Bruce F. Meyers might be fully credited for taking the Volkswagen Beetle, shrinking it down, and adding a trailing arm-style rear suspension and a body tub that lent itself well to cartoons, but in no way, shape or form did Mr. Meyers ever expect to see anything like this. The Manx was built as a beach buggy…a rear-engined, rear-drive light little runabout that was simple, durable and quick enough (emphasis on “enough”.) It’s not that a Volkswagen powered machine can’t be quick…to the contrary, there are plenty of wicked Beetles, Karmann Ghias, buses and even Squarebacks that can shock the hell out of the unsuspecting, but the Manx usually doesn’t fall into that category unless a Subaru or Corvair mill is fitted out back. Well, this one is all VW, and it’s got the speed, anger and violence of a surprised mountain lion that hasn’t eaten in a few days. It might “only” be making 450 horsepower, but it’s also pushing around “only” 1,300 pounds. In case the lesson has been forgotten, it goes like this: to go faster, you either increase power or decrease the weight being moved. This is an extreme example of what can happen when you attack the question of going faster from both ends of the argument.
Awesome – ladies and gentlemen I give you a new class of racing.
Enter Pro Buggy and God bless all who race in them….