Motoci kaɗan ne ke da alaƙa da lokacin rani da nishaɗi kamar sanannen buggy ɗin da ke da Meyers Manx (aka Volkswagen Buggy), wanda Bruce Meyers ya ƙirƙira, a sigarsa ta asali.
Muna so mu sanar da ku labarin Meyers da shahararren halittarsa, a cikin girmamawar da ta dace ga mutumin da ke da alhakin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun motoci masu kyau.
Yabo bayan mutuwa, kamar yadda Bruce Meyers ya mutu a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, yana da shekaru 94, 'yan watanni bayan shi da matarsa sun sayar da kamfanin Meyers Manx ga Trousdale Ventures.
Bukatar tana kara kaifin basira
An haife shi a shekara ta 1926 a Los Angeles, hanyar rayuwar Bruce Meyers ta dauke shi daga sojojin ruwa a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, zuwa tseren kasa da kasa, da kuma rairayin bakin teku na California, inda wannan mai hawan igiyar ruwa ya gane cewa yana buƙatar motar da ta sauƙaƙa. don kewaya dunes fiye da Ford Hot Rod na 1932 ya yi.
Sanda mai zafi? Ee. Tun kafin fitaccen halittarsa ya ga hasken rana, Meyers ya yi abin da ya wuce cike da motoci - shi ma direban mota ne - kuma ya rasa abin da ya faru na Hot Rod wanda ya bunkasa bayan yakin duniya na biyu a Amurka.
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu
Ba don motoci kawai ba, a matsayin gwaninta na fiberglass, kayan da za a yi jikin buggy ɗinsa, ya yi nasara wajen yin katako da kuma ƙananan catamarans.
A cikin 2019, Volkswagen ya ƙirƙiri ID. Buggy, fassarar asali, yanzu lantarki.
Ta wannan hanyar, "ya ɗauki" chassis na Volkswagen Beetle, mota mai sauƙi mai sauƙi, ta gajarta 36 cm, kawar da aikin jiki kuma ya haifar da wani a cikin kayan da ya riga ya mamaye, fiberglass. Ya sauƙaƙa ƙira kamar yadda zai yiwu, yana sanya abubuwan da ake buƙata kawai, wanda ya ba da tabbacin kamanni na musamman da… fun.
Don haka mun sami Volkswagen Buggy na farko, Meyers Manx, wanda aka sani da "Big Red". An haife shi a shekara ta 1964, wannan mota mai sauƙi, mai nauyi, injin baya-baya ta aza harsashi na "salon" da ya yadu a duniya.
Ba wai kawai abin fa'ida ba ne, amma Meyers da "Big Red" an lasafta su da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin manyan direbobin shirya gasar tseren hanya. Shi ne shi da Tom Mangels, abokin wasan tserensa, wanda ya kafa rikodin kafa hudu na farko - kasancewa har ma da sauri fiye da babura - a cikin Baja na farko, 1967 Mexican 1000, wanda ya kasance farkon Baja 1000 na yanzu.
"Farashin" nasara
Mai yiwuwa Meyers Manx ya zama sananne bayan ya fito a cikin fim ɗin 1968 "The Thomas Crown Affair" kuma ya buga murfin mujallar "Mota da Direba" a 1969, duk da haka, ba duka ba ne "mai rosy."
A cikin 1971 Bruce Meyers ya bar kamfanin da ya kafa, wanda ya yi fatara, duk da cewa ya riga ya samar da kusan kwafin 7000 na shahararren buggy. Masu laifin? Haraji da gasar da ta saɓa wa ƙirar ku.
Ko da yake ya kai masu laifin gaban kotu - a lokacin fiye da kamfanoni 70 sun samar da irin wannan samfurin - bai taba yin daidai ba, tare da Meyers ba zai iya ba da izinin mallakar Volkswagen Buggy nasa ba. Duk da kasancewarsa mahaliccin ra'ayi, kasuwancin zai sami rauni sosai.
Duk da haka, "kwaron" na kera motoci ya ci gaba a cikin Bruce Meyers kuma a cikin shekara ta 2000, kimanin shekaru 30 bayan ya daina samar da manyan buggies, Californian ya yanke shawarar komawa yin abin da ya sa ya shahara: samar da nasa Meyers Manx.
Kwanan nan, mun ga Volkswagen yana ba da kyauta mai kyau ga mafi girman rashin girmamawa na "Beetle", lokacin da ya gabatar da ID a cikin 2019. Buggy, don nuna sassaucin da aka ba da izini ta dandamalin sadaukarwar sa don motocin lantarki, MEB.