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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 [1] and manufactured by his Fountain Valley, California company, B. F. Meyers & Co. from 1964 to 1971.
The Meyers Manx 2.0 dune buggy morphs a '60s icon into a modern electric car that trades its predecessor's gas-fed VW engine for a battery-electric powertrain.
The original fiberglass dune buggy was the 1964 "Meyers Manx" built by Bruce Meyers. [2] Bruce Meyers designed his fiberglass bodies as a "kit car", using the Volkswagen Beetle chassis. [3] Many other companies worldwide have been inspired by the Manx, making similar bodies and kits. [3] These types of dune buggies are known as "clones". [2]
Plus a lot of VW parts and tender loving care. (Well, you could 50 years ago. This is from our April 1967 issue.)
EMPI was not one of the brands that led to the demise of B. F. Meyers & Co., the company that produced the Meyers Manx (one of the first air-cooled Volkswagen based buggies). [citation needed] One of its products was the EMPI Imp, a modified dune buggy based on a Volkswagen Beetle. [1]
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[104]: 99 Starting with a standard Meyers Manx, Condos and his staff modified the body and installed a 140-horsepower four-carburetor Corvair engine in the car to create the "Queen Manx". Con-Ferr and Meyers went on to build over 50 copies, called the "Manx-Vair". [105] The car was later revived as the Hunter Buggy by Universal Fiberglass. [106]
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