Manx Club

Another hidden and professional touch to this build included "hidden" nuts (or whatever this is called) in the frame rails used to mount the body. This allows for completely sealing the frame rails (body lift) from moisture. This chassis/buggy will out last me and hopefully bring another ...

Rear suspension - what were we going to use to mate up to those robust torsion bars and add a little extra wheel-base to stabilize this beast? IRS 3x3 boxed trailing arms with Beetle to Type 181 stub axles. Since one of Sue and my many requirements included "future proofing", we wanted to...

Another project requirement was to "do no harm" to the vintage Meyers Manx body. Meaning, no cutting (if at all possible). This requirement led us to a body lift. To the naked eye it looks like a 3" lift from front to back, but Dr. Zarkov is smarter than the average bear. This lift i...

Chassis adjustments and fabrication - after mock-up the overall length of the chassis was determined. Cutting, adjusting, fixing the previous mess, reinforcing (one of many places on the chassis), and putting Humpty Dumpty back together again. https://www.manxclub.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/57...

Part of this plan was to convert the rear suspension from swing axle to IRS. Additionally, and learned from a previous Subi conversion for a Manxter, we wanted to replace the stock torsion bar center with a Sway-a-way harden center piece (see the comparison between stock and after-market). The inte...

Let the fabrication begin. Sit back and watch the magic. Start with shoring up some of the existing pieces on the chassis that were failing and/or broken. In addition to the front beam being bent and ready to break (due to bad welds on the adjustors), we found that the original chassis shortening w...

On to mock-up. With the Ecotec mounted to the transaxle, time to set the body on to see how much the chassis needed extending/shortening. With a desire to drive this buggy in Baja, ground clearance and good skid plates were a requirement. How do you measure ground clearance? With Mt. Dew cans, of c...

So, where did we begin? Disassembly. Note, the one season's worth of beautiful NC beach sand stored nicely and slowly eating away at anything metallic. Our street buggy, while easily navigating the many NC beaches, would plow/burrow through deep sand. 5721 https://www.manxclub.com/forum/app.php/gal...

<excerpt/edited from the Manx Mania - Summer 2020> In the spring of 2004, my wife Sue and I made a life- changing decision to purchase a turn-key vintage Meyers Manx dune buggy and then join the Manx Club. It wasn’t long after the buggy arrived at our house that I began the planning process of how ...

abgiles wrote:Seems this thread is in need of an update again.....

I agree. It's now on my short list of things to do. Thanks for the nudge Brian.

Hi mike, late reply back- I’m not to keen on using these forums. Since last, I did meet with Greg L in Simi a couple months ago. I have come a long way with the car since last update. If I can figure out how to post photos I will. Everyone loves this car!! Have a look at this: http://www.manxclub.c...

Hi everyone, I have just bought a Manx buggy and have a few questions that may seem simple, but I'm putting them out there for help. Does anyone have simple directions as to how I remove the bonnet ? When I fill my tank up, if I fill it more than half way fuel runs out of the front and down to the ...

Faron,

I live 1 hr south of Jacksonville, in Wilmington. I don't know anyone who specifically works on Corvairs but I do "have a guy" who is great with A/C VWs. I don't know if it helps or not, but can pass on the info if your bother wants to call him.

Bud

I am about to purchase what I believe is a Manx II. It sits on a 72 VW pan, and has a Meyers certification as a Manx. The certificate says #0394, and Registry Authentication Number 1201. My question is what is the difference in value of a Manx vs a Manx II? Hello, One of the first things you should...

Bud, I have still incandescent bulbs in the front. When I installed the LEDs in the rear, everything worked but the flash was too fast. When I installed the electronic flasher, the speed of the flash returned to normal. Are you using a two or three pronged Flasher? I posted a drawing on Manx Facebo...