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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.
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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.
Meyers Manx; Pangra – Turbocharging, water-injection and body rework of the Ford Pinto [9] Street Beasts; Velo Rossa Spyder and Coupe (resembles Ferrari 250 GTO) by Reaction Research; San Diego Replicas – Manufacturer of Speedster and Spyder kit cars and full turnkey replicas. Brunton Automotive – V6 Roadster originally based on the Chevy S10
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]
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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]
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]