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This was one of the first things I saw at the 2004 MI Buggy Show 2-22-04. As I went on, I thought that would be it for ultralites.
I met up with Odyknuck, who came to help his friend check out this buggy.
Another view
Back inside, I leave Steve to dig through the bins looking for odds and ends for his sand rail, and come across the MI Sand Cars booth. Beautiful, but I don't have Oprah money.
Oh, yeah!
And then I see it from a ways off. It looks the right size. As I get to it, I realize it is. East Side Fabrication makes it. Now this is more like it! It was tough it get good pictures because of the crowds around it.
A shot of the rear suspention shows that this is an unfinished prototype. The final drive is to be to a CVT to a jack shaft, with a chain drive to the axle. That's right, no reverse.
A rolling chassis can be bought for $6750. They had a 20 hp Kawasaki water cooled 4 stroke that they plan to sell turnkey for $12,000. He says he can get a 29hp version. He was told that opening up the intake can add some more power.

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