Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing

This is a great book that has a vast amount of information for aspiring Baja builders (like myself) and experienced builders.There is a ton of information on every aspect of building a Baja bug. There is information on suspension work, tire and wheel combos, engine setup, different aspects of the car that need to be properly reinforced for offroad use, skidplates, and rollcages.It is really nice how the author comments on wether or not certain modifications should be made for a daily driver bug or if modifications should only be done for serious off road racers.It really is a good book, and will server as a good reference for all Baja builders.The only downside to this book is that some of the information is outdated.

This book is not for the casual reader - it really gets into the "nuts and bolts" of putting together a vehicle for off-road racing. In other words, very comprehensive. Excellent.

I won't be the only one to review this book positively as it is considered one of "The Books" in the VW Off-road community. Very readable, and a goldmine of good advice I wasn't able to put this book down for two days, and still reference it while dreaming of the next project. Though much of the book is dated and will leave you scratching your head and wondering about certain brands mentioned, this isn't the info you bought the book for. Everything technical is still current, the advice still golden. There have been few advances in the Air-Cooled VW world, and if you are buying this book you probably aren't ready for them.

This book contains a lot of great information for me. I like that it was written by someone who has a lot of experience with off road racing. The book is a little dated, but has tons of great information for today. I would definitely buy it again if I had it to do all over again. (Paid around $14, but would be equally good at $20-25)I like that the book gives a lot of common sense advice of how the suspension works, how racers modify it, and what you really need for a street driver car or a car that only sees a little off roading. I am going to use this book in modifing a beetle into a baja. Probably the tip I am looking forward to using the most is his tip about the steering linkage, you can use 1" aluminum pipe and Ford or Chevy 3/4 ton truck ends to make heavy duty steering linkages.

Great book.  Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing I used to race in Baja with the author. Shame he's gone now. This book could use a real update to cover advances in Baja Bugs and Buggies, but is still after 30 years quite effective. I had the original version the author self-published before HP books took it on. I own one of these HP versions that I got from the author 25 years ago when he asked me to proof read it for errors. I recently bought a copy through Amazon for my teenage son who is building his 1st Baja Bug. This one is in fine shape and my son is already getting good use of it. I highly recommend this book to anyone building or using a Baja Bug or VW-based offroad buggy. In online forums people in England,Germany, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, Malaysia, Australia and all over the world people refer constantly to this book. It is still the "Bible" to Baja Bug builders and offroaders of other types of VWs around the world.

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This book makes a great reference and is a good source for solid, no nonsense advice. As a note for buyers, don't expect this book to show you how to build a pretty buggy. Thats not the point of the text. This was written for the people that want to drive the thing! Yeah, for being a few decades old, some of the parts sources no longer exist. However, I have yet to discover that a product in the book is no longer being manufactured by some company or other. You just have to do your homework and look around. Over all, this is a fantastic read for learning how to beaf up your VW for some serious driving! Highly recommended!

I just got this book two days ago and have read it cover to cover twice! It's well written, full of insight and great!My only qualm with it is that it's somewhat outdated. For example it really pushes you for a transaxle rear end largely due to parts availability and what not.That is very much no longer the case and people generally push for IRS setups now, especially due to the extra burl of the bus transmission!Overall, a great read though. It have me tons of ideas of work to do and has me highly motivated on things to do to my baja bug!

Though an older book, lot's of information. Get to know the information in the book and look online for more modern parts. Well recommend

Good book

Ok

Everything you need to know and then some, maybe some references to certain suppliers are out of date but the type of part is still correct so you just find the latest version of that.What this guy didn't know isn't worth knowing.

Very useful in prepping a VW Bug into a Baja. Do not get fooled by the edition date, this is still accurate.