Manx Club

Very cool. I love those old Honda's and have owned many of them over the years.

I did build it. I started with the original roll bar that I think is 2" and used the Trick-Tools tube bender and made the rest from 1-3/4 x .083 wall. I use 2x2 around the base to lift the body 2 inches.

Front window hinges Wiper motor support was bonded to the bottom side of the hood. Very solid.

Aircraft sun visors, Ford bendy dome light and Honda motorcycle mirror. Ugly but Yes I have heat and window defrosters.

Aluminum fuel cell with Subaru pump mounted inside.

Speedometer is from a bicycle. Speedometer pickup is just a magnet mounted to the inner CV joint.

Wheels are real one piece forged Porsche Fuchs 16x7 Yakima roof rack bars

Rear brakes are CB Performance. Bus axles and CV joints Front beam is 6" wider, adjustable, trailing arm shock relocation kit with rear Vanagon shocks.

Reinforced spindles with Porsche 914 spindles Custom spacer to use 911 bearings and hubs. This is poor planning.
VW link pin
Porsche 914 spindles
Porsche 911 hubs and vented rotors
Spacers to widen the Porsche 914 calipers to fit on the 911 rotors

Radiator First version use the stock fan and radiator. I was never happy with this because the fan would run constantly when at 60mph. Core is too small and air flow is poor. Ground clearance is also compromised and doesn't look that good. radiator bumper3.jpg dune_buggy_2009_rear.jpg I got this ide...

2" wider X 3" longer rear trailing arms. Bus transmission. I started with a 3 rib that would pop out of 2nd gear, then a 5 rib that developed a noise and now a 6-rib (hopefully the last) ARMS.jpg Engines 1. 1600 dual port 2. 2.2 Subaru with factory computer (this is now in my Westy) 3. Sub...

Patched the holes, moved the rear tubs up for shock clearance. Outer cage Inner cage

First pic.jpg My favorite car since 2005. It all happened very quickly I was in the habit of watching Great Cars on PBS when in May 2005 the episode on the Meyers Manx aired and it was all over, I was hooked. A few months of searching went by and I found what looked like a Manx II that I purchase N...

I still have that 5-rib bus transmission in my buggy that makes noise in 4th gear. I was at the junk yard and found a 6-rib bus transmission with the side shift that was attached to a waterboxer engine. If I remember correctly I think the bell housings are different but can be swapped. Does anyone ...