![]() ![]() Some are even built for and used as on-road vehicles. ![]() Dune buggies are being built for more generic off road tasks, such as CORR / SCORE indoor track racing. However, dune buggies have become more diversified in terms of the terrain they can handle. ![]() Initially dune buggies were designed for navigating desert or beaches (hence the word "dune"). This is typical when a converted vehicle sustains damage from age, hard use, or accidents and spare parts are not available or affordable. Some dune buggies represent mixes of the two design philosophies above. Sandrails can have panels or custom shaped body coverings over the rails and tubing that compose the vehicle, though many are left bare. Sizes can vary from a one seat ATV sized go-cart to a 4 seat, 8+ cylinder sized vehicle. Rails, like the VW bug typically have the engine located behind the driver and engine sizes vary depending on the intended function (see below). Buggies of this type are called sandrail because of the rail frame. However, the cost is the extra time taken. The advantage of this method is the fabricator can change various fundamental parts of the vehicle (usually the suspension and a built-in roll cage). The second method involves construction of a vehicle frame from steel tubing bent and welded together. This is a likely candidate for where the term "buggy" originated. Most notable are that the rear mounted engine and removal of bodywork transfers a high proportion of the remaining weight to the rear drive wheels for extra traction, the engine is air cooled simplifying engine modification and the elimination of the radiator as a source of engine failure, the extremely cheap price, and the sizable quantity of spare parts from other VW Bugs and buses. The VW Bug was preferred for a variety of reasons. The first involves alteration of an existing vehicle, most notable the older Volkswagen Type One (Beetle, or Bug). Dune buggies are created using two different methods. ![]()
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