'69 meyers manx barn find... buried for 26 years!

aaronr25 · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:55 am Post subject:

Very cool find !

Got any pics of the front ?
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Roscoe · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: 1969 meyers manx barn find

Well after a long pause, I'm back with some updated photos. I've got the Manx on the road and drove it down to Transporterfest in Boston, Ma. first time I've driven it on the highway.......well having trouble uploading pics tonight, try again tomorrow.

bobfalfa5 · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:58 am Post subject:

hi roscoe,

Very very very very nice and important find.

for a classic car to be buried for such a long time is "contamination free" guarantee.

your car is beautiful and period correct. just a moving museum.

Typical one to preserve and respect.

not to offend anyone, i hope not to see it next week with complete rollcage, 2 litres engine, autometers and bfgs.....

in my opinion this car is the holy graal.

I would suggest you to leave it alone as it is, cause it' perfect period correct car...

just throw away mud flaps and bumpers. repaint what needed, polish the body.

conventional tires are wonderful

is it based on an oval pan?
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Roscoe · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject:

thanks... Actually it's built on a '58 pan so one year shy. When the previous owner built it between '69 and '70 the junkyards were still full of early cars around here, so he took bumper blades off a 30's car and used those. He also used black o.g. paint oval beetle turn signals. Aside from the later taillights the rest was all from a '58 beetle. Still has the non-synch 1st. gear tranny. He ran it with the '58 36hp engine till it got tired. Then he purchased a remanufactured 40hp from Volkswagen. It runs perfect, doesn't leak a single drop of oil! There must not be any miles on the engine.

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Roscoe · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject:

Anyone have any suggestions for tire size... I think it will look better with 15" in back but width's for front and back? I'd like to keep it the true nostalgic buggy it is, bias ply and all. I would like to get away from chevy wheels with the old aluminum fin adapters( though they look neat). I'm torn on what wheels to use stock vw, cragars, slot-mags etc...I think I'm leaning towards stock vw, widened on the rears. I did try some cragars though the size was not what I'd choose. Any constructive criticism?

First pic is how the buggy was built stock chevy wheels with smooth caps, someone let me borrow cragars for second pic. Centelines look ballzy and what about chromed porsche 356 stlye with no hubcaps?

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject:

Here is my constructive criticism.

A buggy is light weight. Wheels are unsprung weight. The lighter the unsprung weight is on any vehicle is, the better it is at handeling the road. Widened steel wheels are heavy. Going aluminum reduces the unsprung weight and will make the light buggy ride better.

I am going to run either original aluminum Centerlines or aluminum Slotted rims on my current buggy build.
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Roscoe · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject:

hmmm... Interesting point, I guess I either need to choose form over function or vice versa. Pretty much everything from back in the day looks sweet.

bobfalfa5 · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:17 am Post subject:

yeah, joe. your idea of light wheels is near to technical perfection.

but here we are not doing a racing car. in my opinion look and story are more important here.

centerline wheels are not completely correct on an old manx.

roscoe, if you put cragars or american racing wheels here ( they are wonderful an we know) you do simply "another one"

real bravery in this case, is to resist alloys and mags to keep these wonderful vintage black wheels.

they are a real period correct choice and make the car look even more aggressive and "true". more than with chrome one.

the idea is the old nascar wheel.

no hubcaps. black. built to go, not to show.

even tyre size are wonderfullly proportioned and perfect. 14 inches is a real vintage choiche too.

you can find your bias on cocker tires
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Tony Marconi · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:32 am Post subject:

I realize it is none of our business, so feel free to tell me to pound sand. But IF you don't mind telling us, how much did you pay for that beauty?

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

I have some old school aluminum slots with good tires if you are interested.

Here they are on the Camaro they came off of:

They are in good shape. Some polishing will make them look fantastic. You would need either adapters or re-drilled drums though.

I am in Western Mass.

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:53 am Post subject:

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Roscoe · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:03 pm Post subject:

I like the stock smoothies, but I was thinking bigger like 15" in the back slightly wider or the same, and keep the 14" in the front, but maybe narrower maybe not. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for widened 15" vw rims for the back. 8" wide? Is that a good width? Here is a pic of the original sigla glass windshield.

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Roscoe · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject:

jspbtown--- those slots rims look nice, on the fence about what rims to use but have been leaning towards stock rims. As of now it's on the chevy 14" rims w/ adapters that the car was built with. I hate to buy new tires as these originals are in great shape with no dry rot.

GTBRADLEY · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject:

Hey Roscoe any chance you could hit enter before and after each photo you post? That way the photos line up vertically. Otherwise looking good.
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