Search found 68 matches

by shaky
Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:04 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Rivet Nuts
Replies: 8
Views: 3034

Hi Dave I did a 3 year aircraft technician apprenticeship but I never saw them used this way around but it might solve the problem. http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/images//fasteningsm/anf-3-16.jpg [/quote] Can't be any cheaper than this. How I wish I lived in the States. http://cgi.ebay.com/Aircra...
by shaky
Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:19 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Rivet Nuts
Replies: 8
Views: 3034

The glass on these Manx bodies is very thick, I can't see it pulling out. You could almost run suspension off it
by shaky
Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Rivet Nuts
Replies: 8
Views: 3034

I used anchor nuts and countersunk pop rivets to hold my hood, bonnet, nosecone, whatever we are going to call it. They work fine for me. pics here: http://www.far-corfe.talktalk.net/manx/21_49_135.html http://www.far-corfe.talktalk.net/manx/21_47_135.html http://www.far-corfe.talktalk.net/manx/21_5...
by shaky
Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Just fixed my speedo...
Replies: 1
Views: 545

Just fixed my speedo...

No big deal you might say but I was so hacked off at the end of last season when my speedo started to bang. It is the original speedo, a '68 one off year. Also the floor pan was semi auto so the speedo has extra (redundant) warning lights. So I looked around and the best I could get without getting ...
by shaky
Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:24 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Adjusters
Replies: 14
Views: 1741

[quote="gary1719;15054"]i have the beam tore down thought i would try myself. cutting and welding not a problem it is putting them in the right angle.[/quote] If you look carefully you will see that the adjusters aren't at the same angle as each other. This gives the suspension a pre-load ...
by shaky
Sun May 24, 2009 5:14 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Manx Shift Knobs
Replies: 6
Views: 1416

Hi David That does in a strange way make me feel better.
by shaky
Sat May 23, 2009 12:13 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Manx Shift Knobs
Replies: 6
Views: 1416

I saw one for sale here in the UK a couple of years ago so I agreed to buy it. Then the guy turned round and refused to sell it at any price!!!
by shaky
Sun May 17, 2009 12:37 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Manx Kick Out SS pics...
Replies: 10
Views: 2286

OK That's it. My Frogeye Sprite has to go as does the Fiat 500, I'll keep the splitscreen van but I have to have one of these!!!
by shaky
Sun May 17, 2009 12:33 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Manx Kick Out SS pics...
Replies: 10
Views: 2286

[quote="Manxdavid;13660"]Hot VWs is getting hard to get hold of over here. I'll see if my brother in law can score me a copy as I'll be over at his (Pensacola FLA) at the end of next month. I wonder if Winnie would mind if I posted a shot I took of a prototype SS hood that I took when I wa...
by shaky
Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dune Buggy Book
Replies: 27
Views: 5652

Ahh those long gone days. That's my ex boss "Ponky" Payne hammering the Imp around before we got him a set of big wheels and arches. He died not long ago and was still building engines until a short while before his demise. Those were the days when I could remeber things, like the differen...
by shaky
Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:53 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dune Buggy Book
Replies: 27
Views: 5652

Hi Mel The call was definitely with you, it was when you offered me the hardtop which I still haven't managed to get yet. Do you still have and are you going to Volksworld this year. Last year you were rushing off to do a boat show! The book idea sound slike a good one. I worked for a company called...
by shaky
Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:01 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dune Buggy Book
Replies: 27
Views: 5652

[QUOTE="mel hubbard"]Hi Mel you only had to ask the guy who you bought your buggy from,,,,,,,, sure he would have obliged with pics from its little offsprings,, at the time :D[/QUOTE] Mel Firstly let me say how much I admire your contribution to the buggy scene. That is why I chose you to ...
by shaky
Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dune Buggy Book
Replies: 27
Views: 5652

Hi Olli Thanks for the kind words about the book. There will always be those who like something and those who don't. The 60,000 words, the illustrations, photographs and research all took a lot of time and commitment and for very very little reward, so a few kind words mean a lot! Yeah yeah, winnie ...
by shaky
Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:10 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Are they ever to young?
Replies: 13
Views: 1714

Ahhh women drivers...
by shaky
Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:00 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Webers and Siggys
Replies: 29
Views: 6060

Can I come and live in The States? I paid $106.00 without p+p here in UK land:eek:.