Why build a Doon Buggy? - Donor Vehicles - Design Overview - UVA Fugitive - Design Detail - Build Details - Build Diary - Build Costs - Legal Stuff - Bibliography - Links - Thanks - Site Details

Welcome to Rick's Buggy Project Home Page

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Well, after several months of head scratching, indecision, inner turmoil and generally obsessive behaviour I've finally decided to build a Doon Buggy (pictured above), rather than any of the other available UK buggy types.

These pages, like the buggy project itself, are only in their infancy at the moment, so there's not really much here yet. Ultimately, I hope to present the full story of the build, with details of all the decisions made along the way, the reasoning behind them, why some of them were 'cock-ups' and all the sorts of information (that I don't have yet!) that would be useful to someone else setting out on a similar project.

On 21st May 2005 Tina and I made our first visit to see the Doon at VolksMagic in Oldbury, near Birmingham. Whilst there, we were able to talk to Simon 'Chad' Chadwick about the Doon, go for a ride in it (click here to see a short (13 sec) video (3.7MB) of Tina coming back after her go) and talk to Lee Sutherton, from VolksMagic, about the various options for the chassis. Thanks to both the guys for a great afternoon, spending such a long time with us and answering all of our 'stupid questions'.

Click on the links in the menu above to view the other pages in this site...

• The 'Why a Doon Buggy?' link will give you a bit of background about why I decided to build the buggy.
• The 'Donor Vehicles' link will give you information about the 'donor vehicles' that I used whilst building my buggy.
• The 'Design Overview' link will give you an idea about what I want the buggy to be able to do and how this will impact the overall design.
• The 'UVA Fugitive' link will give you details about the UVA Fugitive that I bought to gain experience whilst building my buggy.
• The 'Design Detail' link will describe each component of the buggy and why I have chosen to do it the way I have.
• The 'Build Diary' link will tell you what I've been doing (or not doing!), when I did it and how long it took.
• The 'Legal Stuff' link will give you details about the legal aspects of building, registering and taxing a buggy in the UK.
• The 'Bibliography' link will show you a list of all of the books that I have found useful whilst researching and building my buggy.
• The 'Links' link will show you a list of all of the web sites that I have found useful whilst researching and building my buggy.
• The 'Site Details' link will give you details about Rick's Buggy Project web site, including what changes were made, when and perhaps even why.

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