Mumakore ekuma1960, veBeach Boys vaitungamira ndege. Kusefa mutambo mutsva unonakidza sezvo vana vanozvarwa mushure mekuzvarwa kwemwana vasingadzoreki vachipikisa pfungwa dzekare. Kekutanga izvi zvakaitika pandaiva mudiki.
Imwe nzvimbo yakaona shanduko huru imotokari. Ngarava hombe dzemuma1950 dzapera, uye heino Volkswagen Beetle itsva, diki. Dzaive mhepo itsva, dzichikurudzira chizvarwa chitsva chevagadziri kuti vabatane netsika dzehot rod. Funga nezvekupandukira pasina chikonzero asi neganda rakatsvuka.
Bruce Meyers, injineri, muimbi uye mugadziri wezvikepe zvemugungwa, mumwe wevagadziri vakadaro. Meyers akatora chikanganiso ichi ndokushandisa fungidziro yake yemusango kugadzira mota yemujaho inozivikanwa kwazvo yemunguva iyoyo, Meyers Manx.
Pamwe chete neManx kwakauya nengoro dzemudune buggy kit. Mota yekutanga ye "Old Red" yaive nefiberglass monocoque body uye suspension kubva kumotokari yeChevrolet pickup. Gadziriro yacho yese inofambiswa neVolkswagen Lovesummer ine simba remhepo rinotonhodza macylinder mana.
Ferdinand Porsche paakagadzira Beetle yekutanga achikumbirwa naHitler, akagadzira Buggy netsaona. Pfungwa yacho yaive yekugadzira mota yakavimbika uye inodhura zvishoma yaigona kufamba ne60 mph mumigwagwa mitsva. Beetle iyi yaive nemukoma wemauto aizivikanwa nemaNazi seType 82 Kübelwagen uye kune vazhinji vedu se "The Thing", iyo yakafanana zvikuru neManx.
Old Red yakaratidza kugona kwemutambo uyu muBaja Mexico, ichiisa rekodhi yemaawa makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe nemaminitsi makumi mashanu nematanhatu parwendo rwemakiromita chiuru kubva kuTijuana kuenda kuLa Paz. Hapana mumwe kunze kwevatyairi vemidhudhudhu aitenda kuti zvaikwanisika. Kumhanya uku kwakasimba kwakashanduka kuita kwatinoziva nhasi seBaja 1000, mujaho wakaoma kwazvo wekunze muNorth America.
Kubva muna 1964 kusvika 1971, mabasa eBF Meyers & Co aive mapfupi uye anotapira. Nekuda kwekudhura kwakanyanya uye kuoma kweseti yekutanga, mhando dzekare dzinenge gumi nembiri chete ndidzo dzakatengeswa. Pakupedzisira, Meyers akarega suspension yeChevrolet, achigadzira muviri waikwana zvakanaka mufuremu yeVW yakajairika.
Pakarepo, zvinhu izvi zvakatanga kuwanikwa nevanhu vanofarira chikepe munyika yese. Sezvakaita chikepe, makombama akatsetseka anoita kuti chimiro chive chakasimba, nepo mafender ane arched achipa mukana wekuti matai afambe mumugwagwa. Kugara kwekatsi kwakakurudzira zita rekuti Isle of Man, iro rinobva kukatsi kadiki kakafanana.
The Isle of Man yakasvika pakuzivikanwa kwayo mutsika dzechivanhu nebhuku raSteve McQueen rinonzi Thomas Crown. McQueen akatora mutambi wemitambo Faye Dunway parwendo runonakidza kuburikidza nemadutu ejecha eMassachusetts ari pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Chiitiko ichi chaingovapo mubhaisikopo ra1968 kuratidza kuti Thomas Crown akanga akaoma sei. Semuenzaniso, ndakatengeswa.
Muna 1970, mutongo wedare wakakakavadzana wakachinja zvese. Mutongi akatonga kuti dhizaini yeManx yaisadzivirirwa nekodzero dzekodzero dzemunhu. Munguva pfupi musika wakazara nezvinhu zvenhema zvakachipa. Pasinei nekuyedza kugadzira mamodheru emapoka ehunyanzvi akadai senzvimbo dzekutandarira nevanochengetedza hupenyu, BF Meyers & Co. yakamisa mabasa ayo.
Kunyange zvazvo mota dzepakutanga 6,000 chete dzakagadzirwa, dzakakurudzira chizvarwa chose chevanomhanya mumigwagwa. Shanduro yesimbi inoshandisa injini hombe yeCorvette pachinzvimbo che compact VW powerplant. Dzava mhando yeATVs mumakwikwi eBaja emazuva ano akaomarara.
Muna 2000 Meyers Manx Inc. yakamukazve. Kambani iyi yakaburitsa vhezheni yepamusoro-soro yedhizaini yaMeyers yekutanga, ichiri yakavakirwa paVolkswagen Beetle.
Muna 2023, kambani iyi ichaunza Manx 2.0, mota yemagetsi ine makiromita mazana matatu. Yakakodzera Hollywood yegirini kupfuura roaring classics. Kunyange hazvo kambani iyi isati yatara mutengo wepamutemo, vanoti mota yemagetsi ndeyevapfumi vane dzimba dzakawanda nemota dzakawanda, saka unonzwisisa pfungwa yacho.
Kwandiri, Meyers Manx yekutanga yairatidza hope dzeCalifornia. Kusanganiswa kwetsika dzehot rod ne surf, Manx inoratidza zvinogona kuitika kana mainjiniya nehunyanzvi hweunyanzvi zvikabatana kuita mweya wekupandukira.
Tinotarisa pane zvinonyanya kukosha kwatiri: nzvimbo dzatinoenda, vanhu vatinosangana navo, tsika dzatinosangana nadzo, zviitiko zvinomirira chero ani zvake anoda kupinda mune zvisingazivikanwe, uye kubudirira kwepasi rose kwekuchengetedza zvisikwa nekuda kwezvizvarwa zvinotevera.
Nguva yekutumira: Kurume-23-2023
