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BRUCE MEYERS’ OLD RED!

Created in 1964, Bruce Meyers’ greatest contribution to the automobile world, the Meyers Manx Dune Buggy, combined a VW Beetle drivetrain with a custom-designed fiberglass shell. It impacted the auto industry all over the world and became a unique American icon.

It all started in the early 1960s in Pismo Beach, California, where Bruce first saw sand rail buggies. These crude vehicles featured frames either hand built or modified from old cars/ trucks, which often came from junkyards. No shell covered the structure; seats

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