How to identify a Manx?

Oct 20, 2003 9 Replies

I was getting some parts off an old Chevy truck yesterday and found a fiberglass buggy among some of the stuff with it. How can I tell if it's a Manx or some knock off? The body's a little rough, and the pan is done like dinner, but might be able to get it for free. There don't appear to be any badges or anything.



Thanks.



Jay


The good place for information would be at this site.

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Bill Berckman

67 Beetle Pictures at
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Look on the front nose of the 'Manx". A real one will have a flat area, shaped like the manx logo (Crest). There will also be a flat area on the left? rear, where the word manx was also attached.

Hi Tim:

I honestly have not talked to them about it since they took it over last December. Since a year has passed, it really would take some work to get it updated, and get the dead links weeded out.

Bill Berckman

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That's it... check the flat spots on the body...

99% of the "Manx" tubs I've seen weren't Manx....

The brand isn't as important as they make it out to be... cool buggys always sell... dorkmobiles always go stagnant.

Fun to build.

Regardless of what it is, if its free take it, they are a lot of fun and sellable regardless of the make. I sold a Manx which I had for 10 years to buy a Sandshark because I liked it better. The name is not important to me, I bought it because I liked it.

Good Luck, Butch

I am just pointlessly grumbling now its gone.

Who's saying that Bill's link pages are gone? Haven't you heard of the Internet Archive? But here is the good old Aircooled Links site:

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Sort of scary that all these old pages are archived somewhere. Who knows what you could actually find out there. To look for your favorite old page just go to:
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Neil

....thats kinda wierd....it has everything archived from then. What this means is I click on page 5 of bills page....and it takes me to there. I then click on a classified page, and it takes me to that page IN 2001!! when it was archived....kinda cool, but not real useful for seeing whats currently for sale. =-)

..Gareth

.....................Yeah but a lot of the website links still work.

cat with no tail?

no tail

13 years of disty and 8 prime years for carbs n more @

Marco

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