So who are the builders of Sandcars now?

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Funco
Tatum and Racer (now merged)
Sand Cars Unlimited
R3
Who else is still building big sand cars?

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Sand Limo
Raw Motorsports
SandRail Fabricators Inc.
Buckshot
 
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There are a lot of "no-name" builders too, who take on work and still offer have a great product.
Some old names...
Mosebuilt
Aceco/Foddrill
Twisted Tin
Toys for Big Boys
Prowlers
JP Designs
Sand Blaster Chassis - VW Country

Then there are the one-off customs from race builders.
Mason
Brenthal
Penhall
Fusion
Jakes Fab

many, many more
 
Extreme Performance
Sand Cars Unlimited
Suspensions Unlimited
Funco
Tatum
RAW
Alumicraft
S&S
Sand Limo
Buckshot
Racer
Sand Rail Fabricators
 
steer clear of Prowlers and Mosebuilt.
Don't think anyone will have to worry. Neither makes cars. Prowlers closed up years ago and John at Mosebuilt is living out of state and closed up his shop.
 
do they actually build their own cars, or just prep and service other cars? I do see a lot of alumicrafts on their IG page.
Brian was the lead Fab at Alumicraft for a long time. He opened Podium after AC changed hands. I vetted him for a new car. He has a nice design but hadn't built one yet when I talked to him in February. Super nice guy and his work looks great. I really wanted to build with him but couldn't get comfortable being the first. And I don't have enough creative vison to look at a base frame design cartoon and know what the final will look like with panels.
 
BFD was around somewhat recently - are they still in business?
 
BFD was around somewhat recently - are they still in business?
Russ sold BFD to one of the guys that worked there about 5 years ago I think. He tried to make a go of it and looked to be doing OK for a few years. Latest I've heard from people that tried to do business there in the last year or so was the guy pretty much went MIA. I sold a BFD to a guy last year that wanted to build a new one. Couldn't get much response from BFD. He even bought some swag from them that never showed and not sure if he ever got his money back for the stuff he ordered. I think others have done business there recently. IDK - maybe you have to have the secret bat phone to talk to them?
 
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