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MANXXMAN
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 Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:56 pm Post subject: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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would anyone have any interest on new short manx hard tops?
We can offer them now.
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1stindoor
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| Nice work! Fiberglass? Wouldn't fit mine, but if I had a Manx I would be interested, if only for the "new look." How long did it take to make? |
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MANXXMAN
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| Nice work! Fiberglass? Wouldn't fit mine, but if I had a Manx I would be interested, if only for the "new look." How long did it take to make? |
not long, a day or 2 in the mold. This is a friends mold we are using. The Body is our new short version we just finished. Thats the 3rd one out of the mold. We will have side pods done in a month or 2 as well. |
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1stindoor
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| Very nice. I'd be interested in side pods too, but mine is a Dune Runner; very small sides compared to the Manx. |
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jsturtlebuggy
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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It is nice to see you are making a top for the short wheelbase buggies. I saw your new body at Big Bear the other weekend, It very good looking.
Have you thought about making the top with side pieces that bolted on instead of being one piece? The reason I ask is Bruce & Winnie started doing that so they could ship one in a flat box.
I bought one when I built my Kick Out in 2009 as I wanted to build a lifting top like I Had on my Manxter Dual Sport as I have back problems and getting in and out under a fix top is very difficult.
I did not use the lower side pieces.
This what did with mine and others have copied the idea.
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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that's a super cool buggy 
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1stindoor
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| That is cool! |
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MANXXMAN
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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It would be super easy to cut off the side pieces. We could make them however you want. Did i talk to you at Big Bear? There were allot of people, so I'm not always sure who I'm talking to!!
| jsturtlebuggy wrote: |
It is nice to see you are making a top for the short wheelbase buggies. I saw your new body at Big Bear the other weekend, It very good looking.
Have you thought about making the top with side pieces that bolted on instead of being one piece? The reason I ask is Bruce & Winnie started doing that so they could ship one in a flat box.
I bought one when I built my Kick Out in 2009 as I wanted to build a lifting top like I Had on my Manxter Dual Sport as I have back problems and getting in and out under a fix top is very difficult.
I did not use the lower side pieces.
This what did with mine and others have copied the idea.
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jsturtlebuggy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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I did not get a chance to talk with you at Big Bear. I meet you many years ago at a Sand Show and have been to your place a few years back when I had to pick up something from Frank and I remember seeing you there.
Richard Cushman and his Son Matthew really like the short wheelbase body they bought from you.
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1stindoor
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| MANXXMAN wrote: |
It would be super easy to cut off the side pieces. We could make them however you want. Did i talk to you at Big Bear? There were allot of people, so I'm not always sure who I'm talking to!!
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I bet if you made one without the side panels, and with the brackets, as a test piece you might find some interest. Then they would fit almost anyone's buggy that had the standard windshield and show bar or roll bar. |
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Q-Dog
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MANXXMAN
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:38 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| Can you do white gel coat or do these have to be painted? |
We cab do any solid color you want in gel coat. We could even do metal flake, but not sure what it would look like with all the texture. |
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chrisflstf
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 6:45 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| How do they mount to the body and windshield? Price? |
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MANXXMAN
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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| How do they mount to the body and windshield? Price? |
We are working on a little billet mount that hooks to the windshield frame.
We are at $1000 for a brand new top. We can do Black, white, or gray for that. We can do custom colors as well, but the cost will go up a bit for that. |
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MANXXMAN
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Any interest in new short manx hard tops? |
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