"Mark Woodhead" > wrote in message
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> Anyone out there have a dune buggy? I'm getting a project buggy from my
> uncle that's been sitting for 30 years in storage, and I'm curious what
> types of roof enclosures people have used to give a little weather
> protection. Has anyone worked with hard tops? I'm sure I'll have a lot
> more questions when it gets closer to the time I'll be working on it
> (this summer), but that's it for now.
>
> The buggy has a lot of work to be done still, but the major stuff was
> all done 30 years ago. It's a Dearborne Deserter Series One, and will
> have a 1600 dual port type 1 engine in it. My uncle did some design work
> for the company back in the late 60s and early 70s, and started this
> buggy with my gradfather, but they never finished it. My uncle is a
> world-class procratinator, but he's finally decided he's ready to finish
> it up with me and hand it off to the next generation. I've been waiting
> to get this thing since I was 11, so summer is sounding a long way off
> still.
>
> My only regret is that it isn't the buggy my uncle designed the chassis
> for, which is the Deserter GS. But those things are so rare that every
> time I find one for sale as a shell, a chassis and a bunch of rusty
> parts in a pile, they're going for at least $7K! Oh well...
>
> Mark

Found this with a Google search

http://www.geocities.com/deserterownersgroup/

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