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Brendan McAleer A Manx is the opposite of elaborate. It is made out of a simple fibreglass frame set on the shortened chassis of a Volkswagen Beetle. The name comes from the Manx cat, a stump-tailed feline from the Isle of Man, skilled at hunting. Lightweight, simple, and durable, Meyers’ buggy took the everyman appeal of the original VW and infused it with a dash of surf and sun. It was affordable, fun, and immediately iconic. However, the story isn’t as simple as that. Bruce Meyers’ life had more ups and downs than the dunes his machines bounded over.

'Meyers Manx' dune buggy creator dead at 94 By: Associated Press and last updated 2021-02-27 19:36:03-05 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Meyers was hanging out at Pismo Beach on California’s Central Coast one afternoon in 1963 when he saw something that both blew his mind and changed his life: a handful of old, stripped-down cars bouncing across the sand. It sure would be fun to get behind the wheel of one of those, Meyers thought, if only they weren’t so ugly and didn’t appear so uncomfortable. He built his own solution: a “dune buggy” fashioned out of ...

Bruce Meyers, Creator of the Meyers Manx, Has Passed Away His creation became popularized as the Dune Buggy and brought off-road joy to thousands. Mark Vaughn Bruce Meyers has passed away at the age of 94, from a blood disease called myelodysplasia. Meyers was perhaps best know for the Meyers Manx, known worldwide as the Dune Buggy, which was copied for generations. He was also an off-road racer and one of a very small handful of desert rats who created what came to be known as the Baja 1000. Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Bugg...

GTA Online Is Giving Players a Free Vehicle ✖ GTA Online routinely offers players discounts on items they might need like upgrades, aircrafts, or weapons, but it’s not often that free things are given away beyond a few smaller items and a t-shirt. This week, however, the game’s latest update is giving players the chance to add a free vehicle to their garages. The offer stands until the first week of March as well, so players have plenty of time to secure their ride before it’s no longer available. Rockstar Games announced in its weekly update that it’s planning to celebrate the long...