Much bigger and flatter than a Manx. The sides are made of diamond plate aluminum and act to give about a 5" lift to the body as the fiberglass ends well above the "pan". No seperate parts. Interesting buggy with homogulous features. Well done electricals and such. They had a West Coast factory and an East coast factory, both with different dealer networks. That truck kept me away from alcohol and drugs as I put all my money into it. It has a unique square custom made fuel tank and the area under the hood reflects this (as opposed to a standard VW tank opening). Truck style bed with removable hard top and a small hatch back on the hardtop. The sides very low, flat and wide. In general it looks like a 68-69 EMPI Imp except that it has extensions on the front fender to cover the wheel and a lower tail to cover the engine in order to make it road legal in Germany. Flat fenders. John McCabe. The dash panel is removable, simplifying the process of wiring, and features integrated tubes to house the harness. He lost interest and I turned around and bought it from him for a little of nothing. Built and designed for low handling in an autocross situation just as the other models Autocraft desighned. It deserves to be saved and restored to former glory. upgraded 12volt electrical system. center portion of the X-0020 dash bulges out toward the driver. and I've bought it in Sweden. Sand Winder is a Classic style buggy with two hood scoops on the hood and a badge bump location between them. The design is usually a topless vehicle with a rear-mounted engine.A dune buggy can be created by modifying an existing vehicle or custom-building a new vehicle. Here is another combo John had on file with no clue as to the Manufacturer. Cragger SS wheels/ The wheels are flaking. This example has yet to be cut for a gas tank even. Mike's red GT-GS pictured below has been highly customized with a flip up engine cover and tilt hood. The tail box is wide. It is completely flat no tool, or tire well or battery box. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. We don't have any good pictures except the Ad for this one. Meyers saw an opportunity to use his fiberglass skills, gleaned from the years of boat-building. How many were made? The X-0020 looks a lot like a Dunbar Mini-Volks. The large box covered the engine. $35.99. It also had a short chassis, a rear-engine, and had a low hood. 14 watchers Some real nice guy in northern california. It has a hood very similar to an EMPI Imp. It has a very wide and shallow tail box. Submitted by Mike S. This t-buggy comes to us from North Carolina. Check out the tail "Bustle" or as some called it, diaper. Thanks Bart for IDing this one as a Dolphin Industries Mod T. This buggy has a Model T hood with almost a Schwimmerwagon tail. Our fiberglass line includes accessories and Trike bodies. It also has a badge location in the center of these that carried the company logo sticker. Stored in a crate for many years before being built. The Meyers Manx Monocoque buggies were the first and original fiberglass dune buggy bodies to built. The Deserter GT/GS is the same as a GT but with the mid-engine GS option where the back seat would normally go. Dash is ABS black plastic style on some, other have body matched fiberglass. Once we get two or more identical buggies, we will create a unique registry for those entries and add them to the ID process. It was found in a barn in the New York area. Top is one piece and the Tub is Seperate. Fiberglass full-pan body, which resembles an Empi imp. I have tentatively ID this as a Safari Trail, after finding one on the Samba Gallery, I did some more research and it seems to be the same one. Presently restoring. It has a fiberglass body that has been repainted and a new seat installed. Working on getting another trans in it soon! 96" wheelbase floorpans same amount of floor space in front and rear sections. An all-new Meyers Manx Remastered Kit uses modern technology to make a fiberglass body that is more precise than the original's and includes a couple of updates for easier assembly. The problem we have identifying this body is that I cannot find an original Lido to make a base id. All GT bodies have a "cut-line" around the back seat area where they can be cut to add the GS option. Runs great. 