{"id":5811,"date":"2001-01-31T20:56:15","date_gmt":"2001-01-31T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2001\/01\/31\/dune-buggy-californias-gold-3002\/"},"modified":"2001-01-31T20:56:15","modified_gmt":"2001-01-31T20:56:15","slug":"dune-buggy-californias-gold-3002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2001\/01\/31\/dune-buggy-californias-gold-3002\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune Buggy &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (3002)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in a Southern California garage in 1963 something amazing was happening. A 37 year old Bruce Meyers was building a car that would that would become an icon, the Meyers Manx&#8230; better know as the Dune Buggy. This simple car really spring-boarded &#8220;off-road&#8221; racing into the huge sport it is today, cutting more than 5 hours of the previous Baja 1000 record in its 1st try. This in turn caught the eye of Hollywood: Elvis, Lucy &amp; Desi, Scooby-Doo all had to have one.<\/p>\n<p>To quote Road and track from 1976, &#8220;The Manx has to rank as one of the most significant and influential cars of all time. It started more fads, attracted more imitators&#8230; and was recognized as a genuine sculpture, a piece of art.&#8221; Join Huell as he gets many smiles per mile with Bruce Meyers, and a bunch of Meyers Manx owners as they trek through the So. Cal. landscape.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/video.chapman.edu\/V\/Video?v=9864921&amp;node=43285145&amp;a=203460172&amp;preload=false\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in a Southern California garage in 1963 something amazing was happening. 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