what exactly is a truggy

[rod baker]

ok all im probably just confusing my self so im just asking for clarification

what is needed to qualify for the designation of truggy i was under the impression that it was an off road buggy built on a 4wd chassis n running gear i see most are running heavily modded shell, but does a tube frame and sheet metal body on a 4wd chassis fit the same classification

thanks
rod

[Micka]

Yes. Most would agree that a truggy still has some or all of the OEM chassis. I'm building what I would call a truggy. About 1600 of chassis and the rest is tube with a narrowed front clip and a bonnet.

[rod baker]

ok awsome cos i wasnt convinced i was using the right name for it

[discothrasher]

my understanding of a truggy is much the same as Micka , full exo with lots of panels removed and normally shortened chassis lots of tube to replace useless panels which is 90% of most OEM panels ahhhh i love the grinder

[RUFF]

A truggy is actually a Toyota based half Buggy. Hense the name Truggy. But it has been used for almost anything now. Commonly a truggy was a Hilux with the chassis cut off right behind the cab and all tube from there including an exo cage and generally tube doors. Now I think anything with minimal body panels and heaps of tube work could be classed as a Truggy even if it still has a full chassis.

[starky]

A truggy is actually a Toyota based half Buggy. Hense the name Truggy. But it has been used for almost anything now. Commonly a truggy was a Hilux with the chassis cut off right behind the cab and all tube from there including an exo cage and generally tube doors. Now I think anything with minimal body panels and heaps of tube work could be classed as a Truggy even if it still has a full chassis.

i thought the name came from Truck and buggy truggy?????

[napsta]

In the US a truggy is either a tubed 4x4 (think tuff truck style) or a trophy truck designed racer with buggy panels that competes in Class 1 rather than TT. They usually have solid rears compared to the rest of Class 1

[bushy555]

Shouldn't this be in general section?


I thought 'Truggy' originally came from, or at least starting to become wide spread, from White Knight. They mention the 2001 era, but, who knows when they actually started to use the term. It could have been 2004/2005/2006. http://www.whiteknight.ca" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wikipedia is pretty useless; no dates and nothing about where or when the term started being used.

"In 800bc, a Roman bloke by the name of Brutacus decided that his 5"x5" wooden chassis frame of his chariot was too heavy; and to gain a better speed/weight ratio behind his 2 horses of power, he attempted a world first. Over one weekend, he and a few mates Barnicus, Wickerus, Rufficus and the oddball roughnut Roothicus completely stripped his chariot and emptied four fridges. They made a much lighter section out of newly invented tubed sticks with only the smallest bits of the original wooden 5" square timber chassis left. The original heavy wooden wheels were flung and some new beaut fully sik 40" alloy suckers that-weren't-invented-for-another-2600 years went on that they found just lying around. The overall weight was now down to less than a quarter of the original. Speed increase and handling was increased dramatically, so much so that they flung on a rollcage. From that day on, Brutacus was not only the fastest dude on two wheels, but he was the first to show the way for future vehicles, combing parts of the originally chassis (truck) and newly lite weight material to form the worlds first 2 horse power truggy."