Vehicle Description
Authenticated by Meyers Manx RegistryStriking Golden Metallic
ExteriorBlack Bucket Seats with Gold PipingVW Air-Cooled 4-Cylinder
Single Carburetor Engine4-Speed Manual TransaxleIconic American
Recreation VehicleA Most Groovy Addition to Any Collection!Starting
with the Meyers Manx in the early Sixties the dune buggy craze took
off in America. Bruce Meyers' original concept was simple: take a
Volkswagen Beetle, throw away the body leaving the floor pan which
contained virtually all the components needed to make it run and
drive, shorten the wheelbase and install a simple, one-piece
fiberglass 2-seat body. Meyers named it Manx for its stubby tail
with the engine exposed, like the breed of cat. Even the buggy's
stance, low at the front and high at the rear, emulated its feline
namesake. Bruce F. Meyers, a Californian engineer, artist, boat
builder and surfer, produced the Manx at his Fountain Valley,
SoCal-based facilities from 1964 through 1971. Used up VW Beetles
were abundant in California and the surf culture was at its peak in
the Sixties. The dune buggy epitomized the California lifestyle, as
the concept was so simple, and so inviting, that it spread quickly.
The Meyers Manx appeared in several movies, including Elvis Presley
films, and the 1968 The Thomas Crown Affair, which contains a
lengthy beach driving scene in which Steve McQueen drives a Manx
with Faye Dunaway at his side.
