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Posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' (Member # 895) on :
 
Sand Rail. My dad use to have like 3 of them at one time. I just think about all the money I have dumped in my Mustang, and wonder if I had saved a little of it that I could have a pretty cool VW sand rail? Does anybody else go out to the desert on a quad, dirtbike, or even a Rail? What do you guys think? Just something else fun to do. It's either that or build or Buy some type of Rock Crawler? I think the Crawler would be more money?
 

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Posted by Fast_Bitch (Member # 2316) on :
 
sand rails aret that hard to build they are more fun then most rock crawlers . . . and they dont break as often . . . but if your only planning on going to pismo dont waste your money on a sand rail . . not enough room there , stupid snowy plovers




[ January 04, 2006, 06:52 PM: Message edited by: Fast_Bitch ]
 

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Posted by v-town coupe (Member # 2771) on :
 
yeah jus get a sand rail the power plant iss what u use to tailor the rail to ur budget anything from a vw air cooled motor to an Ls1 sooo yeah i vote for the rail although crawlers are fun!
 

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Posted by Fast_Bitch (Member # 2316) on :
 
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Posted by v-town coupe (Member # 2771) on :
 

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Originally posted by Fast_Bitch:
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then the show got popular and they were aable to afford mopars!!!
 

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Posted by 90GT (Member # 3) on :
 
Not sure what your looking for but I saw this at sand mountain last year.


 

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Posted by Fast_Bitch (Member # 2316) on :
 
but he should get a 4 seater . . .they are better . . .
 

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Posted by evintho (Member # 5536) on :
 
Alot of guys run the Ford 2.3 Turbo in sand rails. 200 h.p stock, 300 with a little tweaking! Throw some $$$ at it and the skys the limit!








 

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Posted by Joooestang66 (Member # 2828) on :
 
It's always cheaper to buy something built and build it yourself when it comes to dezert toys. Go to Race-Dezert.com, there's tons of rails, buggys, prerunners, trophy trucks, class 1's, ect. in thier classified section.

Single Seat Rail

Another Rail

Turbo Rail Twin Turbo LS2 1000 hp Sand Car


This is one of the baddest sand cars/rails I've seen. The guy wouldn't give the specs but no one would race him.

 

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Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 
Get a Jeep, we can go wheelin'
 

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Posted by 5OHS5OH (Member # 4665) on :
 
Man, those things are straight outta Mad Max.

I know, I know...what is Mad Max ?
 

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Posted by NiftyWhiteFifty (Member # 4320) on :
 
Rails are cool. but you can only do one thing with them... i like the fact that i can go to pismo and have a blast in the jeep, and then go up to the mountains and do some rock crawling.

i'm goin to hollister hills this saturday
 

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Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 

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Originally posted by NiftyWhiteFifty:
Rails are cool. but you can only do one thing with them... i like the fact that i can go to pismo and have a blast in the jeep, and then go up to the mountains and do some rock crawling.

i'm goin to hollister hills this saturday

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What time are you going. I've never been to Hollister I might be up for going.
 

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Posted by boostin1.8 (Member # 868) on :
 
build a off-road race truck There much more fun
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' (Member # 895) on :
 

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Originally posted by 90GT:
Not sure what your looking for but I saw this at sand mountain last year.

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