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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:27 pm    Post subject: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

A guy near me has a buggy body that he says is a real Manx but he does not have the hood, what should I look for to ID it? He only wants $50 for it and I may be able to get it for $30 so I may pick it up anyways. I will post a picture if I get it.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:54 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

Get it.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:56 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

The first clue would be a metal serial number tag below the back seat with the B.F. Meyers & Co. name/emblem on it.

Beyond that you would need to study the shape of a Meyers Manx body on the internet then look for differences in shape.

Meyers Manxes had both a battery well and a spare tire well in the back seat except if it was a Manx 2 then it had no wells.

They had a steel dash frame(except Manx 2s) and steel brackets supporting the body in front and back

Best thing to do is post some pictures
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 6:57 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

If it were me I'd buy it anyway may flip it, cant beat that price.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

He only wants $50 for it and you feel the need to beat him down? Is it in bad shape or are you just ... ?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:30 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

oprn wrote:
He only wants $50 for it and you feel the need to beat him down? Is it in bad shape or are you just ... ?


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:28 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

It even has our nice clean round Chevy Impala tail lights on it, it also has "The Golden Spike" painted on the side. It has a few cracks in the glass but they are not bad.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:21 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

For 50.00 just buy the damn thing and worry who’s clone it may or may not be latter.

Really if 50.00 requires that much thought you wont have the $$$ to finish it anyway.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

I am disabled and my check does not go far so that's why I worry about money, If I buy it I may have to eat Top-Ramin for a week.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:29 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

OK so I picked up the dunebuggy body, I got it for $30 because it was a little more beat up then I thought, it has some cracks but I am pretty good with glass so I think I can fix it, if not I will make it in to a planter. Here are some pictures, it looks like there was a tag or two on the firewall but they are gone, there is no hood but I am going to see if my other body's hood will fit and if it does I make a quicky mold from it or dig out my English wheel and make one out of aluminum.
Can any body ID it, I would think the little "Kick Tail" might ID it.
Thanks for any help.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:56 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

Without the hood, cannot be for certain. But could be a California Clipper or a Desert Fox Spoiler. Leaning more toward the CC.
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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:28 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

Desert Fox Spoiler
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:37 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

You got all of that for $30.00?!!!! Shocked Shocked Plenty to work with there....
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:59 am    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

No, I just got the body, the pan is from my "Safari Trail" buggy that's apart right now, I just used it for a trailer to get the body home.
Looking at some pictures I think it is a Desert Fox body
Any body know where to get a hood? or am I going to have to make one?

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 9:09 pm    Post subject: Re: How to tell a real Manx body? Reply with quote

The front suspension notch's, (top of the shocks) are way too high. I never saw a Manx with those.
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