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What do The Beatles, Transformers, and hippies all have in common? They all use air-cooled VW Bugs! The original Volkswagen Bug was a huge cultural icon, particularly in the 1960's - 1970's. Though the psychedelic age was by far the prime of the Bug, it is still being used in movies, commercials, and other forms of media today. Just recently, the VW Bug starred as one of the heroines in DreamWorks's Transformers.

For anyone who grew up in the 1960's, you probably saw a bug almost everywhere you went. It would be hard not to, as there were over 20 million VW bugs produced, many of which are still on the road today. Also, when you see a funky looking car puttering down the road at 30 MPH, it is probably a bug. The VW bug was the only car to be used in the popular "kit car" trend.

For those who don't know, during the 1960's and 1970's, the kit car trend began to rise in popularity. A kit car was simply an external body of a car, essentially a shell, which could be placed on the engine and axle of a VW Bug, basically producing a new car. The kits were very cheap, and allowed everyone who owned a Bug to change their car's looks whenever they wanted.

While the original air cooled bug may not have a high tech. engine, , it makes up for it in looks and versatility. The bug can, and was, used in a variety of different activities, and had many distinct looks. Bugs were often made into Dune Buggies or Baja Bugs, and were even used in drag races. But the main use for this psychedelic little car was simply a way of getting from town to town, spreading the joy of hippie love.

One of the Bug's proudest moments was its feature spot on the cover of the Beatles iconic album, Abby Road. This album cover not only increased the publicity for the incredibly popular Beatles, it also produced more VW Bug fans. Immediately after the album was released, the license plate was stolen from the Bug. The license plate was stolen many times, passed around, and eventually became just as famous as the Bug itself. In fact, that particular VW Bug, along with its license plate, were so iconic that they fetched a handsome sum of $23,000 from an auction in 1986. Today, the bug is on display at the Volkswagen museum in Germany.

The VW Bug has been referenced in movies, songs, and just about everything else. It is impossible to count just how many times it is referenced, but I am confident that this little car is more famous than any other automobile, and most humans as well.

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Dune Buggy Basics 101. Find a Hot Dune Buggy for Sale

So you want to buy a dune buggy. You're new to the sport, don't know much about it, but it looks hot. So you've decided to find a dune buggy for sale and buy it and get into the sport. Before you consider buying a dune buggy there's a few things you ought to think about.

Number 1 is to decide whether you should build your dune buggy or buy it. Now of course for many that's not an issue. Building a dune buggy is a drawn out process requiring many skills and a lot of time, and it's something that you don't tackle lightly. Dune buggies are just like any other vehicle, if you want to build one you need to know what you're doing, or it won't work. Don't try to build your own dune buggy unless you're confident in your skills, and you have the time. Expect it to take a while. It's not a project you start today and you're sand driving next week.

Otherwise you need to find a good dune buggy for sale and buy it. There's lots of dune buggies for sale, but not all of them will suit your needs. So here's a few more things for the dune buggy buyer to think about.

Firstly decide what your needs are. Where are you going to drive your buggy and what do you want it to do? For example there are many who just want a hot buggy to cruise the streets. That's fine, but if you you've got different needs to someone who wants to do some serious sand driving.

For example it needs to be street legal. No point in buying a buggy and finding out that you can't take it on the road. And there's really no point in buying a buggy with great four wheel drive for instance, if it doesn't need 4wd to cruise the streets. You're just spending money on something that you don't need.

How many people are you hoping to carry in your new buggy? Now of course you're unlikely to be taking the whole family shopping in it, but there are still plenty of people who want to take their girlfriend, say, on a great sand driving weekend. To do this you need to be able to seat the 2 of you. Or is it just you, in which case a single seater will be fine. And it is possible to buy buggies that take up to 4 people, though this is rare.

What size buggy do you want? This of course relates to what you want it to do, but there are also other factors to take into consideration. For example you are limited by your storage space, if your garage will only fit a buggy of a certain size then that's the maximum size you can buy unless you want it to sit out in the weather.

What size trailer do you have, or can you borrow? Because of course if you buy a buggy that's too big for your trailer you're in all sorts of trouble. Some buggies are street legal of course, so don't need a trailer if you can drive them to where you plan to play, but many need to be trailered.

Learn a bit about the different build and motor options you have, and learn some of the terminology. For example do you know what a sandrail buggy is if you see a sandrail dune buggy for sale? Do you know what different types of frames there are? What's a Baja bug? Like all sports dune buggies have their own lingo, and you need to learn it.

And finally, learn as much as you can about motors and how they work. Whether you want to or not you'll be doing plenty of dirty hands on work. Even if you've decided that buying a buggy is the way to go for you because you couldn't build one, be prepared for plenty of time spent with hot oily hands. Driving a buggy is a heap of fun, but it comes with it's own work, and if you're new you need to understand the basics of mechanics, and be prepared to get your hands dirty and learn fast. That's fun too, but it's all part of being a buggy driver.

This may all sound a bit basic to the seasoned buggy drivers out there, but for the person just looking to get into the sport there are some basic questions to answer. Do your homework. And if you're not prepared to build one you'll need to find a great dune buggy for sale, and buy it, but only after you've sorted out exactly what it is you need.

And of course set aside some money. There are some great places where you can find cheap dune buggies for sale, but even so expect it to cost a bit. It's motorsport, and owning a dune buggy is no exception.

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How can I test paint for lead?

My husband recently purchased a 1971 VW Bug car which has been converted into a dune buggy of sorts. It was converted into a dune buggy and the frame was repainted by someone else between 1983 and 1996. I realize that these years are after the dates when lead was used in house paint, but I have no idea what the owner used to paint the metal of this automobile with. I'm wondering how I can test the paint for lead before sanding it down to the frame. I'm concerned because my young children are around when my husband will be sanding the car, and helping him with it. Also, my husband could possibly breath some of the paint dust in when sanding. Is there a testing kit I can get easily?

You can buy lead paint test kits at you local hardware store for about 12 bucks. There is good possibility that there would still be lead even if the new paint is lead-free since it would be difficult to have removed all of the old 1971 paint that probably had lead.

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