I recently had reason to recall the Meyers Manx. Those of us old enough remember this 60s "kit car" built on a VW beetle chassis.

It might be considered a forerunner of the "dune buggy" which has morphed into the UTV side by side and a whole new dune riding hobby.

This Meyers Manx was and is street legal, you could ride it to the desert. A Polaris RZR is not in more than half of the states.

David

 

My neighbor still has one, heck yea, I remember the 60's, but the 50's were better!

 

You are right, the 50s were better, by quite a bit. The 60s had race riots, then the war, and then the "culture revolution". But the 60s sure had a lot of interesting cars, many of them collector cars today.

Even the Meyers Manx has a following.

David

 

I wasn't born yet in the '50s so I'll have to take you guys' words for it. I remember seeing something similar but probably not the same thing. I don't know if I've ever seen any that short. If you want to build one, Meyers Manx is still making kits. Current Buggy Kits

 

Remember them well.

In the mid 70's, you were really cool if you had one like this.

 

Saw these in Marysvale, UT last fall when we did the Paiute.

 

Speed Buggy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Buggy

 

I had no idea they were still available. Kit cars always appealed to me but I never pulled the trigger.

Everyone of those photos show a street legal vehicle. What makes a Meyers Manx street legal and a Polaris RZR not? I don't get it.

David

 

No directionals or horn. It's got everything else like headlights, seat belts, and brake light.

 

For $200 and an evening in the shop, I'll have it ready to go for you. I have that equipment on my Outlander. My riding buddies all chuckle. David