There's a few more old buggy pix on my site, under \"Buggies\" (how original).
No Geoff, not aircraft, they're implement tyres. Flexible at low pressures, were about the 1st decent sand tire when they were cross grooved. Terras hadn't come out yet, and cross grooved wrinkles were still a few years in the future, a pair of which are on my rail as seen on my site. Paddles were really in the future, too. Tires prior to this were the biggest passenger tires you could get, rims about 6\"-8\" wide, and the tires had been \"buffed\" (a procedure to remove rubber tread to prep for re-capping).
That buggy was built by my dad, his 2nd VW buggy, as he had his own welding shop (great place to grow up
!). Transporter rear suspension with reductions, 36er (would have a judson in the near future, not long after this shot), Fiat seats, etc. I drove this thing quite a bit.
In the background you see an original old '50s buggy, a hacked-up v8 powered beast. Also an early belly pan VW buggy built prior to full tube frames. AFAIK, the 1st VW buggies were built about 1960.
guess these were the good old days. I loved it!
