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John's Meyers Manx

John and his Meyers Manx

	John bought his Manx in September 1991. It was built in 1984 and has its original machinery papers. When bought the engine and pan where to far gone to save but the valid rego and the engineering papers made up for that.
	After many hours of sanding, filling and yet more sanding the body was back to the bars basic shell and ready for some more hi build primer and a few coats of yellow paint. Most of the manx's you see today could do with a similar treatment and with the resurgence of the buggy I am sure many of them will get it.
	Once the body was done it was hung upside down and painted with a linear polyurethane paint colout Sterling yellow 1623. Now everything in my shed is sterling yellow .
	Now the body was done a suitable pan needed to be shortened. Once a good one was found it was shortened, stripped, blasted and painted with tar epoxy. Like many manx's the number on this pan matched the original papers which was very handy :)
	Once the pan was ready to go she was put back in the shed and everything that would be needed was added. The pan was a ball joint swing axle pan so it has disc brakes up front. These were donated by the best beetle I ever owned. Sadly she had an accident and gave her life for the buggy.
	Now it was time to put the two together. It even begins to look like a manx again. All the wiring has been re-done and the fasteners are all stainless steel with nylock nuts.
	Low back fiberglass bucket seats hold me in place while the full VDO instruments keep an eye on what the engine is doing.
	The finished product ...... It doesn't get out of the shed much these days due to work commitments but when it does it was well worth the effort. I continue to pay the rego and the Speedo has seen 289 miles since the complete rebuild. There is a set of SF 340 Eagers on it and a flip faced marine radio in the dash. It has all come together very well and I am more than happy with the results.


	The only remaining item it the illusive front badge, so if anyone has one I am more than interested.
	This is my sand rail on the beach in the good old days. It was purchased in 1986.
	I still have the rail but it has been converted to more of an off roader and is used on the local forestry trails, while it is still legal at least. It is a great deal of fun.