Trailbouncer #09 Uncle Tito

Jduck · Oct 30, 2018

So Paul (mrdrinksalil) bugged the **** out of me for a while to build him a buggy, one weekend I had enough of his begging and crying and I finally gave in. Then we had to figure out what to do, he's been wheeling his cab truck since he was like 15 and while it had some good parts we decided to go a different route on the new one. We reused the transmission, rear shocks, seats, fuel cell and handful of other parts but everything else is new for the build. It's getting an L96 with a couple small upgrades, th400, atlas, superduty front with 10" gears, 40spline grizzly, new style 14 bolt rear, fox coil overs/bumps, 43stickies. Plan was to keep it as simple, easy to work on and realiable as possible.

The donor

1TONTJ · Oct 30, 2018

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Great looking rig! You do good work!

mrdrinksalil · Oct 30, 2018

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Did you know for every $1000 you spend at Summit Racing you get a free ugly hat? All my kids are getting Summit Racing Hat and stickers for Christmas.

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Hillbilly Beast · Oct 30, 2018

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That's a good lookin chassis. Who built it?

1tonyj · Oct 30, 2018

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mrdrinksalil said:
Did you know for every $1000 you spend at Summit Racing you get a free ugly hat? All my kids are getting Summit Racing Hat and stickers for Christmas.

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I was wondering why I was getting those hats......that makes me a lil sick to my stomach thinking about the money lol. ...damn buggy builds!

Your rig is gonna be awesome...nice build!

Chaz · Oct 30, 2018

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Needs more winches

mdo817 · Oct 30, 2018

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Robbiem said:
Needs more winches

Paul can carry a bigger beer cooler :stir:

mrdrinksalil · Oct 31, 2018

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Robbiem said:
Needs more winches

Don't plan on using the one.

https://youtu.be/874ZbBlO87w

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Zjman · Oct 31, 2018

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Looks awesome man and you must have a lot of kids cause ur gonna have a lot of hats or ya could go the Oprah route and everybody gets a hat lol.

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redneckengineered · Oct 31, 2018

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L96 is an awesome engine. Not sure why more people don't use them.

sleepsontoilet · Oct 31, 2018

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Have a trans mount pic without the shifters in the way? Trying to design mine from underneath, and it won't be flat as the lower adapter bolt sticks down below the adapter's foot. Worried about using spacers sacrificing strength, or cutting the middle out of the mount. So I was thinking about adding an Atlas mount like yours to help.

Jduck · Oct 31, 2018

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sleepsontoilet said:
Have a trans mount pic without the shifters in the way? Trying to design mine from underneath, and it won't be flat as the lower adapter bolt sticks down below the adapter's foot. Worried about using spacers sacrificing strength, or cutting the middle out of the mount. So I was thinking about adding an Atlas mount like yours to help.

It captures 3 of the studs and then the atlas has the front and rear output supports.

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B.DRAKE · Nov 1, 2018

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Love the lines on this buggy, cant wait to see it finished

pennsylvaniaboy · Nov 1, 2018

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almost insulting to that buggy to call it a bouncer.....sooooo much cleaner than the "bouncer" look. great build so far and lines.

P · Nov 2, 2018

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pennsylvaniaboy said:
almost insulting to that buggy to call it a bouncer.....sooooo much cleaner than the "bouncer" look. great build so far and lines.

I agree, love clean lines and good proportions. Beautiful build ! Where's the updates :stir:

TBItoy · Nov 2, 2018

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Honest question,

Why does the dash area look so "tall"? like the cross bar is up at almost to neck level?

Molly Hatchet · Nov 2, 2018

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Ironduck Fab in the HOUSE! Looks great Jason!

Jduck · Nov 2, 2018

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TBItoy said:
Honest question,

Why does the dash area look so "tall"? like the cross bar is up at almost to neck level?

Because it gives plenty of room to mount a power brake set up and have a dash that you don't rack your shins on when you're bouncing down a trail. It looks high but when you're sitting in it there's tons of visibility.

TBItoy · Nov 2, 2018

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Jduck said:
Because it gives plenty of room to mount a power brake set up and have a dash that you don't rack your shins on when you're bouncing down a trail. It looks high but when you're sitting in it there's tons of visibility.

Cool, that's kinda what I figured.

I've seen a lot of buggys that the steering and brake mounting look like an afterthought and couldn't be comfortable to drive for any amount of time

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