2 indentations in rear seat area like a manx. The body could stand a little workit has some pits here and there. DAC laid up a lightweight fiberglass body and designed it to fit a short VW floorpan and running gear. I was told its an original, however it does not have the emblem. Big enough to hold 3 small gauges side by side. number I guess the highway patrol stamped there, 4607245. Double headlight buckets molded into hood with a very dramatic aluminium grill. 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (5) $529.95 $ 529. Write Review and Win $200 + + Review + Sell Car. The Humbug resembles a Can-Am Group 7 race car. Licensed reproduction of the 1968 Jeffries Custom Tube Chassis, VW Ball Joint front and Swing axle rear. Front fenders resemble flat mud flaps from the front of the buggy. Restoration in Progress.I am Going to Shorten the Bed. They were one of the production facilities for the EMPI Imp kits. The under fender supports are very unique and look to be the sturdiest I have ever seen. And while that RM Sotheby's example sold for nearly $65,000, Bring a Trailer has lately been trading Manxes in the teens.. And the Manx isn't just any dune buggy. OPEN Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:45 am USA . (c)2016 - Acme Trailer Works, Inc. Installing spun alloy tank in rear. VW Manx Clone Dune Buggy. We just have an ad to work off of. Reinforcment tubes from front rear fender to beginning of rear fender on each side. currently replacing stock tranny broken last month at drag strip .waiting for new pro comp tranny to arrive. Terra Buggy was a division to Terra-Knife Inc. started out making knife blades for tractors before moving into the buggy business. I spoke with a fiberglass fabricator near there who knows the brothers who built it and remembers quite a few in the northeast. Check us out at. Mine does have the exact same front signal and tail lights as that car though. Might be a Marcus Scorpion? Our example here comes from Ohio and was modified for the rear to tilt for engine access. This is a fiberglass dune buggy based upon my research there was just one producer of this Paticular body which was. just can't see tearing apart a good running buggy. Swing rear with link front..all stock. Fiberglass body found in a friends back yard for 200 dollars. The tail was a flip up spoiler design. A number of buggies are similar, but it looks closest to a Kellison Sandpiper Roadste. Here's the I.D. The only opening is a rear lid over the engine cover. The car was covered with ice and slush (see pictures on my link), Long island Volkswagen Club www. Dad bought it from him in mid to late 70's. The S1 was the more conventional beach buggy of the two, an acceptable dune-buggy shape with no roof. 10 vehicles matched Automotive of San Diego, CA. the tail is the strange part. Intend to do a full restoration. For the Fiber Jet Rough Terrain, see The Dune Buggy Handbook pages 56-57 for details. The buggy sits on a shortened pan. Thank you to James Hale and his book "The Dune Buggy Handbook" for the body, fender, and hood photos. fiberglass body, all curves, no straight lines on it, bought three weeks ago from a parents friend in southern ohio. The contracted Terra-Knife (now know as Terra-buggy) to build the buggy they called a "Cyote" and rename it as a Rascal. she got pretty excited about the build. Originally going to sell it. I haven't gotten that far yet. The Gold Bug is from the Austrian buggy shop LEDL Tuning It looks like a Berry Mini T, but little different. I'll send pictures as soon as I can. Desert Fox Spoiler has a unique hood with a scoop that swoops forward to a point. These were built by a company called VW GT Conversions Inc. in Connecticut verified by the builder's son in law. The rear has a large removable engine lid. The NOSTALGIA body mounts on an 80" wheelbase chassis. Very popular Ohio buggy. The body is a tradidtional Manx Style, with a box on the tail. It was made for a shortened chassis. I pulled this buggy out of a goat field in Western PA. Over all it's a very thick,well made body. They are flat through the center section and then kick up to the rear fenders. Came with single port.now has dual port. The car will now drive daily in Huntington Beach CA. The 1200cc Volkswagen motor is equipped with a Judson . I picked the bidy up in SC back in December and have been making good progress ever since. The Safari has a unique rear fender area that slopes smoothly down to the vertical lip. an exact duplicate. Marauder was an authorized copy of the Deserter. This is similar to X-003 except for the rear end which is quite unique. Hunter Fiberglass Sand Tiger Photo Gallery, Kellison Sandpiper Roadster Photo Gallery, Limited Edition