TheSamba.com :: View topic - Covering the Pan Bolt Area and Upper Side Body Channel

Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:37 pm

Is there an after market kit to cover the flat area on top of the body where the body is bolted to the pan? I see some people with some great looking covers that adds a little detail to the bolt area.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:40 pm

I think those guys are cutting their own out of diamond plate.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:48 pm

I used stainless acorn nuts and it looked fine. IMHO :roll: :roll:
The roll cage incorporated a flat plate that sandwhiched everything.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:08 pm

I was wondering about this too. Looking for a nice, inexpensive and easy to apply trim of some sort to cover up the bolt heads.

Maybe some wire covering - like they use to cover computer wiring when installed onto walls? They use this stuff extensively at work - whenever they run new internet wiring into an office space (usually down from the ceiling). You'd have to figure out a way to bolt through it without clamping down too hard on the plastic base, but then just snap the cover shut over the top!

Jeff

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:45 pm

Carpet may be the easy way to do it, I put/gluded some 3/8'' foam over the lip and cut holes for the bolt head to go through, cut some carpet to shape and got it edged, then glued that on, I used the spray can type glue

Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:22 pm

What type of body is that with a curved windshield?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:44 pm

Its a LWB GS Limo by Sharpbuilt

sharpbuilt.com.au

Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:11 pm

ECR in Maine used to distribute the GS Limo in the US. I believe they actually had molds and manufactured them herein the states. They started building Manxters shortly aafter that body was releases and I haven't seen much of hte GS limo ever since. I'd love to have one. Somewhere in his old pages he has his history with buggies and how he began making hte GS limo.

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/BuggyProjects.html

Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:18 pm

A deal was struck between Sharpbuilt and ECR some years back to make and sell the GS Limo in the USA but Mike at ECR got health issues and it never went through at the last minute, ECR built some very nice Manx buggies

This is the history of the GS Limo

http://sharpbuilt.com.au/limoadd.wmv

Mike Sharp
sharpbuilt