fiberglass body

[sparkyincolor]

Can anyone tell me where to find a fiberglass dune buggy body that fits on the stock vw pan. I dont want the car shortened. The manxter is out of my price price range. Thanks
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[plasticman1432]

The Manxster is out of a lot of our price ranges; I hear ya there. You may want to track down FiberJet Industries, as I recall they were doing a full-wheelbase Manx replica. Depending on the style you're after, there were many buggies made over the years for non-shortened VWs. I have a hard-cover book entitled "Dune Buggy Handbook," and it lists dang near every buggy made ever. Hope this helps.
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'68 Meyers Manx: M1689D815E

http://public.fotki.com/VWDave/

[sparkyincolor]

I found one it's the rough terrain by fiberjet ind. If anyone knows of another plz say so im not to hot on this style
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[62ragman]

Have you seen the glass bodies on the below web site, some nice stuff, even though Iam not too into these. www.aircooled.net[/url]

[hollywood81001]

theres a four seater buggy currently on e bay in walsenburg colo. where in colo are you?

[8wr_Buggy_of_Doom]

have you ever worked with fiberglass before? i would buy a shortend one and lengthen it. it is not that hard to work with and i have completley redone mine with no prior expierence.
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mud bogging manx in the works(done)
74 bettle on swampers

[sparkyincolor]

I've never worked with fiberglass before. I dont know if I want to buy a shortened body and pay more to make it longer. Plus time is money! If I have to do it this way I will but I would prefer to buy one that is the right length.
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[HeidelbergJohn4.0]

These guys have a manx clone style full frame body. I've seen another but I can't come across it right now. I believe Berrien might have a LWB available as well.

http://www.funbodies.com/funbodies/index.htm


It's too bad Meyers only sells the entire manxter kit, and not just the body, but I'm sure it's a liability issue and he doesn't want to get burned again by nockoffs.
I'm shooting for the manxter look with a custom roll cage patterned after the manxter layout. I think I may have figured out a way to a similar dash and windscreen arrangement. The buggy body I am getting is set up like an original manx with a seperate dash that attaches to a frame rather than a one piece hood and dash. I'm hoping to hinge the dash, and I'm capable of fabricating a similar pan that the manxter uses as the lower dash with fiberglass and either a wood or foam core.
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71 LWB Manx style dunebuggy
71 Beetle
71 Volksrod
Machette Speedster
2012 Passat TDI SE (sadly sitting in a buyback parking lot somewhere waiting for it's heart to be ripped out.)

[sparkyincolor]

THANK YOU! I needed that, lwb bodys, everything else and even in kits.
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