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First a little
history: Patooyee started life as a pretty much stock CJ5.
Somehow, it eventually was turned into what you see to the left. The
initial intention was to build it into a competition rock crawler.
This was back when rock crawling first began. The initial intent was
not to make it so big though and somewhere during the build phase I became
enthralled with big trucks. The rigs being built at the time by
Wagoner Machine Shop were so cool-looking and seemed to be able to walk up
things that the smaller comp buggies couldn't. Eventually it cam time
to actually compete though and I rapidly realized that Patooyee was just to
big in every way. Too wide, too long, too tall, too heavy.
Watching it at its first comp was hilarious, but fun at the same time.
Trying to thread those annoying cones made me realize what I had to do
though. I had to build something small, light, narrow, and short!
So plans began to build Patooyee II ... |

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Patooyee II had to
be not only small and light, but also unique. I hate to do things the
same as everyone else ... who cares if you win, you didn't do it on your own
merit. There were many different types of buggies being used at the
time, all with different ideas behind them. I borrowed from a few of
them to make something totally different that, to my knowledge, no one has
done yet. But a big problem for me was simply getting started. I
racked my brain for ways to draw accurate plans that I could follow. |