On weekends, the dunes were teeming with home-built contraptions. In the late '50s, an L.A.-based VW dealership and speed shop called EMPI offered the first dune-buggy kit, the Sportster.

To fill the fun gap, at least for now, [James Biggar] built what you can’t buy: an all-electric dune buggy. And lest you think this was a kit build, be assured that the summary video below shows ...

This buggy was built from the leftover drivetrain ... of the desert and running a spec racing series with about four home-built concoctions racing wheel to wheel. Maybe something like this is ...

Suddenly all four wheels ran out of dune. They spun, clawing at the air, as the home-built buggy took flight. Then, with a bone-jarring bounce, it became earthbound again. Preble slammed on the ...

Related: Everything You Need to Know About the Meyers Manx So popular was the Manx that it made the August '66 cover of HOT ROD for a "Special section on dune buggies, 4-wheel-drive & home-built ...

Abilene? Even at age 90, Reaves Armstrong still has the bug to build buggies. Since 1991, the Abilene resident has built hundreds of detailed 19th century horse-drawn wagons in his home workshop ...

Jeff, their son who built a lot of the buggy, was just as happy to see their $20,000 family project (including the trailer) back home. “The buggy was in good condition,” he said ...

The wood workings are built out of nothing more than maple ... It sounds like Modern Buggy really hit a home run with Little Buggy, and by the looks of things, they're just getting warmed up.

“I went home that night ... we’re doing an Amish buggy – seemed natural.” The build and modifications cost around $30,000 and took roughly 700 hours of labour to complete: “Many all ...

He worked for several years at Jensen Marine on fiberglass sailboats — experience that helped him build his revolutionary dune buggy. In the nearly 30 years after he shuttered his company ...

A group of Belpre High School students were able to help the Ohio Department of Transportation make a specialized piece of ...