Motohashi aluminum Manx windshield frame

[VW Dave]

I recently became acquainted with a guy named Hideo Motohashi via Facebook, and boy am I glad I did. He is a fellow VW nut from the far east, and an extremely talented machinist to boot. Not long ago he shared pictures of his machined Duralumin windshield frame for the AMT Meyers Manx kit, and once I regained consciousness I knew I had to have one...or three.

The kit-supplied part is awful chunky and inaccurate:

Motohashi's is head and shoulders above the kit part; I even fabbed my own polished aluminum roll bar to complement it, because it made the kit-supplied bar look like a booger:

Here's a link to my whole set of photos:

http://public.fotki....ashi-engraving/

I'm not sure how much the windshield will sell for, but it will surely be worth every penny. I will follow-up with details and his own website address very shortly

[Jantrix]

Whoa, that's nice!

[crazyjim]

Looks interesting, Dave. I'll wait to see the details & website you post.

[Draggon]

Outstanding work! Just sent a friend request on facebook.

[VW Dave]

Here's Motohashi's website address:

http://motohashi-mww.com/

He does some amazing machined wheels....for 1/64 Hotwheels cars!

[crazyjim]

How is a dummy who doesn't read/speak that Oriental language supposed to figure anything out, Dave? Can you translate it? The Manx windshield and Centerline wheels that look to have a wide spread bolt pattern like a VW are very interesting.

[Prostreet]

How is a dummy who doesn't read/speak that Oriental language supposed to figure anything out, Dave? Can you translate it? The Manx windshield and Centerline wheels that look to have a wide spread bolt pattern like a VW are very interesting.

Uh look to the right of the page it says english

Ok i stand corrected, the wheels description part doesn't come up in english.

Edited August 6, 2012 by Prostreet

[cobraman]

Nice parts.

[rmvw guy]

Thanks Dave, now I will never get my Dune Buggy done! Just kidding. Maybe on the next one.

[VW Dave]

The first time I clicked on the site, I got a message about a language pack; you can probably find a free download online. If you're not into that, email Hideo Motohashi through the site...his English is better than that of some people in the US, and he's always glad to answer questions.