09/06/2020
Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying the long weekend. We have been waiting eagerly to share this story of Steve's Buggy. Looks like this little project is coming to the end. We have been working on this car in the winter months for the last three years. What you are seeing here once was a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle later transformed into a dune buggy in 1979 with a Kellison fibreglass body kit. This car has been cruising Windsor streets for over 40 years! My father bought my brothers and I a dune buggy in the late 70's. We grew up in the country and had a blast with it, I always thought it would be great to have another one. Little did I know what I was getting myself into, the hours and money we put into it kind of spiralled out of control.
Simon and I welded and created an engine stand. We completely re-wired the car with many more circuits for lighting and a cool sound system. Simon is very knowledgeable about Volkswagen vehicles and is an exceptional technician overall. Having this car in the shape it is currently in made it a lot easier with his experience.
Brandon and Jordan, our apprentices spent countless hours with me building new engines, lighting design, interior trim, and creating a new dash panel with accurate gauges. Nothing is worse than running out of gas! This car took a whole new look overall. I shared my ideas with Windsor Metal Services, Andrew and Tom Semanski were a huge help with tube bending and tight welding. Tom especially is very talented, he takes his time until the job is done correctly. It is a family run business and they are fantastic to deal with. If you want something made from metal these are the people to see: Windsor Metal Services on Jefferson 519 962 5190.
Dan Lessard from Rembrants Studios in Tecumseh did an amazing job with air brushing for me this summer, he also does tattoos and is a great guy to work with. (519 739 6006). M**f at Exclusive Sound set us up with a great sound system which helps bring the interior to the next level. They also do remote car staters (519 967 1555).
And of course any project with the support of your wife is always great. Michelle knows how much I love this car, although it's not nearly as much as I love her. She's always by my side which includes running the business together and has the toughest job down here. A simple way to put it is being Michelle's husband is like having Christmas everyday.
The coolest part of owning this car besides driving it, is the kids. They love it, many kids have had rides over the years and there pictures taken. But it looks like I'm the biggest kid of them all.
