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Thu May 08, 2008 12:50 pm

There is a "Meyers Manx" on ebay that is one of only 311 produced in 1962. What makes that really special is that Bruce didn't finish building old Red until 1964. This one is also made with woven fiberglass cloth instead of fiberglass mat, like all other Meyers Manxes.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...2&rd=1

Thu May 08, 2008 1:12 pm

BL3Manx....Have you ever seen my Manx in person @ some Manx Club event ? According to Bruce it is " the oldest pan car I have seen !" It was laid up by hand, with layers of "cloth" NO MAT, NO CHOPPER GUN. It is NOT 1/2" thick, it is relatively thin compared to the "newer" bodies that are as we say ...."shot from guns!" The Manx in the ad is NOT one of the "early" pan cars !!!
My Manx was assembled by Roger Smith from Peppertree Automotive in Costa Mesa, Ca. in 1965.....I am owner #2.....

Look for me at the next MC event you attend.

Bill........aka...OldManx.... :D :D :D :o

Thu May 08, 2008 1:21 pm

Nice Manx, did they cut the rear wheelwells?..too bad back's cut. I'd lose that steering wheel

Thu May 08, 2008 3:27 pm

Definitely a body from the late sixties or early seventies. Yes, it has been cut up quite a bit - both the license plate area and the rear fenders have been hacked. The VIN indicates the pan is a '62, so maybe that's where they got that idea from.

I don't care for the steering wheel or the pin striping, but to each his own. The front turn signals look like trailer clearance lights.

Overall, it's a very nice looking buggy, but it is being mis-represented as one that was built before the Manx was invented. I also doubt the people in the Manx Registry appreciate their names, phone numbers, addresses, and buggy IDs being posted on the Internet.

Lee

Thu May 08, 2008 3:45 pm

Bill, I learned something. The earliest floorpan Manxes did have woven fiberglass fabric laid over the top.

I would like to take a close look at your Manx sometime.

Thu May 08, 2008 3:45 pm

merriam-webster

Re-store: to bring back to or put back into a former or original state :

I think the word "restored" is severely overused and abused. If they restored this buggy they would have fixed the hack job on the tag area and fixed the rear fenders. And technically it should be re-gel coated to the original color, not painted if it is "restored". But that is splitting hairs. I don't know the proper terminology for this buggy, maybe "fixed up". Not restored. And neither is mine nor will it be restored. Just my $.02

If I ever happen upon a Monocoque it will be restored. :D I bet that won't happen.

Thu May 08, 2008 3:49 pm

My old blue Manx has one piece of cloth in the upper rear shelf area. The rest is mat or chop.

Bill does yours have the vacuum hose tubes? If so do you have any pictures of that area? I have never seen one like that. Also strange that the seller omits pictures of that area, one of the most telling features of the Manx.

Thu May 08, 2008 5:05 pm

BL3Manx wrote:

I would like to take a close look at your Manx sometime.

I will most likely be at the "VW CLASSIC" on June 8th.

YELLERMANX wrote....

Bill does yours have the vacuum hose tubes? If so do you have any pictures of that area? I have never seen one like that.

YES, it does!! I'll get some pics this weekend & I'll post them... :D :D

I am pretty much "up" on my Manx's history , as the original owner had been a customer at our auto repair business since BEFORE he had the Manx built. I have personally performed ALL the repairs/ maintainence on it since it was built. About 95% of the mechanicals are "original" to the build!!
IT'S A KEEPER........................ :D :D :D :D

Thu May 08, 2008 6:31 pm

One more question. Do you know if the tail box was originally filled in all the way across?

Thanks and I will be looking forward to the pictures.

Thu May 08, 2008 7:00 pm

nice looking buggy
not an original emblem in front

Thu May 08, 2008 7:29 pm

Any guesses on what the slot/hole is just above the "hack job" on the rear? Looks like a hole, but cannot tell. Maybe 1 1/2 wide and 10 to 12 inches long.

Don't like the steering wheel either, would prefer a wood/3 spoke EMPI style.

Thu May 08, 2008 7:59 pm

joescoolcustoms wrote: Any guesses on what the slot/hole is just above the "hack job" on the rear? Looks like a hole, but cannot tell. Maybe 1 1/2 wide and 10 to 12 inches long.

It looks like some kind of blacked out LED brake light

Thu May 08, 2008 10:17 pm

A friend of mine has that on his buggy too. It's a led brake light from under the spoiler on the new beetle.

Sat May 10, 2008 1:16 pm

:D ....YELLERMANX.....here are the pics you requested.....

Sat May 10, 2008 1:23 pm

Thanks, Looks very nicely done. A little different at the front.

Sat May 10, 2008 9:35 pm

Hey BlackOps....

I got a "I think It's a Meyers" and I just tossed some pictures over to our Bruce to help me figure it out...After you said that yours was a thin / cloth laid car. I almost cried and thought you were my long lost Brother... :D Boy'O'Boy...My thoughts were of mine being one of the Magnificent Twelve....

But Nooo. It still may be an original. And that's Cool Too....
Have a look... :lol:

Sun May 11, 2008 9:19 am

Cool place for fog lamps but it's not going to fit on that frame. :P

Sun May 11, 2008 1:15 pm

Pedro.....It sure looks like a MANX to me !!!! :D :D :D :D

Sun May 11, 2008 1:24 pm

ellobo, Does yours have the small tail box also?

Sun May 11, 2008 4:16 pm

The reinforcing tubes should go from even with the firewall in front to the firewall in back. The first floorpan Manxes with the tail end like Bill's were made with woven fabric over loose fiber, but by the time they had changed the rear skirt to the later style, they were using a chopper gun.