Stick to it

After finishing the glassfibre parts a first completion of the Sand Scorcher is on the agenda. We put a motor with a Baja header and stinger in, mount the Empi bars front and rear. Everything is how it will be in the end but the Chrome Spoke wheels. They still wear the dummy Off Road tires. We made a first contact with Sand Tires Unlimited (STU) and try to organize the Smoothees and Padla Traks.

But there is more to do. The first mock-up proves us right, that the front Baja bumper doesn't look good. Together with the body lift it even looks worse. The only solution: We build one from scratch. Konrad gives thought to a new version. It's not just plug and play, as you can see!

Fibre fever

As already mentioned the glass fibre parts either lack accuracy of fit or desired shape. That's why we had someone in the workshop today, who is familiar with glassfibre. He revamps the Baja parts to our liking.

While the front wings need little work, the rear fenders have to be heavily modified. Shape and width change as the day progresses. Even the vintage nose cone and deck lid get some minor alterations.

No one will see the amount of work that went into it after everything is painted. No one will notice that this is more or less a one-off Baja kit - unless you know.