Vehicle Description
1971 Volkswagen Sand Rover T Pickup Dune Buggy
Scooby met Speed Buggy in his feverish dream depicting a fantasy of
the Mystery Solvers Club State Finals. Lord Infernicus captured
everyone except the sidekicks. Guinea pigs appeared wearing
identical outfits to each of their human friends. Speed Buggy,
Angel, and Principal Quinlan destroyed the connecting area so
Infernicus wouldn't find them, however, Infernicus already found
them and knocked them off the building and into the swimming pool,
but they survived.
Load up the surf boards, blow up the rubber ducky float, climb the
nearest dune for some chill time at the beach, and you can do it in
style with this VW based dune buggy. All fiberglass construction on
a VW beetle frame and heavily worked engine, some snazzy wheels and
high travel suspension, this convertible buggy pickup is just da
bomb for retro travel back in time. This buggy, a Joe Poty
Enterprises Sand Rover T Pickup, has been in our consignor's
possession since 2004 and always kept it safely in the garage
keeping things in tip top shape. If you are going to do a commute,
you might as well do it in style with this creation which is
residing in one of our South showrooms where it is looking for a
dune to climb!
Exterior
Heavy and thick molded fiberglass in the form of a shell and tub
for some interior seats and makes up this simplified body with
floating fenders. Headlights, like bug eyes, protrude upwards from
the inner fenders right next to the hood and a Mercedes-esque
grille floats up front sandwiched between a faux radiator cap in
chrome above and small chrome bumper below. An aluminum windshield
frame is ever so slightly raked rearward and supports the front
mounting for the yellow bikini top thatcovers the passengers. The
upper body is a screaming yellow zonker and the bottom of the tub
is black. The rear of this body is nice and high for the suspension
travel and has small oval tail lights within aluminum bezels. Not
oft seen is a polished diamond plate bed that when opened reveals
the engine, fuel tank and battery. Dual zoom tubes for the exhaust
emanating from either side add to the allure and custom look.
Overall the yellow paint is in nice shape, however we do note a
crack in the fiberglass around the passenger side headlamp and some
rough cuts are noted in the edges of the yellow fiberglass body. 14
and 15-inch chrome Cragar SST wheels are on all 4 corners and are
wrapped in deep treaded staggered width blackwalls.
Interior
Black and yellow vinyl make up the seats with high back racing
style buckets upfront courtesy of Summit Racing and are sporting
new covers. A large chrome roll bar is extra security just in case
a dune decides to give way, you are protected, (somewhat!). The
fiberglass molded dash utilizes the gauges and knobs from the
original donor bug along with the addition of a Sun tachometer and
a Jensen AM/FM/CD stereo. Just below this dash is a sea of black
carpeting with a Scat Drag Fast short throw shifter. Definitely an
open-air driving experience.
Drivetrain
Now things are going to get interesting....With a lift of the bed
cover we are met with a polished, chromed, and rebuilt VW 1904cc
rear engine firmly planted in the back and that has been treated to
a who's who list of speed parts. Let me catch my breath.....huff,
puff, huff. This flat 4 cylinder has been fitted with a DPR 74mm
stroker crankshaft, new Mahle 90.5mm pistons, and a new Engle 120
camshaft, (.435 lift & 294 duration). It was then topped off with
041 hi-performance cylinder heads with hi-rev springs. These heads
have been treated to a 3 angle valve job, a mild port and polish
job, solid rocker shafts with genuine VW rockers and swivel foot
adjusters. An aluminum deep sump oil pan was added along with a HD
high volume oil pump and aluminum valve covers top things off. For
the spark, air and fuel we note a full Pertronix Ignitor ignition
with a Flamethrower coil and Flamethrower plug wires. Feeding the
fuel endare a pair of Weber 40DCNF rebuilt1-barrel carbs feeding
through port matched intakes. The VW 4-speed manual transmission
has been fitted with a lightened 12lb flywheel and a Kennedy Stage
1 clutch kit. This engine is very clean and has dual exhaust with
BugPack ceramic coated headers and pipes with glasspack mufflers
and chrome tips.
Undercarriage
Clean VW metal is making up the molded floor pans and toe kicks,
which look as though they had been replaced at one point in time.
Transverse torsion bars for the front with an adjustable pin
arrangement, and independent semi trailing arms for the back makeup
the suspension. Disc brakes are on all 4 corners.
Drive-Ability
Pure fun, open air, and you can almost become 1 with this
interesting build. Nice acceleration, great braking, and the engine
runs tip top with more than enough power to rock you back in your
seats.
So many of us go through like just using our cars to commute back
and forth to work and go on the occasional vacation. We treat our
cars like our toasters, expecting them to work for us every day.
With this custom you can just have flat out fun, climb whatever
landscape, and enjoy the open air and big country out there. Scooby
Doo!
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
