The Rage Buggy has been around a long time now, and they use to be based near me when I lived in Milton Keynes and they soon out grew that they moved to Dunstable, where they have much bigger premises and the ability to carry on growing their Rage buggy business. The Rage buggy was described by Car magazine as manufacturers of weapons of race grade race and leisure buggies. I think they should have named them rage weapons of mass disruption. The … [Read more...]
Road Legal Buggies – Why I Love Them
At some point in your life there will come a point where you want a road legal buggy of some sort. I happen to be one of the lucky people who actually went out and got myself a road buggy, and I've had his buggy for about 10 years now. After driving my buggy for the first time I soon realised I was going to be addicted, and I knew that there will be a lot of like-minded people around the world that are as obsessed with owning a buggy as me. Not … [Read more...]
A Newspaper Clipping
Below is a clipping taken from a news paper, I am not sure of its origin but thanks to whoever wrote it. Coming back down to earth with a bang, the humble Mini is, itself, already something of a cult car. But what do you do when the pint-pot classic has come to the end of its life and you don't want to let it rust in peace? Well, fear not as the heart and spirit of your perished Mini could live pn in an A.B.S. Freestyle. Looking like a cross … [Read more...]
The Onyx Tomcat Road Legal Buggy
You could be forgiven for thinking the Tomcat is an unashamed copy of the Blitz but its not. Onyx's David Golightly originally built a similar Mini based special as an autotest car which he used to great effect. he drove it in the runner up spot in 1989 National Auto Test Championship. Having impressed himself with his car designing ability, it was this success that ultimately led to the birth of the first Onyx model in the form of the Fiat Panda … [Read more...]
Funbuggies Ammendment Article
Funbuggies have announced a good……..retro-fit amendment to their excellent Freestyle kit. They’ve come up with a pendulum pedal box, that will allow an extra 8-10in space in the passenger footwell, that will add to practicality. The little fun-kit can genuinely be built for less than £2500, with kit prices starting at just £995. I have now actually fitted this to my Freestyle kit car and it works perfectly, I have made a few mods since doing … [Read more...]