Manxter #160 Build - Gunmetal
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:47 pm
Hello everyone. Ever since MOTB 14 I have been secretly stalking these cars, I blame sbuzzard for a large portion of this! I have also received the "go ahead" from the wife but, I'm not quite sure she has a full understanding of what is entailed. This is going to be a street machine and the only time (god willing) it will be off-road is when driving on the beach once or twice a year. I will be driving it to work every chance I get which is highway mostly (70mph) and totaling around 45 miles round trip. I see us taking road trips and one day driving it to Big Bear.
My First/Last build took around 11 months to complete. This one I'm hoping to finish in 4 years mainly because of 2 reasons. MONEY and MORE MONEY. After this, I don't want to build another Dune Buggy for myself and I'm the type of person that believes; If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. That being said, I am also the type of person that will do as much of the work myself as I can...within reason. Let’s face it, I can't be good at everything
This is where we're starting...
A "reconditioned" chassis with many very nice stock parts that will end up at new homes to help fund the build, and speaking of....
The Great Part Acquisition of 2015 has already begun!
Progress so far....I've started removing the front beam. Tomorrow I will be disassembling it in preparation for adjusters.
Today I also mailed off the personalized license plate form to the DMV for my current dune buggy (moab) that will be sold once this one is finished. I will transfer the tag then because they wont let me reserve/hold MANXTER for as long as I need. Hopefully I can explain away any confusion.
My First/Last build took around 11 months to complete. This one I'm hoping to finish in 4 years mainly because of 2 reasons. MONEY and MORE MONEY. After this, I don't want to build another Dune Buggy for myself and I'm the type of person that believes; If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. That being said, I am also the type of person that will do as much of the work myself as I can...within reason. Let’s face it, I can't be good at everything
This is where we're starting...
A "reconditioned" chassis with many very nice stock parts that will end up at new homes to help fund the build, and speaking of....
The Great Part Acquisition of 2015 has already begun!
Progress so far....I've started removing the front beam. Tomorrow I will be disassembling it in preparation for adjusters.
Today I also mailed off the personalized license plate form to the DMV for my current dune buggy (moab) that will be sold once this one is finished. I will transfer the tag then because they wont let me reserve/hold MANXTER for as long as I need. Hopefully I can explain away any confusion.