manx-type buggy." [2]
A dune buggy — also known as a beach buggy — is a recreational off-road vehicle with large wheels, and wide tires, designed for use on sand dunes, beaches, off-road or desert recreation. The design is usually a topless vehicle with a rear-mounted engine. A dune buggy can be created by modifying an existing vehicle or custom-building a new ...
EMPI is a company that produces aftermarket performance parts for various air-cooled Volkswagens.EMPI was not one of the brands that led to the demise of B. F. Meyers & Co., the company that produced the Meyers Manx (one of the first air-cooled Volkswagen based buggies).
Moto Zodiaco Tuareg with ILO Rockwell 1F250-1 engine. In the 1970s they produced the offroad motorbike Moto Zodiaco Tuareg. With large balloon tyres it was intended as a dune buggy. The Moto Zodiaco was powered by a two-stroke single cylinder 227cc motor with 20bhp, (normally found in snowmobiles) and a pulley transmission (normally found in ...
Volkswagen components were also the basis for the postwar dune buggy, and its layout is used in the DPV with rear-mounted air-cooled 200 hp (150 kW) Volkswagen engine. This makes the lightweight vehicle capable of accelerating from 0 to 30 mph (0 to 48 km/h) in only four seconds and able to travel at speeds of up to 80 mph (130 km/h). [ 2 ]
Sandrail, a variant of the dune buggy; Swamp buggy, designed for use in swamps; Rock buggy, designed for use in low-speed rock-crawling applications; Rock bouncer, designed for use in high-speed rock-crawling/bashing or very steep, off-road hillclimb racing, typically tubular steel exoskeleton, 1000hp V8 petrol engine
A buggy. The Yamabuggy is a side-by-side dune buggy. It made its international debut in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the SEMA Convention. It is designed to be a quick and agile competitor to vehicles such as the Yamaha Rhino. [1] The buggy is powered by a 400 cc Yamaha engine, capable of speeds in excess of 55 mph (89 km/h). [2]