The Freestyle kit car is by far my favourite road buggy, ok so I may be a little biassed but you have to admit that these little buggies look awesome, they handle like a go kart and because of their simplicity its easy to say that they can be built by almost anybody. The Freestyle is however a pretty difficult kit car to find and so we have to cherish teh ones we do have. [album id=1 template=extend] … [Read more...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 3
Hello and welcome to my Re Build Diary Page 3, Saturday 5th January, Today I was up early to finish getting the buggy ready for the painters so after doing a bit and freezing my bits off the buggy was about ready, then tragedy my brilliant welding failed I snapped one of the wing mirror brackets off, this was the first bit of welding I have ever done and did not use enough power but after I ground the old weld off and re welded it was strong … [Read more...]
Danny’s Road Buggy Re-Build Diary Page 4
13th January 2008 Today after recovering from small hangover I made my way back from Twickenham and thankfully the traffic was not too bad! Yesterday we drove to Dorset to pick up my 1380cc engine from Harris Motorsport. Myself and my friend Ben went to the garage where the buggy is stored and we dropped a bag of plaster on the ground just in front of the back of the van so that if the engine did drop unexpectedly it would not do any damage. … [Read more...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 5
19th February 2008 For the last few days I have been painting and prepping bits for the rear suspension set up. I also fitted the engine to the subframe with the help of my little sis. The bell housing end of the engine was a simple procedure getting the mount in but the timing chain end was a real pig and took over an hour of swear and throwing things but its in. As you will notice from the pictures below I have actually fitted the engine to … [Read more...]
Danny’s Re-Build Diary Page 6
10th March 2008 So I ordered my tyres from MiniSport at a cost of £192 delivered I went for the Yoko 175/50/R13 I went off to see my unle at MK MOT to fit the tyres to the rims, I decided that I was not going to fit these myself as I did not want to scratch the rims too much so my uncle had the pleasure of that job. I had the pleasure of balencing them which turned out ok and found it to be quite an easy job. With my tyres fitted I was … [Read more...]
Down And Dirty Freestyle
Down & Dirty - Funbuggies Freestyle By Dec 5, 2003, 09:00 The Freestyle has always been an interesting little kitcar, and its stripped for action demeanor screams utility fun vehicle. It was originally created by Dave Sewell of well-known chassis firm Fibreform (Ginetta among others), before passing on to a very temporary home with Specialist Sports Cars. After a short while GRP specialists ABS took over and actually sold quite a lot of … [Read more...]
International Mini Meet 2005
May 26th 2005 I am outside my house strapping the last of my luggage to the freestyle waiting while I am waiting for Dave Smart to arrive from Somerset. He was driving to my house where he would get in my buggy and we both would then go to meet Jon Way and his Daughter Jenny, Jon was driving Dave's buggy down and Jenny was my passenger. So we headed for Dover the sun was shining and the sky was blue it was perfect Dave was in his usual bubbly … [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...]
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...]
TH Engineering Freestyle
The article below is about the funbuggies Freestyle before it was owned by Dave Smart, In Fact this article was what first got me interested in the Freestyle. I have scanned a copy of the whole article and is below just click on the thumbnail to read but because my copy is not great I am writing the article out in full for you and this way you should work it out. Thank You Which KIt Magazine!!! TH FREESTYLE The Freestyle has always been a … [Read more...]