Cool man, I'm enjoying watch this shape up. It's like watching Overhaulin' in slo-mo
There are worse bad decisions than a VW dune buggy. That carb mod is very odd. I wonder if that is for the butterfly return or something.
We drove all over Mexico in a dune buggy like yours. No horn, no wipers, marginal brakes and no seat belts. Did just fine although I did have some sketchy moments in the major towns. My wife was laughing about it yesterday and said we should do it again. I'm not sure my reaction time is good enough for Mexico City!