The Tragic Perfection of the Myers Manx Dune Buggy 

My grampa worked with Meyers doing the interiors on these, he was an upholstrer in Huntington Beach. He also did the seats in Dan Gurney's Eagle race cars and even the Goodyear blimps. I got the hotrod bug very early on. As a 6 year old I didn't realize how special it was that we got to ride in the blimp. Miss you Grampa Ted.

One can never go wrong with the old school Cragers !

Another great story Bill. I learn so much from you and your thorough research into each of the cars you review. And delivered with such great humour too. Just brilliant!

Missed you Bill, hope you've been keeping well and cooler lately.

"Maybe a little butter and a side dish...". Classic Bill. Great video, too, Thanks.

What a nice example. Everyone who kit built one of these had this in mind, the reality was different

Growing up in Missouri we had a neighbor who would build them keep them a while. Then sell them. This was in the 70's always wanted one but was just a kid. Couldn't drive until 1981.

Bill another great video! My neighbor had one of these. It was fun to ride in. He and his wife didnt have kids so we were adopted by them RIP jim and didi burton!

Bill watched the Robin Williams film Cadillac Man, Instantly reminded me of you and your life great movie.

Always loved VW dune buggies. Too bad Bruce Meyers didnt make more money on his invention. Been waiting for this vehicle. Thanks Bill

Coral Gables 🌴🇺🇸 Hehe. We Summer up in Vermilion Ohio on Lake Erie. Anyway neighbor has an original stuffed in garage. Horrible metalflake green. Pedals so close together can't wear flip flops. We still use our 18ft Hobie Cat. Great boat. Enjoy your history of him , Bill. 👌 🏄

I loved these since being a little kid.

Welcome back, Bill. We missed you so much!

Bill what a joy. From Nazi era Germany to California dunes. Some fabulous history there in its conception and copying.

Bill diving for lobsters?! I would pay a fair amount to watch a video of that

I absolutely love the Meyers Manx, they’re a treat to see every time!

WoW! That's so close to being a WonderBug replica! From Saturday morning TV in the late 70's.

I've been waiting for the day you would do a buggy...And that's a beautiful Manx! Even has the side pods and Crager wheels.

OMG YES!!! PLEASE DO a highway etiquette video, or lack thereof! 🤣

I just bought a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited for 3800 it has 100k miles on it, and it's in mint condition. It has a 5.2 L V8 and full-time AWD/ with 4 low, I'm putting 1095.00 into it to replace stuff that wears. But so with labor, I have a nice Jeep for under 6k :)

Thanks again Bill !!! Keep up the great videos!

Billl, man ive got to hand it to you mate, the amount of time and knowledge you stick into these videos….. combined with your personality. I always hate people that whine all the time…. You are a remarkable guy and somehow i like what you are doing. If you Keep making these videos, ill keep watching them

Bill is back! Greets from Germany

Lol good ol dalton...you love him bill and you know it😆

a good ol' history lesson with a side of cars, love it Bill

I love Myers Manx I'll bet they are a blast to drive . thanks for sharing !

When I saw the Myers Manx title of this video, I expected you to deliver one of your best. And I wasn't disappointed. Great video Bill.

Yes happy to be here!

Bill- this is a vehicle I have always wanted.

Dale Earnhardt died doing what he loved and I bet he never knew what hit him. He was looking out his windshield running 3rd place in the Daytona 500 and he saw his son and his DEI teammate running 1st and 2nd. If he suffered from his injuries, it didn't last very long. It was a sad day for the sport and I wonder how things would have played out if he had lived? I bet he would have had a boot up Junior's ass to win a championship of his own.

Thank You for another fun and educational journey. Even in northern Illinois , I remember seeing these and super beetles somewhat often in the 70s and 80's. Your video camera captures some good audio 👍. It seemed like that bee was right here thru the earbuds

My father had one in 1969. It had a fiberglass rood that looked like the roof on the Monkee Mobile. The Cragars look cool.

