Meyers Manx Buggy

[PatW]

I've just finished this in the Kit Reviews section.........and with my other V Dub engined kits....

Enjoy.

[GeeBee]

Very nice, I'm still very tempted in getting one of these,

[Austin T]

I love the sand rail and have been considering it for a while now,I think I will get one now.

[TooOld]

Great to see this " Under Glass " ! Congratulations on a super build !

BOB.

[Guest]

Sweet! Wont be long till mine is done. Nice work.

[Brizio]

Very nice, what kind of green is it?

[Dr. Cranky]

Wonderful results. I like all three.

[deathskull59]

cool

[PatW]

Thanks guys, it was a fun build. Brizio the colour is new from Humbrol, in their Multi-Effect spray can range, it's Gold! Their Multi-Effect means Pearl, so it changes colour as you walk round it in the sunshine, and it was very sunny here yesterday when I took the pics. (It's pouring with rain today!) The only change I made was to scratchbuild a road muffler from alloy and plastic tube.

Geoff I'm about to order another today, and perhaps put in a Corvair turbo motor with lowered front end with big and little wheels (like road drag).

Edited April 25, 2012 by PatW

[rmvw guy]

Glad to see one of these show up here Patrick, yours turned out nice. I've got to get one. I remember really wanting a 1:1 version back in 1970. A local guy built them at a Sunoco station where I hung out. I remember how the chassis had to be shortened to work. I would have traded my '69 Nova for one if I had a safe place to put the buggy away at night.

[Brizio]

@PatW, ok thanks!

[PatW]

I also saw them built here in the UK under licence in the early 70's, I was running my second beetle at the time, but already had a family so it wouldn't have been a practical option. I later though built other kit cars over 5 years but not VW based ones. Oh yes I've just got a second one in the post about an hour ago. Now how shall we build this one?

Edited April 28, 2012 by PatW