A couple of Meyers-Manx dune buggies at the MidAmerica Motorworks Air-cooled Funfest.
The main buggy in the movie has a Subaru engine installed in the rear. The body had to be totally reshaped to accommodate the air intakes. Turn up the speakers and the sub-woofer for this video.
The next shot is from the Dune Buggy build-off. A team of people were building a dune buggy from the ground-up in less than three days. MidAmerica was helping them with parts throughout the process, as some were found to be damaged during the build.
The music adds to the excitement of the whole thing – don’t you think?
and of course, a few seconds of a really nice dune buggy mod – i love the sound that this one puts out. Loud volume works well on this one too . . .
I am trying to locate the owner of the yellow manx styly bodied car at this years VW Feast in Effingham, that had the mid engine. as I recall, the owner was a “former miliary tank mechanic” and was from Wisconsin. name or phone number if you can help
Gene
Hi, My name is Harry Heydon and I am a beetle enthusiast living in South Africa. I own a stock 1966 1300cc (under restoration) and a stock looking ’66 model powered by a modified golf (rabbit) 1800 8v motor and fitted with disc brakes. You can visit me at http://www.vwperformance.blogspot.com/ and get a glimpse of what S.A VW lovers are all about.
Of course, I think that we all are united in our enjoyment of these endearing little cars and it has been my experience that true blue car lovers seem to be a lot friendlier than mere mortals!
Kind regards to you all
Harry Heydon (Rev)
I use to have a 73 super beetle with a 1600 dual port and would drive it in the winter. Then when summer came around I would take the motor out and put it in my street legal dune buggy for the summer. How funny that it only took a few hours to take the motor out of the beetle and put it the dune buggy. Great post Beetle Fan, It really brings back memories.