Kwiminyaka yoo-1960, iBeach Boys yayiqhuba iinqwelomoya. Ukusefa ngumdlalo omtsha omnandi njengoko abantwana abazalwa emva kwemini bephikisana neembono zakudala. Okokuqala ngqa oku kwenzeka xa ndandisemncinci.
Enye indawo ebone utshintsho olukhulu yimoto. Iinqanawa ezinkulu zomhlaba zeminyaka yoo-1950 azisekho, kwaye nantsi iVolkswagen Beetle entsha, encinci. Yayingumoya omtsha, ikhuthaza isizukulwana esitsha sabadali ukuba bajoyine inkcubeko ye-hot rod. Cinga ngokuvukela ngaphandle kwesizathu kodwa ngombala omdaka.
Unjineli, umzobi kunye nomyili weenqanawa uBruce Meyers ngomnye wabayili abanjalo. UMeyers wathabatha impazamo waza wasebenzisa ubuchule bakhe bokuyila imoto yomdyarho edumileyo yelo xesha, iMeyers Manx.
Kunye neManx kwafika nesixhobo sokulungisa iimoto zesanti. Imodeli yokuqala ethi “Old Red” yayinomzimba we-fiberglass monocoque kunye ne-suspension evela kwilori yeChevrolet pickup. Lonke olu lungiselelo luqhutywa yiVolkswagen Lovesummer ene-powertrain epholileyo ene-air-cooled four-cylinder.
Xa uFerdinand Porsche wayila iBeetle yokuqala ngesicelo sikaHitler, ngempazamo wabeka isiseko seBuggy. Ingcinga yayikukudala imoto ethembekileyo nefikelelekayo eyayinokuhamba ngesantya esingama-60 mph kwiindlela ezintsha ezakhiweyo. IBeetle eyayingumntu oqhelekileyo yayinomntakwabo wasemkhosini owaziwa ngamaNazi njengohlobo lwe-82 Kübelwagen kwaye uninzi lwethu luyi-"The Thing", efana kakhulu neManx.
I-Old Red ibonakalise ubuchule bale ngcamango yokuqhuba ngaphandle kwendlela eBaja Mexico, ibeka irekhodi leeyure ezingama-39 nemizuzu engama-56 kuhambo lweekhilomitha ezili-1,000 ukusuka eTijuana ukuya eLa Paz. Akukho mntu ngaphandle kwabakhweli beebhayisekile owayekholelwa ukuba oku kunokwenzeka. Olu gqatso olukhawulezayo lwaguquka lwaba yinto esiyaziyo namhlanje njengeBaja 1000, umdyarho onzima kakhulu ngaphandle kwendlela eMntla Melika.
Ukususela ngo-1964 ukuya ku-1971, imisebenzi yeBF Meyers & Co yayimfutshane kwaye imnandi. Ngenxa yexabiso eliphezulu kunye nobunzima bekhithi yokuqala, kwathengiswa malunga neshumi elinesibini kuphela leenguqulelo ezibomvu ezindala. Ekugqibeleni, uMeyers wayishiya iChevrolet suspension, wayila umzimba ohambelana kakuhle nesakhelo seVW sesiqhelo.
Ngoko nangoko, ezi zinto zafumaneka kubathandi kulo lonke ilizwe. Njengesikhephe, amagophe athambileyo anika ukuqina kwesakhiwo okufunekayo, ngelixa ama-arched fenders enika indawo yamatayara angaphandle kwendlela. Indlela ikati elime ngayo yaphefumlela igama elithi Isle of Man, elivela kwikati elincinane elifanayo.
I-Isle of Man ifikelele kwinqanaba layo eliphezulu lodumo lwenkcubeko ye-pop ngenoveli kaSteve McQueen ethi Thomas Crown. UMcQueen wathatha umdlali weqonga uFaye Dunway wahamba naye ngendlela eyonwabisayo kwiinduli zesanti zaseMassachusetts ezikunxweme lolwandle. Le mboniso yayikhona kuphela kwimuvi ka-1968 ukubonisa indlela awayenzima ngayo uThomas Crown. Umzekelo, ndathengiswa.
Ngo-1970, isigqibo senkundla esasiphikisanayo satshintsha yonke into. Ijaji yagqiba kwelokuba uyilo lweManx alunakukhuselwa yilungelo lokushicilela. Kungekudala imakethi yazaliswa ziimpahla zobuxoki ezingabizi kakhulu. Nangona kwakuzanywa ukwenza iimodeli zamaqela obuchwephesha afana neeholide kunye nabahlanguli bobomi, iBF Meyers & Co. yayeka imisebenzi yayo.
Nangona zenziwe iimoto zokuqala ezingama-6,000 kuphela, zaphefumlela isizukulwana sonke sabagijimi abangekho endleleni. Inguqulelo yentsimbi esebenzisa injini enkulu yeCorvette endaweni yesityalo samandla seVW esincinci. Ziye zaba ludidi lwee-ATV kumdyarho weBaja wanamhlanje onzima.
Ngowama-2000 iMeyers Manx Inc. yavuselelwa. Le nkampani yakhupha uhlobo oluphezulu loyilo lokuqala lukaMeyers, olusekelwe kwiVolkswagen Beetle.
Ngowama-2023, inkampani iza kwazisa iManx 2.0, uhlobo lombane oluhamba ngeekhilomitha ezingama-300. Ilungele ngakumbi iHollywood eluhlaza kuneeklasikhi ezidumileyo. Nangona inkampani ingekabeki xabiso lisemthethweni okwangoku, bathi imoto yombane yeyabantu abazizityebi abanezindlu ezininzi kunye neemoto ezininzi, ngoko ke uyayifumana ingcamango.
Kum, iMeyers Manx yokuqala yayibonisa iphupha laseCalifornia. Ukudibana kwenkcubeko ye-hot rod kunye ne-surf, iManx ibonisa oko kunokwenzeka xa ubunjineli kunye nobuchule bobugcisa zidityaniswe zibe ngumoya wokuvukela.
Sigxila kwizinto ezibalulekileyo kuthi: iindawo esiya kuzo, abantu esidibana nabo, iinkcubeko esidibana nazo, amabali alindele nabani na ofuna ukungena kwindawo angayaziyo, kunye nempumelelo yehlabathi yokugcina indalo ngenxa yezizukulwana ezizayo.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Matshi-23-2023
