The Body

As already stated the body I will be using is a MK 1 Supa Sports. These Bodies were made here in Australia in the early 70's. I am still trying to track down more info on them.

I have just finished stripping the body. The Supa Sports MK 1 is made up of 4 main pieces. These are as follows

	The Body - Made from 5-8mm hand layed fibreglass it is the main part of the buggy and bolts to the shortened floor pan in much the same way as the beetle did. The fuel tank sites above your feet in the area between the two front guards. The rear Guards are all one piece and as you can see there is little room for passengers.
	The Dash - Bolts into the Body and once removed allows easy access to all the wiring and wiper motor. It like the rest of the body is fibreglass and has seen many different gauge setups over the years judging from the amount of holes drilled in it. It looks like it may have been moulded from a beetle dash and can even have a glove box bolted in. This is something I have never seen in a buggy before but it seems like a good idea to me
	The nose cone - This bolts on between the two front guards and covers the fuel tank and hole the number plate. The head lights also mount on to is and like the body is made from 5 - 8mm fibreglass.
	The Windscreen - Also bolts onto the body and is an aluminium frame with a 10mm !! piece of glass in it. I intend to replace this with something a little lighter, maybe perspex if possible. It has press studs around the outside for the soft top to mount onto.
	The Roll Bar - Bolts to the floor pan and rear fibreglass wall. I intend to strengthen this by added steel supports onto the rear shock towers.
	Once the body was in pieces I spent several hours sanding it back to clean fibreglass. Once  this was done we put on the undercoat and spray putty which I got in the deal with the Baja parts Beetles. It was pretty ordinary but did the job.
	The top coat is sky blue a mate of mine had about 1/2 litre left in an old can from a past paint job. He happily gave it to me and on it went. The colour came out very well and the finish wasn't to bad at all. Not to mention cheap. The entire paint job cost about $20 and most of that was sand paper.
	Once the lights were added it started to look almost like a buggy again. The paint has come up very nice indeed.  There is a few blemishes but since it is a buggy I am sure there will soon be a few more
	The black thing on the front bonnet is actually a fuel filler. It is off a Subaru and is a very neat fit. I have never like the normal style of buggy filler with it sticking straight up in the air. This one looks much better but does involve modifying the filler neck on the tank
	The rear uses the original lights and already has a hole cut for a bigger air filter. I intend to put some spotlights back here somewhere.