Manx Club

I just bought a unknown make car for $300. Body is off the chassis and needs a fair bit of glass repair. Early 6v chassis with solid pans but brakes are stuck and it will need a full mechanical resto. Has a trans of unknown condition but no motor. I'm a retired VW mechanic with a large stash of old ...

The hood is definitely not Manx, but can you tell if it is the original hood for the body? The hood looks to be hand laid fiberglass while the body by the reinforcing tubes seems to be chopper gun. Can you see if the original gel coat on the hood matches the original gel coat on the body? I'll need...

The builder could have resourced the dash and support from somewhere else if the kit maker didn't have there own. I can't tell for sure on that 1 picture of the dash support, when you have a chance post a couple more from different angles, I have one lying around to reference off of. I can do that,...

Thanks for the kind words :-) As I mentioned this ain't my first rodeo ;-) I''ve been doing this for many years and I've built several Manx style (even a few real ones) buggies, rails, Bajas and even a few VW based kit cars like the old Gazelles, Bugattis and one Bradley GT. However I am by no means...

I put some pics in an album here. Hope y'all can see them.

Hi everyone, new member here but I've been working on VWs for 45 years now. I'm a retired mechanic but stay busy working on and building old VWs, Harleys and the occasional Porsche or Mercedes. I just drug an old fiberglass buggy out a honeysuckle patch that I "think" is an early Manx but ...