Our road test proclaimed it "all things to all men." The only thing they could all agree on, we said, was that the Meyers Manx was "more soul-freeing, leaping, bounding, uninhibited fun than anything else they've ever driven-on or off the road. But Meyers monocoque design wasn’t the easiest to build and was rather expensive at 965 plus the cost of a junked Beetle. In Car and Driver's April 1967 issue, we featured the original Meyers Manx on the cover, front and center. The first dozen of these dune buggy kits used the chassis and drivetrain from a VW Beetle and borrowed suspension components from a Chevy truck. You will need to get underneath the car in order to detach the frame. Raise the car up with a jack, then slip the jack stands underneath it to hold it up. Park the Beetle on a flat, level surface, then locate the jack spots behind each wheel. The company is currently accepting $500 deposits for both models on the Meyers Manx website. Lift the Beetle up on jack stands placed behind the wheels. The recently revealed Resorter NEV, which has a 25-mph top speed, has a base price of $49K. UPDATE 8/22/23: Meyers Manx has announced preliminary pricing for the Manx 2.0 EV, which will start at $74,000.
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