Bond Bug ZZR1400 Project

My custom Bug back in 1984 at the Burford Micro Car Rally

I have owned TUF415J since 1983 when I bought her for a princely sum of £100 back then. It was in very poor shape and I spent the whole of the next year completely restoring it from scratch.

The original engine was a 700cc Reliant alloy engine developing 28bhp. I replaced it with an over-bored 850cc Reliant engine with as many performance upgrades I could do. I had a 'Mike the Pipe' extractor manifold and exhaust made,
engine head was skimmed and gas flowed, electronic ignition, twin 28/36 weber carbs fitted etc which after a rolling road test developed 60 bhp. In 1984 I attended the Burford Micro Car rally and won 1st price for concours.

I used the 'suped' up Bug as my daily mode of transport for many years until my gearbox failed and I was in the process of converting an 850 cable operated box to the Bug hydraulic type. Kids came along and the Bug never got put back on the road.

Now I have more time on my hands and more cash to spend I decided to completely restore the Bug but this time bringing it up to more modern performance and getting experts to make most the bits.

The result is a 200bhp Kawasaki ZZR1400 engined beast, into a Quaife reversing gearbox, into a BMW 316i limited slip diff with MGTF independent rear suspension.

Updated 20/7/21

Canopy air spoiler now bonded to canopy

Bearings fitted to steering shaft and loosly located in position on the Bug

Steering box conversion

Kawasaki ancillary wiring extended - pictures

Loosely plugged in the Kawa wiring loom to the engine - wiring up ancillary's

Electrics and Electronics

Added two new potential 2 pedal brake and clutch balanced bar set ups

MGTF swinging arms and disc brakes- foot pedals

Both of old rusty canopy side tubes have been cut out and replaced

Added Engine connections tab - trying to connect up all the pipes prior to starting

New UTO-VOX V5PRO OEM Mirror Dash cam added to wiring - cables now routed through fibre glass canopy.