Magalimoto ochepa amalumikizidwa ndi chilimwe komanso zosangalatsa ngati ngolo yotchuka yomwe inali ndi Meyers Manx (aka Volkswagen Buggy), yopangidwa ndi Bruce Meyers, mwanjira yake yoyambirira.
Tikufuna kukudziwitsani nkhani ya Meyers ndi chilengedwe chake chodziwika bwino, popereka ulemu woyenera kwa munthu yemwe adayambitsa imodzi mwamagalimoto omwe amamva bwino kwambiri.
Bruce Meyers anamwalira pa February 19, wazaka 94, miyezi ingapo iye ndi mkazi wake atagulitsa kampani ya Meyers Manx ku Trousdale Ventures.
Kufunika kumanola luntha
Wobadwa mu 1926 ku Los Angeles, moyo wa Bruce Meyers adamuchotsa ku Navy panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, kupita kumapikisano amtundu uliwonse, komanso ku magombe a California, komwe woyenda panyanjayo adazindikira kuti amafunikira galimoto yomwe idapangitsa kuti ikhale yosavuta. kuti ayende pamilumu kuposa momwe Ford Hot Rod yake ya 1932 idachitira.
Ndodo yotentha? Inde. Kale kwambiri chilengedwe chake chodziwika bwino chisanawone kuwala kwa tsiku, Meyers anali ndi mbiri yakale yodzaza ndi magalimoto - analinso woyendetsa mpikisano - ndipo anaphonya zochitika za Hot Rod zomwe zinakula pambuyo pake.Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse ku USA.
Lembetsani ku kalata yathu yamakalata
Sizinali zamagalimoto okha, monga luso lake la fiberglass, zinthu zomwe thupi la ngolo yake likanapangidwira, zidakwanitsa kupanga mabwato osambira komanso ma catamaran ang'onoang'ono.
Mu 2019, Volkswagen adapanga ID. Buggy, kutanthauziranso koyambirira, komwe tsopano kuli magetsi.
Mwa njira iyi, "idatenga" galimoto ya "Volkswagen Beetle", galimoto yosavuta yomwe imafupikitsidwa ndi masentimita 36, inachotsa zolimbitsa thupi ndikupanga ina muzinthu zomwe zidayamba kale, fiberglass. Zinapangitsa mapangidwewo kukhala osavuta momwe ndingathere, ndikuyika zofunikira zokha, zomwe zimatsimikizira mawonekedwe apadera komanso ... zosangalatsa.
Ndipo kotero tinapeza galimoto yoyamba ya Volkswagen, Meyers Manx, yotchedwa "Big Red". Galimoto imeneyi, yomwe inabadwa mu 1964, yosinthasintha, yopepuka, ya injini yakumbuyo inayala maziko a “fashoni” yomwe yafalikira padziko lonse lapansi.
Osati kokha fad, koma Meyers ndi "Big Red" adayamikiridwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa madalaivala akuluakulu a mpikisano wapamsewu. Anali iye ndi Tom Mangels, bwenzi lake lothamanga, yemwe adayika mbiri yoyamba ya magudumu anayi - pokhala mofulumira kuposa njinga zamoto - mu Baja yoyamba, 1967 Mexican 1000, wotsogolera Baja 1000 wamakono.
"Mtengo" wopambana
The Meyers Manx atha kukhala kuti adatchuka atawonekera mu filimu ya 1968 "The Thomas Crown Affair" ndikugunda pachikuto cha magazini ya "Car and Driver" mu 1969, si onse "adali okoma."
Mu 1971 Bruce Meyers adasiya kampani yomwe adayambitsa, yomwe idasokonekera, ngakhale kuti anali atapanga kale makope a 7000 a ngolo yotchuka. Olakwa? Misonkho ndi mpikisano womwe udasokoneza kapangidwe kanu.
Ngakhale adatengera anthu omwe adalemba milandu kukhoti - panthawiyo makampani opitilira 70 adatulutsanso zitsanzo zofananira - sanali wolondola, pomwe Meyers sanathe kupereka chilolezo chake Volkswagen Buggy. Ngakhale kuti ndi amene adayambitsa lingaliroli, bizinesiyo ingavulazidwe kwambiri.
Komabe, "chilombo" chopanga magalimoto chinapitilirabe mkati mwa Bruce Meyers ndipo mchaka cha 2000, pafupifupi zaka 30 atasiya kupanga ngolo zake zochititsa chidwi, waku California adaganiza zobwerera kukachita zomwe zidamupangitsa kutchuka: kupanga Meyers Manx yake.
Posachedwapa, tidawona Volkswagen ikupereka ulemu ku mbali yosalemekeza "Chikumbu", pomwe idapereka ID mu 2019. Buggy, kuwonetsa kusinthasintha komwe kumaloledwa ndi nsanja yake yodzipereka yamagalimoto amagetsi, MEB.