Zimbalwa iimoto ezinxulunyaniswa nehlobo kunye nolonwabo njengenqwelo edumileyo eyayineMeyers Manx (eyaziwa ngokuba yiVolkswagen Buggy), eyenziwe nguBruce Meyers, ngohlobo lwayo lokuqala.
Sifuna ukunazisa ngebali likaMeyers kunye neyona ndalo yakhe idumileyo, ngembeko emfaneleyo indoda enoxanduva yenye yezona moto ziziva zilungile.
Imbeko emva kokufa, njengoko uBruce Meyers wasweleka nge-19 kaFebruwari, eneminyaka engama-94, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kokuba yena nenkosikazi yakhe bethengise inkampani iMeyers Manx eTrousdale Ventures.
Imfuno ilola ubuchule
Wazalelwa ngo-1926 eLos Angeles, indlela yokuphila kaBruce Meyers yamsusa kuMkhosi waManzi ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, yamsa kumdyarho welizwe lonke, nakunxweme lwaseCalifornia, apho lo mntu wayezingela wafumanisa ukuba ufuna isithuthi esenza kube lula. ukuhamba kwiindunduma kunokuba iFord Hot Rod yakhe yowe-1932 yenza.
Intonga eshushu? Ewe, kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba eyona ndalo yakhe idumileyo ibone ukukhanya kwemini, uMeyers wayenexesha elidlulileyo elizaliswe ziimoto - wayekwangumqhubi okhuphisanayo - kwaye waphoswa yinto yeHot Rod eyaphumelela emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II e-USA.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Yayingeyomoto kuphela, njengobuchule bakhe be-fiberglass, izinto ezaziza kwenziwa ngazo umzimba wenqwelo yakhe, waphumelela ukwenza iibhodi zokusefa kunye neecatamaran ezincinci.
Ngo-2019, iVolkswagen yenza isazisi. I-Buggy, ukutolikwa kwakhona kweyokuqala, ngoku inamandla ombane.
Ngaloo ndlela, "ithathe" i-chassis ye-Volkswagen Beetle, imoto elula, yanciphisa i-36 cm, yalahla i-bodywork kwaye yenza enye into esele ilawula, i-fiberglass. Ilwenze lula uyilo kangangoko, ibeka izinto ezibalulekileyo kuphela, eziqinisekisa inkangeleko eyodwa kunye… nolonwabo.
Kwaye ke safumana iVolkswagen Buggy yokuqala, iMeyers Manx, eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Big Red". Yazalwa ngowe-1964, le nqwelo-mafutha isebenziseka ngeendlela ezininzi, ikhaphukhaphu, inenjini yangasemva yabeka isiseko “sefashoni” ethe yasasazeka ehlabathini lonke.
Ayisiyiyo nje ifashoni, kodwa uMeyers kunye ne "Big Red" baye banikwa imbeko ngokuba ngomnye wabaqhubi abaphambili bomdyarho wendlela. Nguye kunye noTom Mangels, umlingane wakhe wokugijima, owabeka irekhodi yokuqala yamavili amane - ngokukhawuleza ngakumbi kunezithuthuthu - kwi-Baja yokuqala yokuqala, i-1967 Mexican 1000, i-forerunner ye-Baja 1000 yangoku.
"Ixabiso" lempumelelo
I-Meyers Manx inokuba yafumana udumo emva kokuvela kwifilimu ka-1968 ethi "The Thomas Crown Affair" kunye nokubetha iqweqwe lemagazini "Imoto kunye noMqhubi" ngo-1969, nangona kunjalo, ayizizo zonke "ezilungile."
Ngo-1971 uBruce Meyers wayishiya inkampani awayeyisungule, eyatshona, nangona sele evelise malunga neekopi ze-7000 ze-buggy eyaziwayo. Ngaba benzi bobubi? Iirhafu kunye nokhuphiswano olukhuphe uyilo lwakho.
Nangona wathatha abakopeli enkundleni - ngelo xesha iinkampani ezingaphezu kwe-70 zavelisa imodeli efanayo - akazange alunge, kunye noMeyers engakwazi ukwenza ipatent yakhe yeVolkswagen Buggy. Ngaphandle kokuba ngumdali wembono, ishishini liya kwenzakala kakhulu.
Nangona kunjalo, "i-bug" yokuvelisa iimoto yaqhubeka ngaphakathi kweBruce Meyers kwaye ngonyaka ka-2000, malunga neminyaka engama-30 emva kokuba wayeka ukuvelisa i-buggies yakhe ephawulekayo, i-Californian yagqiba ekubeni ibuyele ukwenza into eyamenza waduma: ukuvelisa i-Meyers Manx yakhe.
Kutshanje, sibone iVolkswagen ihlawula imbeko kwicala elingahloneliyo le "Beetle", xa yazisa isazisi ngo-2019. I-Buggy, ukubonisa ukuguquguquka okuvunyelwe yiqonga layo elizinikeleyo lezithuthi zombane, i-MEB.