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Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:48 am

mpate wrote: You will not get live feedback. People do not want to go a sticky for an ID of a buggy. The forum is for question and answer help. The sticky is good for commonly asked issues, problems, etc., but the ID of buggy should be a live continuous track in the forum. I know I do not go browse the ID section due to it not being kept up by new posts. That is the issue. So please possibly rethink the idea of this as a sticky. Thanks!

In every other forum of this site there are stickies at the top that are on-going and people contribute to them.

You said the sticky is good for commonly asked issues.
there is not a single question that gets asked more than "what type of buggy is this?"

Why do people not want to go to a sticky for a Buggy ID??

WHY?

Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:34 pm

Quote: Why do people not want to go to a sticky for a Buggy ID??

WHY?

Maybe because we already have the DBA to ID and if it cannot be found in there, it is nice to have a separate thread.

Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:15 pm

And the sticky is a seperate thread... ? :)

And it could build into a nice secondary resource for tub ID? I'm a fan of the idea obviously. Think of all the "ID my buggy" threads that could be collected for future ID enthusiasts to review. Thiink of all the "Is it a Manx?" questions that would have a single place to refernce. Lots of great Manx info collected but it is in about a couple dozen threads and noobs don't generally search first.... :roll: ( I was a noob once myself... :D )

I like seeing all the buggy varients, nice to have a collection point like they do in the abortions thread, that one is kind of popular, 1480 pages and counting...could happen here too.

Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:37 pm

Quote: And the sticky is a seperate thread... ?

Separate thread for each buggy ID, not a common thread for all ID's.

If the people do not want it, it will not get used, look above.

Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:10 am

I have the same body except I don't have the battery box and the PO hacked the tail. I thought it was a Sears Rascall but I'm not positive. See my build thread in my sig for pictures.

joescoolcustoms wrote: Here is some better shots of my buggy body I got last week. The front license plate mount did not show up very well, but it is there.

Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:10 pm

Hey Joe, I believe I have a Sears Rascal but Wythac has better pictures! :lol: These are pictures of his exceptional machine.

I think it was also marketed as a Terra buggy. Your dash and tail piece don't match these but it does have a hood ridge and plate indent. My tailpiece is slightly different but I think there were a couple of versions and a couple of shops manufacturing these for Sears if I got the story straight.

I wish mine looked as good as yours, been a long project so far....

Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:10 am

Looks like two different buggies to me. Ridge is not the same. Dash is not the same. Rear is not the same. :roll:

Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:44 am

GTBRADLEY wrote: Looks like two different buggies to me. Ridge is not the same. Dash is not the same. Rear is not the same. :roll:

I agree, except, looks like three different buggies.

Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:48 pm

What kind of buggy is this??? Thanks

Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:18 pm

A lot of them in northern ontario and and Québec ,that i was told.One of them seems to have made his way to FLA. (Lo cash John) Any ideas ?

Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:55 pm

Hey Guys:

I'm working on this for a friend and he does not know what type of tub it is. Can anyone ID the mfr?

All I know is that it is on a '59 pan and titled as a 71 Dune Buggy.

It's actually in great shape with the original gelcoat only showing some sunburn. The chassis has been well maintained over the years. The vinyl top would probably cost some serious cash to have made today.....

THANKS!

Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:50 am

Anyone know what kinna Buggy this is? I searched the DBA but came up empty

Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:32 am

BigSKizzy wrote: Anyone know what kinna Buggy this is? I searched the DBA but came up empty

the easiest way to identify this one is the scoop on the hood, but i forget what kind it is.

i'll look through my old mags.

Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:20 pm

Thanks Ian I appreciate the help

Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:50 am

Anyone seen one of these built in Australia

Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:38 am

captainvw wrote: Anyone seen one of these built in Australia

Here is a Aussy buggy that is very similar in design. The windscreen looks to be very similar with that square looking tubing and the flat front nose with hood mounted headlights.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5708860&highlight=#5708860

Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:38 pm

Can anyone tell the year of this MANX body by the size of the plate mount / cut-out..?????
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:49 pm

That's one of the approximately 50 early floorpan Manxes which were produced between approximately November 65 and Summer 1966.

Here is a copy of a letter dated November 1965 signed by Bruce which says they've suspended production of the monocoque type and begun producing your early floor pan type.

When they made your Manx they only had one mold. After the August 66 issue of Hot Rod magazine came out(which would have been NLT June) with the Manx on the cover, they had an overnight back order of hundreds of bodies. The first thing they did was made additional molds to increase production capacity, but they also made the changes between your style floorpan Manx and the later ones, including the redesign of the rear license mount.

Another thing unique to your type of early floorpan Manx is the windshield frame which was hand made from flat aluminum bar instead of an extrusion. I'm not sure why you're asking though, I'm pretty sure you know this stuff as well or better than I do.

Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:09 am

Quote: The first thing they did was made more molds, but they also made the changes between your style floorpan Manx and the later ones, including the redesign of the rear license mount.

What other changes were made to the Manx body at that time?

Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:18 am

On the early floorpan type, the ledge on the top of the back seat was narrower and pretty much the same width as on each side, all the way across. On later Manxes the ledge was narrow at each end, but got wider in the middle.