Californian Photo Gallery, View 1968-69 Jeffries Mantaray II Kyote Registry. this buggie has a ridge or scoop in the hood that starts at the front a little bit up the hood and then splits to a y at the windshield.and hood dash molded together also has battery box flat fenders a boss for the headlamps no raised area in hood for embelm or sticker. This buggy temporarily labeled an X-0030 X-File before John Shepard tied it to Playboy. Also the rear seat back area above the tail. The Touring T is also listed as a KAR-T-TUB in one of the ads. This buggy has rounded fenders - almost square and a flip up/flat tail. Stock 1500 Single port from the 67' bug it was built from. Wonder if anyone has the scoop on this manufacturer and body style. Looks exactly like the Unique III LTD, but without the molded-in splashguards. The hood has a one off license plate box that is a curved recess. Original builder/owner member of Victoria Volkswagen Club, Armond Prod, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/butchmays/1964%20VW%20Dune%20Buggy%20-%20Action%20Fiberglass/?action=view¤t=100_3748revised.jpg. This buggy has a "double step down" along the sides that would make entry and exit very easy. Me, and my buddy that owns a Manx both think its a Bermoco Race HTV Buggy. It had a very long and extended looking front nose and fenders. I was tipped off by a co-worker about the location of this dune buggy. Square/flat fenders. It is possible that it was a two piece that has been glassed together, it is difficult to tell with the current paint job. The rear is a box style and the dash is molded in Fiberglas as part of the hood. This buggy would have been the ultimate "Family Sander" in my opinion. Workin fine but in pregress to make some modifications & upgrades. Not much is know about the Arabian Fiberglass dune buggy kits that were sold. looks like a meyers manx without hood emblem. Aluminum diamondplate sides over and supporting the fiberglass to give about a 5" body lift. i just got this in january. Dash marking was not in place. Good condition for a 1967, drives fine it need new paint,wheels and tires. Sand Flea also made a tow behind and a pickup. All the more reason to go cruising in it!!!! Thank you from the former owner of a Sandwinder II/California Clipper.". brand new in 1969-70 from KAR and calls it "Midnight Pumpkin". Share. 1966 VW Shortened Pan/w ball joint front end. This buggy body borrows its base body from Allied. This buggy looks like it may have some current styling queues. This buggy looks a lot like a Sand Dancer Brougham T, but it has a double tail box. The Apache kits also had an optional fiberglass wrapped windshield area unlike any other kit of the day. Meyers Manx designs and sells high-quality fiberglass dune buggies for the off-road market. Body was metallic blue with metal flake. high arches and the rear box section is round. She's no speed demon and, even though she thinks she is, she is not a 4WD. The EAST COAST laws required full engine coverage after 1970. He purchased the body, upholstery, windshield, etc. The dash has a rectangular outcropping provision for an in dash radio, 8-track, or possibly even a CB radio. Header, Dual weber carberators. Its a hatch that I don't have but I have someone looking for it. Had '68 Camaro lights. very close to a manx but hood is different. He has had it for several years. Someone I work with was listening in on a conversation about a newly acquired pipe bender and the buggy I might just build for my 140 HP corvair engine. I bought this car from a friend of mine of mine 2 years ago. X-0022 is a classic 2 piece buggy with a pretty smooth hood with headlight buckets right in the front. 4 Speed . looks a bit like a Lido or a Bertram Fiberglass with the curved fenders and mouth part to the hood, but the top hood patterns are both different than Unknown Yellow Buggy. MiniVolks is completely flat. The Deserter GS is a Series 1 Deserter with the GS chassis under it to convert the buggy to a mid engine layout. It needs a tons of work Side pods built in(hardly look removable, dash attached to hood. Later versions were molded with tube under fender for wiring harness. David Chow of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada. Unknown - Please help identify. http://s648.photobucket.com/albums/uu203/bilbobug/dunebuggy/, irs transaxle with bus axles and cv joints, my youngest son bought body and pan 2 years ago and we shortened the pan 15 inches and started, looks like maxi taxi doors have never been