Build Your Own Off-Road Buggy for as little as 100 | Ron Champion

Build Your Own Off-Road Buggy for as little as 100 | Ron Champion | Not really worth it.

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	Build Your Own Off-Road Buggy for as little as 100 Ron Champion Haynes Publishing, 2002 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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This step-by-step guide advises readers how to build a single-seat, off-road buggy using standard tools, basic skills and low-cost materials. Scaled working drawings, detailed descriptions and color photographs accompany instructions on building a strong tubular-steel chassis; sourcing the power unit, transmission, suspension, steering, brakes and other parts; fitting safety equipment like padding, seat belts and engine cut-off, plus advice on using helmets and suitable clothing.

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So far the reviews trashing this efort basically complain it isn't another book on the Locost Seven, or that the budget will easily be exceeded. I have to agree more books about the Lowcost are probably a better idea for this author, with all the stuff out there on that car that he isn't getting paid for, he should probably think up another book for a series.

I don't intend to build this buggy, though the kids pictured using it seem happy enough. Also some prospective L7 buyers might want to try somethign a little less challenging to see if their aspirations are for real. Still I have seen these kinds of thing, and it forms a basis for a variety of projects. Buyer beware it isn't a Baha racer.

On cost, it doesn't seem to have bothered the carpers that you can't built the L7 for 250 either. And unless you have a slew of machinery you had better plan on your costs escalating there too. I suggest anyone considering this book give thought to what it is actually about, and take the budget with the grain of salt required, it's just a promise that this is scratch build coverage, in some people's hands.

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Not really worth it.

This book isn't too bad overall, but don't go getting any silly ideas like you are going to be able to build this thing for anything like a hundred pounds (about a hundred and fifty US dollars), because it isn't going to happen. You need access to a lathe and a welder, as well as drills and other tools, which you are assumed to already own. The amount of money you would end up spending on it, you would be better off buying a second hand one, as I doubt you will learn much from this book that you didn't already know. So overall, I'm not sure if it's worth bothering with, especially when the author's other book : "Build you own sports car for as little as £250 and race it" is available. That's a much better choice in my opinion- it really teaches you a thing or two.

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