You Can Build This Enjoyment Automobile for $635!

From the April 1967 situation of Car or truck and Driver.

The Meyers Manx is all things to all males. Our very first glimpse of 1 was from straight astern, and it appeared like some form of nuts scout vehicle, a blended-up command car or truck. Its maker senses in it some thing of the vintage character of Mercer Race­abouts and Apperson Jackrabbits. No two of its 250-odd house owners see it precisely the same way.

The out of doors types say it is really ideal for pack visits and looking expedi­tions. Incredibly hot-rodders hail it as the re­incarnation of the avenue roadster. Kooky girls think it is really kinky, or is it vice versa? Annoyed executives won’t be able to make your mind up if it truly is greater suited as a station car or as an escape module. Surfers swear it is really the woody of the long term. Sober, pragmatic adult males rationalize their enthusiasm for it by tell­ing them selves that it really is a smart, minimal-charge, all-function utility run­about. Motorcyclists allow as how it’s almost as excellent as having two bikes. Sports activities-auto fans say it provides much more enjoyment per pound than a Ferrari GTO. Pontiac GTO house owners consider to search the other way . . . unsuccessfully. And dune buggy rac­ers say it can be the stop. The only factor they all concur on is that it really is additional soul-liberating, leaping, bounding, uninhibited pleasurable than anything at all else they’ve at any time driven—on or off the road. We will buy that.

The Meyers Manx is the excellent respond to for the man who’d fairly roll his possess. It is really a package vehicle. It prices $635, in addition whatsoever you have to spend for the Volkswagen sections necessary to finish it, in addition labor—unless you do it oneself. It’s not tricky to assemble any man with regular mechanical capacity could do the position over a few of weekends. And for electric power: Volkswagen, Cor­vair, Porsche—you identify it.

That is one of the fantastic factors about the Meyers Manx—its only limitation is your have imagination. You can get the essential kit (there is certainly an even a lot more simple, stripped package for $498), fork out $100 for a wrecked VW, toss it with each other and forget about it, or you can develop it up with all new areas and tender loving care. It is really your choice—all the way up to a 200-hp motor, metalflake paint work, luxury…