check it out laser your dad had it going on

this car had a 2232 auto craft case, pauter heads, with a steel billet roller cam, custom built intake system by chassis shop, alky, EFI Motec. 30 lb of boost, made 600+ HP. weighed 1200 lbs, with a 091 bus trany built by Sammy @ Rancho and ran flawlessly for 2 seasns in a row, Rodger @ Heads up did all the re-builds bi-annually and by far the most exillerating ride I can think of.

im sorry the car was built in 1996

The days of the first mid-travel, a-arm cars. Life was so simple.

Nice car, even more so when you think about this......he built it in the dark!

I remember looking at my Sand Sport magazines back then thinking how big and tall those cars were. Who would of thunk? Going back further, I got a '91 or '92 VW Trends magazine with Sams(Rancho) blue Johnnys Speed and Chrome rail gracing the cover. Times sure do change, don't they?

Jeff

Wow to think it was ten years sense what was then a Long Travel (only 16"), now called a mid travel. Things have come a long way. Before this I dont remember seeing coil overs on any dune buggies. We built some before this but it could have been the first production 4 seater (not sure). Very cool. Thanks for the history.

that old shop was dark
show your dad the pics
and tell him i said hello

Last week when I was over there.. I looked at all the old Baja races photos.. all over the office and in the bathroom!! It's a museum for sure.

Dang I am proud to be in the family!!

Actually the first car belonged to one of his employes. It was also a rotory(not turbo) and we all were giving "too tall" a load of )(*& becuase it was so annoyingly loud without the turbo.

pretty bad ass for 96'

Very cool!

Cool post Bill. I remember those days well.

BTW... I fixed this one pic for you. I got tired of looking at it sideways and small.

Yeah, that was Mike the tug boat guy. I met him thru Frank that working at Coast Fab at the time. Mike and Frank fabricated the chassis in Mike's garage and took the frame to Larry to design the five link rear end. Frank was fabricating stainless steel headers for me where he worked at Coast Fab and told me "you have to see my buddy's car he built". At the time the car waa at Mike Porter's getting the motor done. So I went and looked at it.
It was awesome. So, Mike said if you want one we can work with Larry at S/U and probably build you a 4 seat rear engine five link.
That's how it all got started.
Don't know Mike's last name - just tug boat Mike. I have some pics of Mike's car somewhere - I will look for them and post

thanks king thats why your the KING

Here was mine 22.5k would get you my car back in 1999,first SSSS as I recall....times have changed.

damn I wanted one of those soooo bad, remember the white one with checkers on the side.It was in the ads it the old sand sports.

That was Tom Millers car. It was one of the first four seaters made and I think it was the first one that made it to Glamis. It was also a VW like bills, but bills had a big aftermarket case and tons of power..... for a VW

I think I want a "White One" now!! I like that really clean.

Thanks for sharing Mike!!! Let's get you in those dunes real soon!

whats it worth today ??? need help making up my mind if i should buy it back from the guy i sold it to
2.0 subi
motec ecu and dash
091 rancho all ftc
ect

Is she for sale with the car?!

take over payments?? im serious tell me what you think the car is worth

Ide guess 30-35k range from what Ive seen up for sale in this catagory.

I remember that shop!! The changes have been amazing

This was one of my favorites.

larrys new one is the shiznet
lazer post some new pics please ????

the car is sold for 26000

Heres a pic I took on a summer run before his or my car were painted up.

thanks mike