TMW
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This Car Matters
1964 Meyers Manx "Old Red"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNjWdjvaZIc
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Barry A.
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We had one of those years ago. What a hoot!!!
Barry
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wessongroup
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Thanks TW ... those were the days
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Pompano
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Truly a great classic...and reminds me a lot of my old Baja Buggy..may she rest in pieces.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Whale-ista
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Those were great little cars!
Thanks for the memories! Good to see the original designer has been so acclaimed. It was an ingenious invention, one of the things that made So Cal
famous for fiberglass.
My family had one, it was a "toad" behind the old GMC "Open Road" RV chassis mount camper.
One year we all posed in the buggy, with pets, for the family Christmas card. Classic!
Ahh...memories.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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bufeo
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Son-in-law, Andy Grider, is excited about driving the MM in the second half of the NORRA Mexican 1000 this coming weekend. See https://www.facebook.com/neil.grider?fref=ts What a trip! And to think, I let one slip through my hands a few years ago. While I was "thinking
about it" someone else acted. Oh well.
Allen R
On edit: Sorry, the MM item is the second one down on Neil's FB page.
[Edited on 5-7-2014 by bufeo]
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Barry A.
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My sister and brother-in-law on a camping trip were driving down to Cabo before the paved road in an over-loaded Manx with a roof-rack, and were
caught in a Tropical Storm around Laguna Chapala. They broke the Manx partially in 2 crossing a roaring river south of Chapala in the rain. They got
towed by a friend in a British Land Rover to Guerrero Negro, had the Manx welded up, and went on their way to Cabo never having another problem.
What an adventure. (in the good ol days) 
Barry
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David K
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My Manx in 1975, on the way to El Marmol. Modified for Baja camping with roof/ rack/ side curtains for wet weather... My first 'car'!
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Bufeo, good luck this next week! We will by there in a class 5. will be our
1st rally race! Can't wait! will look for you guys.
David, that was a nice ride! do you still have it? Also like the bell bottoms!
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bufeo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by liknbaja127
Bufeo, good luck this next week! We will by there in a class 5. will be our
1st rally race! Can't wait! will look for you guys.... |
And good luck to you also. Unfortunately, I won't be there. Other commitments on the calendar before I knew Andy would be driving. He's experienced
with this type of rally, so, if the car holds together, they should do well.
Safe rides to all.
Allen R.
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willardguy
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bruce meyers and his team are bustin out the #1964 car looking for bruce's first finish, the manx club will all be at the horsepower ranch tomorrow
nite. 20 bucks a head for dinner and live music!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by liknbaja127
Bufeo, good luck this next week! We will by there in a class 5. will be our
1st rally race! Can't wait! will look for you guys.
David, that was a nice ride! do you still have it? Also like the bell bottoms! |
Thanks... No, I took it apart and used the engine for 2 seat race buggy project Class 1-2/1600 (never was completed and sold the 2 seater). I don't
recall who got the Manx body... the aluminum roof was stored behind some brush by my mom's home at Lake Wohlford, and the big fire that burned through
there a few years ago melted it (and burned my mom's place and my old place to the ground). I found the corner of the roof after the fire and saved it
until I moved last summer. Hard to let go of memorabilia.
Here's a photo of me at 14 (1972) driving it at Nuevo Mazatlan, south of San Felipe...
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liknbaja127
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That's to bad it looks like a fun ride for the time! the things go every were!
Sure we will see a few this week! can't wait, will report back after the 18th
on our race
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David K
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Yes, it was amazing... no 4WD needed... it climbed the old Puertecitos to Gonzaga road in the 70's and on the bottomless sand beaches. The engine over
the drive tires makes all the difference, along with those Armstrong HiWay Flotation tires in back!
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micah202
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...fun clip..good design....''flat-top fenders to place a beer''!!
..gotta love the pictures in the fiberglass plant....no gloves,,no masks,,no braincells!! 
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durrelllrobert
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Original 1969 ad
[Edited on 5-9-2014 by durrelllrobert]
Bob Durrell
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durrelllrobert
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Original 1968 ad
Bob Durrell
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wessongroup
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Anyone remember the "vulcanizing" patches to fix flats ... 
VW's would go any place ... just about
And their front fenders could hold a beer ...
My dad on the left and a friend of mine on the right ... Its a can of XX's
In the pickle weed .. behind the sand dues
[Edited on 5-9-2014 by wessongroup]
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