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wythac
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| If you'd said it was 40 years ago there is nothing in the shots that would contradict that statement. A truly timeless sort of fun. |
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Iguana
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Joined: April 19, 2008
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Location: SOCAL
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| HeidelbergJohn4.0 wrote: |
For the life of me I can't find it however one of the first manxters was featured in a BFG ad. It's the yellow one in the Manxter ad but the picture was perfect. Perfect stance, nice filter use and it really convinced me to look for a pair of Jackman rims for mine.
It was similar to this pic, but it had the color matched jackmans on it.
It was the first pic i had ever seen of the Manxter and ruined me.! |
Was it the Manxter Race Car ?
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Iguana
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Hacksaw44
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Is there a build log for the Green one with the orange bars ??? |
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Iguana
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There is a Video 
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Hacksaw44
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| Very Cool Video !! |
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slayer61
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Location: CA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration Gallery.. post your pics |
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I know I'm bringing up an old thread, but I want to give credit where credit is due. These guys and their buggies were MY inspiration. Kudos to y'all
Deh Shark. Absolutely stunning build. Thanks Bro!
NFP, Equally bad ass!
Murzi. Very well done Sir!
Sadly, no idea... 
Just over the top design again, unknown owner.
My junk
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3/4 race cam? What's missing, one of the lobes?  |
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'68 Manx clone... Sears??
2276 built on AS21 case
W-125 w/ GB 1.25:1 rockers
Mahle forged pistons
CB 4340 crank
CB H beam rods
deep sump
44 HPMX
EMPI GTV 2 STG II wedge ports
CB Magna spark
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slalombuggy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: Inspiration Gallery.. post your pics |
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| Those are all badass builds. 😎 |
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NJ John
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Joined: September 21, 2007
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Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration Gallery.. post your pics |
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I loved slammed street buggies. My drag buggy had a raised frame head and raised trans.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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oprn
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Joined: November 13, 2016
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Location: Western Canada
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration Gallery.. post your pics |
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I am of two minds on the side pods. On the one hand they make for a much cleaner look and would be a great place to hide extra fuel capacity. On the other they modernize the appearance and I am a fan of the original simple Beach Buggy look.
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EVfun
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Inspiration Gallery.. post your pics |
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I could post any number of pics but they would likely get pulled for not having a VW in them.
My inspiration is from any number of the T-buckets of the '50's and '60's. Kookie-T would be one example, but there are a many more. I have the exposed wide-5 drums from the vintage street rod habit of running Ford wide-5 drum brakes. I could also cover my steel wheels with smoothie hubcaps, another vintage look. I enjoy the outlandish, and cartoonish, styling of Uncertain-T too. A cartoon effect is certainly a part Berry Mini-T. It's windshield is also wider at the top than bottom! It borrows some of that built-into-body rake too.
My underlying desire to own a Berry Mini-T came from a library book from my youth, "Dune Buggies" by Gary Gladstone. Here is a really good preview of the book by Typ3nut. I have bought my own copy of that book, in fact it was one retired from another US library.
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