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Well since the doka was going badly and the day was so nice I decided to put some miles on the buggy. It put a smile on my face for a little while.

Well i just called it a day at the rally, had a good weekend, the buggy got a great reception. She was involved with the opening parade on the Friday night and I spent most of my time around the service paddock for the rest of the time. It was a great shakedown for the [...]

She is going to be one of the sponsors vehicles for the Galway International Rally. I’ll see if i can get her some TV time!!

The buggy has been sitting in the garage for the last few months, there was a few problems with her, most of which now have been solved. The first problem was the suspension, it was too low and the tyres where scrubbing on the wings, the dropped spindles where removed and replaced with the standard [...]

It went limp….

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No not me, the headlights on the buggy dipped on the way into Galway city today. Well the passenger side did. When I got her into the garage i found out the bold for the headlight broke. Yes thats right, it broke. It wasn’t over tightened but it only lasted about 100 miles on the [...]

After sitting around doing nothing most of the day yesterday in pissy rain, today I had to come back to work and the sun is out!! I might get out for a spin after work.

It has been raining all day today, really heavy rain so driving the buggy wasn’t an option until about an hour ago. It stopped raining so i decided to try get a few miles in her. Don’t drive through puddles in a buggy!! That woke me up thats so sure. Oh well, i’ll have to [...]

well as finished as these things ever are!! I’ll write a more detailed report tomorrow. I’m tired!!

A beach buggy. Another day working on the buggy. I really need to go back to work soon!!! I think i’ll let the pictures do most of the talking here, I’m too tired for a long post. Now before someone comments, because i know someone will, yes the head lights aren’t straight, i’ll sort that [...]

Well Friday morning I was thinking with a bit of luck i would be test driving the buggy on Saturday afternoon. By 6 o’clock on Friday I knew that was not going to happen. The first big issue was the rear indicators, yes those arrows, they look savage but they are no where near bright [...]