People who buy Lamborghini Aventadors and then drive them backwards and forwards outside Harrods are seeking attention.
Fine, but they’ve got it wrong. If you want to rack up a serious eyeball count, you need a beach buggy. Furthermore, if people are saying nice things about your choice of motor, you can’t hear them in an Aventador.
You can in a beach buggy: I know because a lot of people have been complimenting me on my choice of wheels. And shirt.
Back in 1970, the Sprinkle family moved to the UK from the US and sent their two sons to the school I was at. Along with the boys, Mr and Mrs Sprinkle brought with them their daughter Susanne, who made a major impression on me, and their beach buggy.
I still have a vague memory of Susanne, but a very accurate mental picture of the buggy. Metalflake purple, big chrome roll-over bar, huge tyres and a loud exhaust. We all had Hot Wheels beach buggies but one in full size, in our school car park among Morris Minors and Ford Anglias, was unbelievable.
Beach buggies were big in California but we hadn’t seen one in Woking. That would change within a year or so as these minimalist machines caught on in Britain. I don’t know what make of beach buggy the Sprinkles owned but it’s very similar to the one I’m driving now. This red metalflake marvel is owned by James May, who has had it restored after it was on the Grand Tour programme.
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Let's give some accurate pricing rather than just a headline.
The buggy in this article is a Prowler from Eastcoast Buggies (built by Kingfisher Kustoms)
The Prowler shell is available for £1250 in solid colour, add an additional £250 for the flake finish. That is already £1500.
Add on:Screen for £312 (current price from Heritage)Hoop £300 from flatlands engineering (£340 with seatbelt mounts)Engine cage (not necessary but on this buggy) £90Headlights (Stainless) from £127.50 a pairCannon Exhausts from £315On top of the above there's wheels and tyres, switch gear, steering wheel and the seats, and any chassis work.
The £1250 is actually more like £3000 - £5000 for a basic buggy depending on your donor. At FF Buggies we do 2 shells similar to the Prowler - the Sidewinder and the Predator and we charge £1000 in solid colour and £1200 in metal flake and that includes sidepods.
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Yet another....
No, it won’t see a Beach, but that doesn’t matter, certainly won’t be on a Beach in Scotland, if it makes others smile on a dull Day in Blighty that can’t be a bad thing, can it...?
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Certainly won't be...?...what is the reason for that?.
Clickbait much?