cut out no spot on grill for logo go to http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f169/davethewelder/. No luck so far on internet searches. Another unique feature of the body you didn't mention that may help with identification is the rear deck/shelf area behind the rear seat. The frame that I got with the body is a 1962 beetle frame that was shorten many years ago (over 20years) and was never put on the road. Also, the My wife and I pulled it out of central CT on a weekend road trip. **The tail lights were installed by previous owner**. It has one well under the rear seat for the battery. In metalflake or solid. Berrien Body Berrien builds fiberglass half-body styles for the off-road market. After a little love and a face lift, she runs great! X-0003 has a wide ridge running up the center of the hood with a large oval bump on the very front for an emblem. The rear fenders are very distinctive and lack any kind of ridge between the fender and the inner body. Some are labeled with Kellison in circle molded into the tailgate area of the bed. It was built for a full legnth chassis with two chromed tube roll bars intergrated into the body desighn. I found this buggy under a tarp in the rain, u know how the story goes Now, i've been looking like crazy trying to ID this buggy. I got it from my neighbors about 1 year ago and i've been fixing and upgrading it. Currently in garage getting a disc brake conversion. The tail is a single box. and the windsheild bolts to hood/dash. The El Lobo was manufactured by Woodford of La Crescenta, CA. The original owner must have driven around for 4 years and then it sat with a buggered transaxle since 1974 (as evidenced by the registration stickers on the rear plate). Its left hand drive and is a monoque design. In need of some fiberglass resto. One part matches, but another is different. 1974 VW Beetle Type 1, AK Engine, 1600 dual port, 46hp. VW Fiberglass Full Body Kit Humbug Camero: $1900. Thanks to Bart for the ID on this one. Click X-0038 Topic" to discuss this buggy. It is a 2 pc. The hood has a raised strip down the center which ends at an oval. My grandpa bought this dune buggy while my dad was in high school. This summer, while at The VW Classic, my wife saw a Manx and said "a buggy would be really fun to have for nice days". Found this baby on Samba for $800.00. tight 1200cc vw engine. He found it on Ebay and drove out to Michigan to buy it. Click the X-0052 Topic to discuss this X-File. A C cab model was also available. This is the Id Trait thats separates this body from a very similar SandWinder body. The mounts for the headlights may be of Dunbar design. Slim ridge down the hoods center with a odd size emblem plate pointed at top and round at bottom ? The back seat of a series one could be cut out and replaced with an engine cover to go over the mid-engine chassis. Dune buggy that my Grandfather owned before he passed , it was sold as part of his estate. The SandWinder had a standard style Manx Tail. When he told me he was selling it, I just had to buy it! body from Bandit Dune Buggies! If you have the . Will wait until I get the motor rebuilt which starts tonight. Action Fiberglass built many different models of dune buggy body. LaMonica: VW Camero Fiberglass Dune Buggy Body 2 Seat Open: $950 Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:46 am USA - Akron, Ohio Map Seller: Nicholas Wm. Son and I build it ina weeks time fresh out of paint shop. 1200cc. Opens in a new window or tab. Volkswagen Dune Buggy $11,500 19610, Reading, Berks County, PA 1973 1973 Volkswagen Dune Buggy 1776 --- Horsepower Engine 4-Speed Freeway Flyer Manual Transmission Metallic Red Over Black Interior Myer's Manx. Oil Sump Screen and Gasket Kit for 1300-1600cc VW Type 1 - Kit 8012. The Poty Spoiler has a "Joe Poty Mfg" badge mounted to the body above the peddle assembly. This may be somebody's version of an Ocelot. Under the hood is an EMPI logo. Bertram FiberglassMade a copy of the popular Lido kit and advertisied it in 2000. Both of these chassis required a specific body that looked similar to the Manx, but allowed the Corvair's coil springs to fit under the fenders. Cars Chemainus More info. Being towed to the junkyard and I purchased this from the owner for $100.00. The story goes that the original owner built the buggy for his son, then serving in Vietnam, but upon his arrival stateside the son was not interest in the buggy and headed for the west coast. 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