Manx Club

Hey all!! So it's my turn!! Well just about everybody knows about Sancha, she is an original gelcoat pretag Manx and she is loaded down with a bunch of rare parts and accessories!! She isn't a restored show car, she is just an original old Manx that still catches some attention here and there!! The ...

Here is an interesting story Bruce told me about the badge bump on the original Manx 1's. He said the original mold for the hood was positioned so the badge bump was horizontal. His idea was to fill the bump with clear resin then install the logo, that way it would have been in the gel coat. He said...

Its the panel that fills in the rear license plate area on a Manx and the license plate attaches to it. Its 20"×8" and has two folds, one at the bottom that is folded under on itself so there isnt a sharp edge and another appx 30° bend about an inch up to match the lower contour of the body.

http://www.lightner.net/ybdb/bugofmon/n ... yellr.html Here is a link to Dave Hellands car, you can see in the pictures the diamond plate door on his Pete Smiley module.

Looking to see if anyone has an original stainless steel rear license area filler panel sitting around they would be willing to sell. If I can't find one soon I will have one made, I would just prefer an original one. Feel free to contact me at 619-715-8512, if I dont answer please leave a message o...

Those Porsche valve covers are very cool!!

David Hellands was one of Pete Smileys rear boxes!!

Dieseldoog, your rear module is one of the ones made by Pete Smiley. They were a bit different than the original 60's version in that they were shorter in height, they had no bottom, and the door opened up from the bottom and the hinge was closest to the rollbar. The original was a 2 piece design wi...

Here are a few pictures during rehab and the final outcome.

I have already posted this up on Facebook but it belongs here as well. I literally stumbled across this on the roof of a local VW shop in San Diego where it had been sitting for decades. I posted it on Facebook the night I found it and the response was overwhelming. I had the opportunity to talk to ...