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From the little research I've done, you should be able to pick up a professionally built tube buggy chassis for $2800-4500 (avg.). Talkin' about a bare chassis, not anywhere close to a roller. While this will by no means make for a cheap project, at least the foundation is already created ( the major engineering, bending, welding done for the most part). S&N would be a good place to start since they're local. It seems like a relatively simple and solid buggy can be professionally built for about $30-35K. But being able to do some of the work yourself would of course be a considerable financial advantage since it sounds like you've got the mechanical inclination, some basic experience with fabrication and the tools. Even with a bare chassis, there's still a lot you would get to do but at least it's primarily just adding on to a properly crafted base structure (over-simplified, I know).