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Re: VW buggy and Solo2

To: <JD_Kemp@URSCorp.com>, <Uffe_Ibsen@AFCC.com>
Subject: Re: VW buggy and Solo2
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 22:49:09 -0500
>There was a guy in Las Vegas Region that ran such a creation.  At least the
>body had started out as a Manx type dune buggy.  I'm working from memory
>here, and I may not have ALL the details just right...
>
>Seems he had re-designed the rear end of the chassis so that it was more
>"Formula Vee" than dune buggy. The engine was ahead of axle.  Had various
>tricky suspension bits, again from FV technology, a race-prepped flat four

This sounds a lot like a Deserter GS.  This was a kit buggy that looked a
lot like a Meyers Manx, but it was mid-engined.

>and a big ol' wing on the back.


Well, they didn't think of that, but it is an easy add-on.

Phil Ethier  West Side   Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net   http://www.mnautox.com/  http://www.vtr2002.org

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