MANX 2 - THE SUPER MANX

Manx 2 was bought in early 2000. It came with another Manx and was on a rolling floor pan. All in all I ended up with 2 bodies, 2 bonnets, 1 dash, 1 windscreen, 1 set of headlights, 2 rolling floor pans and a roll bar. It was more than what I needed to get the project going. After some serious thought and financial consideration I decided to sell the white body and one of the floor pans to anther enthusiasts. Since my intent is to build a very custom Manx I wasn't real worried about most of the stuff and only wanted the body, bonnet and dash.

Once I had the body I began on my plans. I had already begun on the pan and now the plans increased. I have outlined my plans below. Where you see a picture, click and it will take you to the complete page for that modification.

	The floor pan - started life as a 1958 pan with swing axle and king / link pin suspension. It has changed a little since then. Click on the image for full story
	The rear trailing arms are fully fabricated and are 3" wider and 2" longer than stock. this was done to allow the running of kombi axle and CV. The rear disc brakes are from and XF Falcon.
	The engine will be a type 4 2L with an upright kit and twin 40mm Delloto carbies. It is stock accept for being balanced and having a mild cam in it. The exhausts will be twin pipes from a TLR 1000 road bike.
	The gearbox is a 1600 kombi unit which has been fitted to the beetle chassis using a Custom Off-Road Kit.
	The front end will be a widened king and link beam with 4 adjusters, disc brakes, re-enforced steering arms, holden  tie rod ends and oversized tie rods. It like the rear will use bilstein shocks.
	The tyres will, at this stage be 33x12.5 on the rear and 215 x 75 on the front.On 15" custom rims. Not anymore, they are now 285x80x16" Mud tyres up the rear and 235x85x16" on the front.
	The body will be widened 8" to allow for the bigger tyres and keep it all legal like .
	The Fuel Tank - will be a custom job, fitted behind the rear seat to help with the center of gravity and keeping load over the rear axles for traction benefits.
	Front end
	Custom Trailer

More to follow shortly.