My 1966 Manx Buggy

Started by runningmonkey, October 11, 2016, 01:28:36 PM

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I thought he'd retired?
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Quote from: runningmonkey on October 13, 2016, 05:32:20 PM
Thanks for the replies everyone, great help. Am really torn on what to do about a top for the car, I have seen some really nice hard tops for Manx buggy on sale from Flatland engineering website which am tempted by but there's no sides or back for them just the top part. They look really cool but I still wouldn't be able to us the car in all weather

The whiffs hood looks really interesting do they have a website

I rarely use more than the front bit of my soft top, you can use it in all weather but don't expect the inside to stay completely dry whatever roof you get

Whiff did retire a couple of years ago
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Quote from: Doon L001 on October 14, 2016, 06:59:40 AM


I rarely use more than the front bit of my soft top, you can use it in all weather but don't expect the inside to stay completely dry whatever roof you get


Your right dude, that one comment has made my mind up!  ;-)(-; Going to get the flatlands hard top to keep the rain of the old nogging and I guess I'll just get wet arms!  ;D

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Yes, Whiff has retired, but I think he still does stuff on his main passion, which is Hot Rods.

The buggy's were just a 'sideline' that developed, of which he did quite a few.

I run as much as I can with the doors out and my rear windows, all three windows can come out but they open up too,
so I have lots of options to how I might want it at any given time.

One thing I did recently, which has turned out to be just brilliant, was to have a rain top done that bungees
to my roll bar and is shaped to be wide inside between the roll bar legs and then taper and narrow to the point it
exits the rear window, I use two hooks off other bungees to clip it all down outside..

Not only does it hold my roof in when the whole lots off and stowed in the back but I can also drive or park in torrential rain with all the water just running down the back and out...  ;-)up I just slide the roll bar bungees 'UP' the roll bar legs to to get a good slope for the rain to flow down when its heaving, and down again when I don't need that sort of help!  :)

One of these would be easy to make and use with the hard top as well  ;-)up

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Quote from: runningmonkey on October 14, 2016, 09:59:41 AM
Quote from: Doon L001 on October 14, 2016, 06:59:40 AM


I rarely use more than the front bit of my soft top, you can use it in all weather but don't expect the inside to stay completely dry whatever roof you get


Your right dude, that one comment has made my mind up!  ;-)(-; Going to get the flatlands hard top to keep the rain of the old nogging and I guess I'll just get wet arms!  ;D
Have you seen the Flatlands Manxster hard top? Hinged at the front, at windscreen top height, lifts up on hinges and is kept up on rams. A shortened version of that would be cool 8)

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