He waka hopu hiko

I ngā tau 1960, ko ngā Beach Boys te kaiwhakahaere o ngā kamupene rererangi. He hākinakina hou te he'e nalu, nā te mea ka werohia e ngā whānau pēpi pōuri ngā ariā tawhito. Ko te wā tuatahi i tupu ai tēnei i taku taiohitanga.
Ko tētahi wāhanga kua kite i ngā panonitanga nui ko te motuka. Kua ngaro ngā waka nui o te tekau tau atu i 1950, ā, anei te Volkswagen Beetle hou, iti ake. He hau hou ēnei, he mea whakahihiko i tētahi whakatipuranga hou o ngā kaihanga ki te uru atu ki te ahurea waka tere. Whakaarohia te whakakeke mō te kore take engari me te parauri.
Ko Bruce Meyers, he miihini, he kaitoi, he kaihoahoa kaipuke hoki, tētahi o aua kaihoahoa. I tangohia e Meyers te hapa, ā, i whakamahia e ia tōna whakaaro porangi hei hanga i te motuka reihi rongonui o taua wā, te Meyers Manx.
I te taha o te Manx i tae mai he kete waka onepū. Ko te tauira taketake o "Old Red" he tinana monocoque fiberglass me te whakatārewatanga mai i te taraka pikapu Chevrolet. Ko te pūnaha katoa e whakakahangia ana e te pūnaha hiko hau-whakamatao-hau o Volkswagen Lovesummer.
I te wā i hangaia ai e Ferdinand Porsche te Beetle taketake i runga i te tono a Hitler, i whakatakoto pōhēhētia e ia te turanga mō te Buggy. Ko te whakaaro he waihanga i tētahi waka pono, utu hoki e taea ai te haere i te 60 maero ia hāora i runga i ngā huarahi hou. He teina hōia tō te Beetle tūmatanui i mōhiotia e ngā Nazi ko te Type 82 Kübelwagen, ā, ki te nuinga o tātou ko "The Thing", he tino rite ki te Manx.
I whakamātauhia e Old Red ngā āheinga o te ariā ki waho o te rori i Baja Mexico, me te whakatakoto i te rekoata o te 39 hāora me te 56 meneti i roto i te haerenga 1,000 maero mai i Tijuana ki La Paz. Kāore he tangata i whakapono ka taea tēnei engari ko ngā kaieke motopaika anake. I whanake tēnei oma tere ki te mea e mōhiotia ana e tātou i ēnei rā ko te Baja 1000, te reihi tino uaua ki waho o te rori i Amerika Te Raki.
Mai i te tau 1964 ki te tau 1971, he poto noa iho ngā mahi a BF Meyers & Co. Nā te nui o te utu me te uaua o te kete taketake, tata ki te tekau mā rua noa iho ngā putanga whero tawhito i hokona. I te mutunga, ka whakarērea e Meyers te whakatārewatanga Chevrolet, ka hangaia he tinana e uru pai ana ki te anga VW tuku iho.
I taua wā tonu, ka wātea ngā taonga ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai puta noa i te motu. Pērā i te poti, ka whakaratohia e ngā piko maeneene he pakari hanganga e tino hiahiatia ana, ko ngā parirau piko ka whakarato wāhi mō ngā potae o waho o te huarahi. Nā te tū o ngā ngeru i whakaaweawe te ingoa o Isle of Man, i ahu mai i tētahi ngeru rite te iti.
I eke te Moutere o Man ki tōna taumata rongonui o te ahurea rongonui i te pukapuka a Steve McQueen, a Thomas Crown. I haria e McQueen te kaiwhakaari a Faye Dunway i runga i tētahi haerenga whakahihiri i roto i ngā onepū o te takutai moana o Massachusetts. I kitea noa tēnei wāhanga i roto i te kiriata o te tau 1968 hei whakaatu i te pakari o Thomas Crown. Hei tauira, i tino hiahia ahau ki te whai i a ia anō.
I te tau 1970, i puta he whakatau tautohenga a te kooti i whakarerekē i ngā mea katoa. I whakatau te kaiwhakawā kāore te hoahoa Manx i raro i te mana pupuri. Kāore i roa ka waipuketia te mākete e ngā mea rūpahu iti ake te utu. Ahakoa ngā nganatanga ki te hanga tauira mō ngā rōpū ngaio pēnei i ngā wāhi hararei me ngā kaitiaki ora, ka mutu ngā mahi a BF Meyers & Co.
Ahakoa e 6,000 noa iho ngā motuka taketake i hangaia, i whakaaweawe i tētahi whakatipuranga katoa o ngā kaiwhakataetae waka-kore. Ko te putanga ngongo maitai e whakamahi ana i tētahi miihini Corvette nui hei utu mō tētahi pūnaha hiko VW kiato. Kua noho ēnei hei wāhanga o ngā ATV i roto i ngā reihi Baja hou.
I te tau 2000 ka ara ake anō a Meyers Manx Inc. I tukuna e te kamupene tētahi putanga papai, ātaahua hoki o te hoahoa taketake a Meyers, i ahu mai tonu i te Volkswagen Beetle.
I te tau 2023, ka whakaurua e te kamupene te Manx 2.0, he putanga hiko e 300 maero te tawhiti. He pai ake mō ngā waka Hollywood matomato i ngā waka tawhito. Ahakoa kāore anō kia whakaritea e te kamupene he utu mana, e ai ki a rātou ko te waka hiko he mea mō te hunga whai rawa he maha ngā whare me ngā waka maha, nō reira kua mārama koe ki te whakaaro.
Ki ahau nei, ko te Meyers Manx taketake te tauira o te moemoeā o California. He whakakotahitanga o te ahurea hot rod me te ahurea he'e nalu, e whakaatu ana a Manx i ngā mea ka puta ina hanumi te hangarau me te pūkenga toi hei wairua tutu.
Ka arotahi mātou ki ngā mea tino nui ki a mātou: ngā wāhi e haerehia ana e mātou, ngā tāngata e tūtaki ana mātou, ngā ahurea e tūtaki ana mātou, ngā mahi mōrearea e tatari ana ki te hunga e hiahia ana ki te takahi i te mea ngaro, me te angitu o te ao ki te tiaki i te taiao hei painga mō ngā reanga kei te heke mai.