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Bruce Meyers – fine artist, surfer, designer, hot rodder, naval hero, off-road racer and inventor of the dune wagon – has died. He was 94.
Above, Meyers jumped an early prototype of Manx in 1966.
Meyers is best known to car enthusiasts as the designer of the Meyers Manx dune wagon. The compact, rugged, instantly recognizable body, built of fiberglass and designed to fall on a shortened Volkswagen Beetle floor pan, has become the hallmark of Southern California’s distinctive vehicle, loved by surfers, adventurers and off-roaders.
Meyers built his very first dune wagon, Old Red, for personal use on his many explorations of the Baja. But he soon realized that there was a market potential in the design, and began manufacturing the Meyers Manx commercially. He kept Old Red for the rest of his life, estimating that he had picked up more than 100,000 desert miles in the rig.
Meyers’ life summed up a brief summary as a World War II veteran, a lifelong surfer and a living of the best Southern California variety. Visit our brothers and sisters for a full understanding of the man, his attitude and his many achievements AutoWeek, where Mark Vaughn wrote down a detailed and beautiful tribute to this important man.
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