A complete A-Z guide to American and British Volkswagen-based Dune Beach Buggies for all VW enthusiasts. Over 100 individual makes of buggy are described and pictured, with each entry providing a model description, identification tips and historical information.
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James Hale is the world’s leading authority on dune buggies, and has built, modified, manufactured, photographed and written about them for over 40 years. He has written five widely respected books covering the worldwide buggy scene, and he has regularly appeared in magazines and on TV and radio to talk about his passion for these cute and irreverent fun vehicles. His freelance feature and photographic work has appeared in leading automotive magazines including Ultra VW, VW Trends, VW Motoring and Volksworld. James is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians and an associate of the Guild of Motoring Writers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent guide to fiberglass buggies,
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This review is from: Dune Buggy Handbook: The A-Z of VW-Based Buggies Since 1964 (Reference) (Hardcover)
This is the best (and only) guide I've seen to fiberglass buggies (Manx & knock offs.) The only regret I had was that my own buggy was not represented, even though it was mentioned several times with buggies that were 'sired' (copied) from it (the Balboa Lido). But overall it is a great book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Fiberglass buggies.
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Good All Round "Spotters Guide" to VW Beach Buggies,
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This review is from: Dune Buggy Handbook: The A-Z of VW-Based Buggies Since 1964 (Reference) (Hardcover)
A good all round 'spotters guide'. Good to see a UK influence. Nice little historical/ film reference touches. A must for the Buggista.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dune Buggy Handbook best buggy book yet!,
By John Shepard "webmaster www.dunebuggyarchives... (Dune Buggy Archives) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Dune Buggy Handbook: The A-Z of VW-Based Buggies Since 1964 (Reference) (Hardcover)
James Hale hits a home run with this book. It is the first of my knowledge to ever attempt to organize and sort out all of the dune buggy makers. We have waited a long time in the VW hobby for the 'glass buggy to recieve recognition. You get to see everything from the original Meyers Manx buggies that started the fiberglass dune buggy revolution, to the hundreds of clones that were later spawned. Hale does a great job of mixing in facts and photos. This is also a pretty complete look at the rise and later fall of the buggy industry. There were only a couple of things I didn't like about the book. First of all the organization of the different UK and US models was thrown together by alpha listing only. The problem here is a US buggy owner only gets confused while looking through the UK pictures while trying to track down his buggy. A seperate US UK directory would have kept things easier to follow. Secondly, there are probably as many models that were left out of the book as ones that appear. I spoke with James after the book was finished. It was a shame the dune buggy archives website has twice as many US models Id'd. I was expecting Hale to have many models the archives website did not have. James had colaborated with many people to write this book and I congarulate him on it's success. All together the book does have some excellent photography and alot of information on each buggy. It may not have every make ever made, but the ones it has are well presented. I guess it would after all be impossible to list everything about every buggy ever made, but wouldn't that be cool.
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As one of the UK's leading buggy manufacturers in the 1970s, GP was keen to distribute vehicles further afield. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
buggy boom, buggy scene, buggy design, buggy kits, body waistline, buggy company, new buggy, rear seat area, windshield frame, front hood, alloy frame, fun car, engine access, wide wheels, dune buggies, dune buggy, engine cover Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fiber Jet, Meyers Manx, Manta Ray, Courtesy Mike Key, Courtesy Dean Jeffries, Boss Bug, Fun Hugger, Bounty Hunter, Courtesy Road Test, Courtesy Quadrant Picture Library, Courtesy Custom Car, Courtesy Bob, John Jackson, Anita Harris, Bruce Meyers, Courtesy Melvyn Hubbard, Geneva Motor Show, Greene Motors, Brian Dries, Courtesy Sport Buggies, Courtesy Volksworld, Essex Proto Conversions, Hot Car, Courtesy Keith Seume, Courtesy Peter Coxhead New!
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As one of the UK's leading buggy manufacturers in the 1970s, GP was keen to distribute vehicles further afield. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
buggy boom, buggy scene, buggy design, buggy kits, body waistline, buggy company, new buggy, rear seat area, windshield frame, front hood, alloy frame, fun car, engine access, wide wheels, dune buggies, dune buggy, engine cover Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fiber Jet, Meyers Manx, Manta Ray, Courtesy Mike Key, Courtesy Dean Jeffries, Boss Bug, Fun Hugger, Bounty Hunter, Courtesy Road Test, Courtesy Quadrant Picture Library, Courtesy Custom Car, Courtesy Bob, John Jackson, Anita Harris, Bruce Meyers, Courtesy Melvyn Hubbard, Geneva Motor Show, Greene Motors, Brian Dries, Courtesy Sport Buggies, Courtesy Volksworld, Essex Proto Conversions, Hot Car, Courtesy Keith Seume, Courtesy Peter Coxhead New!
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