Follow me as I build a Berrien Sand Rail buggy!
I’ve been rather perplexed at how I would hook up and run a stock emergency brake handle on this build, so I started poking around on eBay. After a few minutes, I found what I was looking for. More commonly…
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I needed something that I could use as a conduit to run the clutch cable in…just so happens I found what I was looking for in the plumbing aisle at Home Depot. Forgot the name of this stuff, but bought…
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Received my lights today that I bought off of eBay. Time to weld on some tabs. Incidentally, I wanted to tell you that I picked up a roll of trailer 4-wire which I’ll use to hook up the front and…
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Now, that the winch has been installed…it’s time to jump on this. I’m going to install a trailer tongue box I also picked up at Harbor Freight. I think it was about $80 with a coupon. The first thing I…
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Today I’m going to install a 2,500 pound winch I bought a couple of weeks ago from Harbour Freight. The first thing I have to do is remount the dual horns that I previously installed, they are in the way….
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In a post a few posts back, I referred to a BIG PAINFUL MISTAKE. Here’s what happened, and yet another reason why I’m fully documenting this build…it may save you from making a few mistakes. When I was grinding those…
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As luck would have it, my new 7″ Dietz headlights have arrived. Let’s get those installed. I took some angle iron that I had lying about and cut up some small pieces to use as headlight mounts. After preparing each…
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Next, I have to weld on the rear shock mounts and install the shocks. My buddy Kevin, was upgrading his sandrail, so I was able to buy his used Fox Shocks for a couple hundred bucks. I started with my…
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Today, my 5-point, G-Force racing harnesses came in. So, time to mount those on. The installation for these was pretty easy. I drilled some holes where I would mount the harness brackets. Tried to make sure both seats were identical….
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I rolled my 1969 Volkswagen around front so I could pull the wheels and tires off of that. I am planning on doing a full build on that as I turn it into a Baja but, that will be some…
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