Buggy is not a luxury. Making Buggies from Oxi

Nothing is as happy as the appreciation of the results of the creation of their hands and personal achievements. Automobile sport is not only a competition of professional qualities of racing drivers, in the acute struggle for superiority there are also teams of technical equipment and preparations for the performance of cars.

A special category of sports car races are competitions using models of the "buggy" type. Appearing in 1950 as a race on cars converted from worn out and unusable "cars", this sport, even with the development of professional models, was not lost by fans who created their exclusive samples of high-speed maneuverable all-terrain vehicles for cross-country competitions from the car industry's serial products. Often for the creation of their masterpieces they use not second-hand cars, but rather fresh variants with a high margin of the unutilized motor resource.

Recently, interest in this type of car has increased not only on the part of professional athletes. Walking variants of "buggy" with the onset of warm days can be found more often not only in off-road conditions, but even in city crowds. Not one hefty hatchback or an expensive crossover is able to provide a youth category of fans of drive and adrenaline, that sense of freedom and power over speed and space like a motorcycle, a scooter, and now a "buggy". The appearance in the domestic market of factory serial samples for a broad category of users does not stop those who wish to collect their unique car from the details of the Zhiguli or Zaporozhets, practical and reliable buggies from the Oka are obtained.

These models are full of pages of various sites and forums, because to build a buggy from Oka requires an accessible list of equipment, and from the car is taken so minimal list of the most basic parts that you can save on purchasing a full-fledged car, limiting yourself to the main components and mechanisms of the car second hand. In pursuit of minimizing costs, it is worth remembering about the miser, which pays twice, and not get carried away by the acquisition of large units and aggregates of questionable quality.

For the version of the buggy with your own hands from Oka, you can take in addition to the engine and gearbox parts of the suspension, well fit into the "interior" of your car dashboard of a domestic runabout. Some masters can remodel their native VAZ (SeAZ) -1111 ("Oka") wheels under wide rubber, but it's less troublesome and much safer to use the wheels from the ATV than to cut out its central part from the disk for later welding two into one.

With an abundance of ready-made drawings of design decisions and instructions on how to make buggies from Oka, the charm of "homemade" lies in the ability to experiment and customize the future machine to suit your needs. But fantasy is not worth pursuing and it is better to give up altogether an excessive initiative in terms of ensuring security, the distribution of the masses and the principles of building management bodies. These moments should be taken on a special control of compliance with the quality and accuracy of manufacturing.

Usually, as the simplest in the assembly, single-use designs with a rear engine arrangement are used. But as a walking version of the buggy from Oka, double cars are very attractive, because the power of a 33-strong engine is enough for traveling on sand and off-road not only for two pilots, but also for transporting their luggage, though increasing the linear dimensions will require additional strengthening of the structure Body frames.

The main skills that buggy collectors need to master are welding and bending of metal pipes, the main material for the car body frame. Having gained patience, you can get a fairly respectable version of the buggy, capable not only of confirming the skill of the manufacturer, but also worthy to perform at the competition.

As a rule, having achieved the first successful results in the production of buggies from Oka, home-grown masters of the "garage automotive industry" do not stop there. Thanks to the conveyor of Avtovaz, which released a huge number of its various variants and modifications for the 21st year of production of an inexpensive ultra compact midget car, the buggy supporters received a full-fledged supply of their hobby material for many years of creativity.