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bugzla - December 15th, 2008 at 04:26 PM

just woundering if any one knew how to take a manx bonnet of the shell ........ive taken all the screws from under the gard plus 4 othe bolts from the same area do i have to take apart the steering shaft as well plus the lil 8mm bolt from above the dash
MANY THANKS STEVE


MickH - December 15th, 2008 at 05:52 PM

remove the windscreen and unbolt the dash from the bonnet.Lift the bonnet a little and go forward to "unclip" it from the body....remove headlights first though or turn them around. So wotcha buildin':cool:????? I'll pull it apart for ya if you want...I'm good at breaking things:crazy::punk:


bugzla - December 15th, 2008 at 06:13 PM

just a buggy with a veedub motor no subi or rota for this one ....................... ill give it ago mick by myself if i cant get it off soon we can try your method he he he he thanks bud ....by the way did u ever find a boss kit for that buggy of your mates ..
:crazy:


Brad - December 15th, 2008 at 06:16 PM

here is a Tech Article on the Manx Club Australia Website - http://www.manxclub.org 

I will see if I can get a direct link ..

Meyers Manx Bonnet Removal


bugzla - December 15th, 2008 at 06:27 PM

thanks brad ur a champ found it ......ill now become a member
many thanks steve and kat :cool:


Brad - December 15th, 2008 at 06:37 PM

No probs the main thing I am trying to do is turn questions into articles so they all end up in one place and are easy to find, happy to help


MickH - December 15th, 2008 at 07:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bugzla
just a buggy with a veedub motor no subi or rota for this one ....................... ill give it ago mick by myself if i cant get it off soon we can try your method he he he he thanks bud ....by the way did u ever find a boss kit for that buggy of your mates ..
:crazy:


Nah,no luck with the boss kit...got the wheel recovered instead. So when do I get to look at this beast??? Any pics??:cool:


bugzla - December 15th, 2008 at 07:30 PM

the buggy


Brad - December 16th, 2008 at 02:03 PM

I have now uploaded the complete Meyers Manx Build Instructions V1.0 USA Supplied. Over the next week I will clean up the current Australian Meyers Manx Build Instructions V 1.5.

I also uploaded teh Tow'd Instructions and a few others. I just got permission from a guy in teh USA who scanned a heap of old buggy ones to put them up as well so we should have 10 - 15 Buggy Build Instructions up soon ..


bugzla - December 17th, 2008 at 05:37 PM

thanks brad thats awsome................
many thanks again stevo


ang3lsholocaust - December 18th, 2008 at 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by bugzla
the buggy


Have you got anymore pic's mate?
I am trying to work out if this is an old magazine featured buggy


11CAB - December 18th, 2008 at 05:14 PM

Yeah I thought it may have been the one shot down on the Gold Coast that had Porsche Cookie Cutters, but I think its a different buggy


ang3lsholocaust - December 18th, 2008 at 06:47 PM

Yeah. Thats what i was thinking to Nuts.
It's had a hard life if it is the buggy from that shoot:lol:


bugzla - December 18th, 2008 at 08:44 PM

really thats cool ill try and down load some more


bugzla - December 18th, 2008 at 08:49 PM

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bugzla - December 18th, 2008 at 08:51 PM

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bugzla - December 18th, 2008 at 08:52 PM

believe it had a 2ltr pancake motor in it .........


11CAB - December 18th, 2008 at 09:42 PM

Just found the article and i'm sure its not the same buggy


matberry - December 18th, 2008 at 10:30 PM

The blue one with cookies and the mag pics taken at gc was a good mate of mine and vr did a heap on the car. Not this one.


ang3lsholocaust - December 19th, 2008 at 10:20 AM

Yeah. that's the one Mat.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c249/buggy_adventures/buggy%20styles%20in%20Oz/Manx/48-1.jpg

I thought this was it and it had been run into the ground.
Glad that it hasn't though


matberry - December 20th, 2008 at 07:25 AM

This one went to Straddie to live so might not be to pretty now.
Could tell as different colour blue and barwork also not the same.


MickH - December 20th, 2008 at 11:02 AM

The one he's bought is one of the many local ones.....about 13 known of here at the moment (manx's). Not bad for a population of around 140K.:yes: Now to get them all on the road and in one place at the same time:D


Adsman - December 20th, 2008 at 05:22 PM

nice buy Steve will have to come over and check it out sometime
cheers
Adam

Mick
Is that all just 13? Out of the ten I know about 4 are not on the road. Surely there are more.


MickH - December 20th, 2008 at 07:03 PM

I was counting Manx's that I know of/have seen.Not counting other types of buggys.:D


bugzla - December 21st, 2008 at 08:52 PM

finally got the bonnet off .........wat a mission and a lot of sikaflex it all looks good under the tank ill post some more pics soon............................ cant wait to finish and cruize:lol: