Meyers Manx

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The Meyers Manx dune buggy is a small, two-passenger, recreational kit car designed and marketed by California engineer, artist, boat builder and surfer Bruce F. Meyers and manufactured by his Fountain Valley, California company, B. F. Meyers & Co. from 1964 to 1971. The roofless, windowless, fenderless, high-hipped and high-tailed fiberglass body was designed to work with the mechanicals and chassis of a Volkswagen Beetle, exposing the engine and taking advantage of the Beetle's light weight, rear-engine traction, removable bodywork and suitability to off- and on-road driving. Drawing on his art background, Meyers would later say he combined the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen's high fenders and short wheelbase, the Volkswagen Kübelwagen's stand-up headlamps and the chic, open simplicity of European beach cars — e.g., the Fiat 500 Jolly, Citroën Méhari, and BMC Mini Moke. The Manx immediately began dominating dune racing and breaking records and was eventually also released in on-road models...

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