Meyers Manx Is Back

 

  Bruce Meyers on a feasibility run in 1967 with buggies Old Red, Splinters, and the #5 monocoque, on a stop at El Arco in Baja.

Bruce Meyers on the feasibility run, Vincaino Desert, 1967.

Getting frisky in a vintage Meyers Manx during downtime on the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally, April, 2022.

The original Meyers Manx in action competing in the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally, April, 2022

My dear friend Wayne Kogan sent me the link from the Iron & Air article about the rebirth of the Iconic Meyers Manx. After more than 50 years, Phillip Sarofim and Freeman Thomas are bringing the legendary dune buggy brand back to mainstream culture.

Words Jay Ward : "If I ask you to picture a “dune buggy” in your head, what image comes to mind? Most likely you’ve pictured the shape of a Meyers Manx without even realizing it. When sailor, surfer, and fiberglass boat-builder Bruce Meyers formed the first Manx, he had no idea that he was creating an entirely new type of vehicle — one that would become a ’60s vehicular icon of freedom and fun, cemented in cool by the likes of Steve McQueen, pulling massive jumps at the beach with a lady by his side in The Thomas Crown Affair. When Bruce crafted that first dune buggy, he was only thinking of simplicity and lightness; of building a better mousetrap.
First hatched from his home garage in 1964, the final design was eventually dubbed the “Manx,” a name first given to an epochal Norton racing motorcycle in homage to the Isle of Man TT race, and now given to an incredibly lithe and agile dune buggy which would become the dominant off-road racing vehicle. His first Manx had the nickname Old Red, and Meyers was soon shattering time records at the Ensenada to La Paz run. Another early Manx took first place at the grueling 1967 Mexican 1000 race, later known as the infamous Baja 1000."  Read the full article HERE