Hi all! Who would like to talk to me about steering columns? 
I currently do not have one, so the first step would be trying to get hold of one, but what do i look for? Is one year better than another? Does it need shortening? What will fit a Manx with the least amount of fettlin'? Am I likely to find a full column (with ignition) somewhere or will I have to collate parts from many places? A cursory search would suggest they are a little elusive (well, nowt on ebay ) 

Anyone from here going?
Anyone been before?

i have some door rubbers/seals, headlight glass, an engine seal, heat exchangers, engine support bar, a merged header, a brand new (unused) thunderbird ceramic coated back box... and some other bits I can't remember without looking in the box. I'm going to try and get some photos of them this weekend if the sun puts in an appearance.
I have some mexican heads too but unsure as to wether i want to get rid of those just yet.

I'll put all these in a new thread in 'for sale' at the weekend.

...until then... shall i just bin the immobiliser?

Hi guys, I don't really know if i'm posting this is the right bit... but i found this in my garage yesterday... No idea how i come to have it or what it's for? I'm pretty sure its not something i could get working on my buggy tho. Does anyone have any experience in these things? Is it useful? Does anyone want it?




I'll also have a few things to sell, but I'll put them in the sale section.
They're mainly bay bus bits but I'll offer them to you guys first

I've got a couple of wheels you can have for nowt but i'm up in Bradford!

Still available if anyone wants it for a bargain!

That buggy is so freakin nice. Really well proportioned and stanced. One of my favourite ever buggies

theres a lot of van tyres coming up on the search for the larger wheel... are they safe to use on a buggy?

Does this look a bit closer to being sensible?
PS I don't know what the offset is, but i don't think it's relevant in this issue

YEEK!!!  So yeah, it appears my information was utterly incorrect. I have no idea how i ended up with those tyre sizes!
Thanks for pointing it out!! And thanks Merscury for those links. You've stopped me making a massive mistake!

:really really embarrassed smiley:

I certainly don't want stretched tyres, i just want safe with a touch of good looks.
And yes, the buggy will defo be street only. i just wanted the looks of the chunky tyres to start with. I'm a designer, I'm all about the looks lol 

Hi guys, i can't seem to find anywhere we've just discussed preferred tyre sizes...
Can we do that here?

The reason i ask is that i have a set of 15s (6 wide at the front and 8 at the back) and i can't work out a decent combo to run.
I'm wanting a stance similar to RunningMonkey's buggy - low at the front, mean at the back... but because i'm a picky bugger, i want a nice tyre pattern too without sacrificing too much economy and road noise...

I've found a couple on MyTyres but would like to take advice before i go and purchase.
Initially, i wanted chunky off-roads at the back but in reality, it's not going to be practical (or safe probably) so will settle for something a bit more 'street'
I was looking at these:

Front =Maxxis AP2 All Season 155/60 R15 74T
https://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?PoD=110__R-287871__X

Rear = Goodride SW602 All Seasons 205/70 R15 96T
https://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?PoD=110__R-282074__X

There is also a controversial bit... I'm wanting to add tyre inserts.
I know they are very marmite as far as fitment and safety go, but it's happening. I just need to know how i can make them safer

What do you run?

Sorry admin! Rough starting price for chassis= £100 but very much open to offers.

BuggyPete - I need an early tank i think (something like the below) or a later steering column (with the crushable lattice bit at the front) - they're to go on a manx so i think that's correct

Hi guys, I thought it'd offer this to you before i stuck it on ebay...
I've got a chassis that i need to sell, I'm moving house and don't have the space to store it any more.

It's a short floorpan - a bit shorter than a manx so a GP i think? In basically good condition but would probably benefit from new pans (or one at least )
It has a V5 but the vin number is with the DVLA - they would be supplying a new one so any buggy built with this may need an IVA
Use it for parts or build something proper with it... up to you

I'm not after much for it, make me an offer. ANYthing considered I still need a fuel tank or a steering column *nudge*wink* 
I'm in Bradford, just at the top of the M606.

I made this the other night for a guy who's helping me with my build... thought it may be useful to share on here?
It's a classic manx bodyshell from ECM. All measurement in feet and inches because my brain still hasn't got used to metric yet. Sorry.

Dimensions by Ian Higgins, on Flickr

I will probably update it soon with more numerous and more accurate measurements in mm

That's brilliant, thank you everyone! You guys are so helpful!!! 
Snoopy I have sent you a pm