Fun car. A friend of mine had one and I drove it now and then. Just a joy.

Welcone back, missed the Carmudgeon! I'm Living around where you were visiting, it's 6:44 is the bomb. Visited Cape Coral last month, your weather descriptions are spot on, what was I thinking?

"Died doing what he loved." Oh, that is funny and so true. Getting stuck in a shipwreck must suck.

Milo Manx here. A Meyers Manx dune buggy is the most fun you'd ever have with your clothes on!

Man, how did i miss this!!! My cousin has one!!!!

Very cool and that one’s in beautiful condition. When I was a kid in Sarasota, I would see One from time to time look just like this one. Maybe it was.

Welcome back. Hope you had a great time.

That thing is the blast! My only consternation, ....no backseat for the Rush fans. Bill, you " really got me " with your latest effort, had me cracking up, thank you!!!!!

It is great to see another video from you. I always enjoy them.

I made a power point presentation and sent it to Winnie Meyers for her review. It came back marked in "RED", in light of some socail media errors. Long story short, the State of Californina in the 1971 time frame advised Bruce Meyers you made a "manufactured car" & owe the State 2 years of back TAXES. It sank the company and Bruce. Later he came back stroner than ever.

As always, fantastic review... Glad you enjoyed your vacation Bill!

Glad to see you back, Bill!!!

Thank you again, Mr. Bill! Think you really lighten up daily life for many of us.

✂️✂️ 😂😂 we've missed ya Mr Bill!! take care

The weather report as a "Tepid fog of sh!t"?!? OMG! Bill just gave the best reason I don't want to move to Florida. You're welcome!

NASTY TEPID FOG OF SHIT! 😂😂 I so love to hear you complain about the weather! You come up with new ways to describe it every time. I friggin love it!

We were worried about you. Another SUPER tour and stories.

Always great Bill, thank you. I have been having a busy couple of years with a Bone Marrow transplant for bone cancer and your videos have cheered me up all the time, it is impossible to second guess what you will reduce next and it is always great!

Glad you're back. Was wondering if you gave it up. Well, I'm going to get to this post and find out how the weather is and learn a bit about dune buggies. Thanks!

Just love this dune buggy….Bill keep sharing your love, you are the best. Talking how I think.

God it’s been a minute Bill! Glad you are back on my feed!

This video was a lot of fun, more than I was expecting. Learned alot too as in all Bill's reviews.

That's a nice buggy, Bill. It looks like it's great fun to drive!

Im glad to see you're still alive with all this heat Bill!!

It's a comfortably cool, fresh summer here in the UK with intermittent rain most days, more than usual even for us. Our thoughts are with the Mediterranean countries who have had record temperatures, forest fires etc - not good.

Brings back some memories.

Hi Bill. Hope you had a nice vacation away from the Floridian swampy heat and misery. Its been in the 90s all week around Philadelphia. Great to have ya back Man.

Love ya Bill. Missed you. Respectifully said.

Hey Bill good to hear ya. Nice buggy. Watch out for those attack Bambi's. 😁

Gotta be honest. Good for Auto Haus at Nipples but I don't care about this Monkees mobile. I am here to listen to Bill's view on life, weather and wildlife.

This was a fun one! Thanks Bill!

I don’t really like buggies but I am watching to hear your stories, Bill, we missed you!

Hello Bill! Welcome back!

Hey Bill, I'm glad that you enjoyed your vacation & that you weren't eaten by an animal. Now it's back to the tepid for ot shit!!! Hang in there, make sure you get plenty of coronavirus whiskey, it definitely helps!!! Thanks for sharing this very cool Buggy!!! 👍👍🥃

I love the history lesson about Mr myers. My first car I got in the early 2000s was a 67 beetle with a Baja kit on it. I saw plenty of the minx style Vw’s at car shows and Volkswagen swap meets but never learned anything about the history of them. I’m usually not that interested in half the cars that you do videos on but I watch them anyway just for the history of how those cars came to be.

