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Title: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on February 02, 2014, 09:20:53 PM
After years of running our buggy in the sand with a rusty and mangled pan , it is finally time for a new pan.
We started with two pans , an irs rear half and a link pin front half and new pan halves all cut 15 1/2 "

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quick and easy way to deal with the way the pan lines up after cutting
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Planing on using a 3" body lift

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Quick and dirty rust paint
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Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: buggy1 on February 03, 2014, 04:28:46 PM
You can build me one next! Mine needs a new one too.
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on February 04, 2014, 12:05:41 AM
Ha Ha .. It will be a miracle if I can finish this one
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Jeremy on February 04, 2014, 02:22:44 PM
Is that the IRS pan you bought from me for a case of beer?  :singing:
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on February 04, 2014, 11:17:33 PM
no this pan used to be my 72 super beetle .  But parts of your pan are still around here ...........some where......
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: GRK on February 12, 2014, 09:36:54 PM
Quote from: Hansk on February 04, 2014, 12:05:41 AM
Ha Ha .. It will be a miracle if I can finish this one

Damn well better be finished!!
31 days left get on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on February 23, 2014, 09:39:20 PM
So we're making some progress . Got the front and rear suspensions together , basically just stock stuff here
 with an adjustable front beam but all set at approx stock height.  With the light weight it ends up a little raised .
just about ready for the body. No front brakes again(for now) but I will now have front shocks which will be some
old used stock oil shocks . Rear shocks will be kyb gas-a-just.

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Seats will be mounted to tracks rather than directly to a rusty pan
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clutch and throttle tubes welded on again
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love my original hurst
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Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: GRK on February 24, 2014, 10:02:00 PM
Hey Hans
Looks good. I recognize the green parts on your buggy.  Reduce re use recycle. I'm still trying to fig out my front shocks?
20 days left!
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on February 25, 2014, 12:25:03 AM
Yes many thanks for the left over parts Gary.   This buggy is full of hand me downs , donated and borrowed parts and a lot of helping hands too.
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on March 02, 2014, 06:34:17 PM
Had to dig the buggy out of the snow to get it on to the new pan.

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we spent half a day trying to get the shift tube right
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He's getting pretty good with the torch for a 17 year old
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and finaly sitting on the pan (just)
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the 3" body lift now gives us clearance for some big tires. these are borrowed vintage 14.50 desert tracks
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Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: Hansk on March 09, 2014, 09:28:41 PM
This last saturday was a total down poor all day but we are heading to the dunes in less than a week
so we had get to work. We set up the canopy on the driveway (because there's no room to work in the garage)
and spent the whole day finishing up the buggy just enough to run it on the dunes.

we do now have turn brakes
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out for a test
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a good friend helped us out with some  LED head lights and LED whip
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Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: buggy1 on March 10, 2014, 08:11:20 AM
Those are some bad ass lites there boys!
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: GMB on March 10, 2014, 10:51:21 AM
Great work guys! can't believe how much work you both got done this weekend! height looks great.

Can't wait to hit the dunes!
Title: Re: manx style pan redo
Post by: silas on March 10, 2014, 11:34:36 AM
right on, great work kevin & hans!!! that machine looks like it'll be a lot of fun in the dunes!