I think a Turista or Resorter may have appeared on the TV show Fantasy Island; definitely very similar.

Nice video Bill... I lived in Florida 40 years and you're right, it is bad.. But I'll tell you of a place that is worse... It's where the American day begins, GUAM... I remember taking 4 showers in one day.. We lived in a metal bldg with no insulation and no A/C... Gorgeous manx..thx for bringing us along...

Great ride Bill. Enjoy the Keys. Any update on the pinto wagon?

You have a lot of nice watches Bill 😉. Always tickled when you put out a new video. Glad you mentioned Scooby and Thomas Crown because I thought of them instantly

fantastic review 👍

Only 150k subscribers? WTF! Good sh!t, Bill. Keep it up.

Good Morning Bill!

Can't wait for the "highway etiquette" vid!

When Volkswagen announced the New Beetle would come out with a special version called the Dune I really hoped they make an updated version of this.

Wow, what a Nice Dune you have !!

As a 70s kids this brings me back to Wonderbug! So fun and cool!

great video keep it up what about a lobster video you are great we want more from you I would watch you read the phone book and still find it funny your take on "normal' content is outstanding do a daily vlog we all love what you do, you are so good at it. any videos car related or not would be GOLD

welome back!

Awesome ❤

Wonderful story of an American car guy. I’ve never seen a Manx with a full bumper set.

I was in high school when a lucky guy drove one , it did stand out and was memorable... when VWs start making a slight popping sound you need to re torque the head bolts ... The Manx needs it ..😎

I had just sold one recently. Mine was a Sears Rascal. From all the research ive done. Its the one closest to the original Myers Manx. Worth just as much.

Good morning for Ron in a cool damp Manchester

Another pop-culture dune-buggy staple was "Wonderbug," a 1976-or-so kids' show by perennial producers Sid and Marty Krofft (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, _et al_ ). The show's premise was very much like "Speed Buggy," mentioned by Bill, except it was live-action rather than cartoon. The car was a mish-mashed rust-bucket of spare parts named Schlepmobile that transformed into a gleaming red Manx to help three teens fight crime (actually, I believe it was a Manx-clone called a Dune Runner). Unspeakably awful TV program, but little kids like me (roughy Bill's age) ate it up!

It's a fun looking groovy type of vehicles even through something crazy that I just bought dirt cheap bike under $500 its a 50cc Fuji 26 inch mountain bike even before when I bought it from a long time friend mechanic in know for years. When I took off after it accelerated one of his nitwit over filled the back tire then had a flat buy tomorrow morning I will pick it up after the new tire on there my best friend we have to go back and forth to Walmart just get the tire size and the inner tube. And tomorrow this weekend I will try again to bring the damn thing home wish I could have bought a e scooter online on ebay that would save me trouble hopefully Sunday I wanted to bring it to the car show if not next week depends on whether.. Also great reviews on Myerys buggy too bad it doesn't have the European stripes colors...👍 but not that Austin Powers...

The Myers Manx was America’s analogue to the Citroën Mehari. A shame it never got 4WD like the Mehari did.

Bill, I hope you checked your cabin in N.C. for hidden cameras

The Cragar SS's make the look.

I remember I was about 10 yrs old the war going on both brothers where gone one went to Germany the other went to Nam so anyway my neighbor behind my house was building these Dune buggies that were Mayer minx kits I would help him out it was fun that's all tks

You meant to say Donald Duck, not Daffy Duck. I was raised in So Cal, always wanted a dune buggy.

The main defence for Florida Crawfish is their speed.

Reminds me of a cousins early 60’ Pontiac sedan sans the doors and driving down farm trails

Bill that is so killer from my babyhood

Bill, dont let the Lobster bite you in the nodes.

What about putting a Iron duke in one? Or I wonder if you could slip a Cadillac 500 in it?

Did I actually hear Bill giggle when he was driving? There's a first for everything.😂

Paul Newman was also on the USS Bunker Hill

Another terrific sermon from the First Church of the Painful Truth!