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The VW-based dune/beach buggy concept could not have come from anywhere else but California. The original idea came to Bruce Meyers in the early 1960s, and by 1965 he had already hand-built 12 prototypes in his shop – he was formerly a boat builder with a background as an engineer and artist, and he admits that he “spent a lot of time in school.â€
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- New Vw T6-based California Camper Van Unveiled
Following the world debut of the sixth-generation Transporter in April, VW has now unveiled the California camper version. Available in three equipment lines (Beach, Coast and Ocean), the VW California can already be ordered in Germany, where prices...
- Iaa 2011: Volkswagen Buggy Up! Study Is Ready To Hit The Beach
The world premiere of Volkswagen's new Up! mini in Frankfurt did not involve only the production version as the German company also unwrapped a variety of concept models based on the small city car. The most impressive study is the Buggy Up! that...
- Bodacious Moke For All The Hodaddies* In The Hood
As originally envisioned, the Mini Moke was supposed to be a home-grown Willys Jeep for the British Army. As finally built, the Moke lacked the ground clearance and ruggedness to be of much use to the British army, but made waves as a low cost, easy...
- La Show: Vw Race Touareg V12 Tdi Trophy Truck
This dune monster is the VW Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck and it will run the 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. As you may have already guessed, the race buggy doesn't share anything in common with the...
- Humbug: Vw Dune Buggy Gets Hammered...
Mother bugger! Meet the micro Hammer or, as its current owner prefers you call it, the Humbug. Based on a ’69 VW Dune Buggy this totally street-legal, dwarflike replica of the Hummer H1 is equipped with a 1.6L Volkswagen engine. We don’t...
Cars
Man Behind the Original VW Beach Buggy Explains his Creation
The VW-based dune/beach buggy concept could not have come from anywhere else but California. The original idea came to Bruce Meyers in the early 1960s, and by 1965 he had already hand-built 12 prototypes in his shop – he was formerly a boat builder with a background as an engineer and artist, and he admits that he “spent a lot of time in school.â€
Read more »
- New Vw T6-based California Camper Van Unveiled
Following the world debut of the sixth-generation Transporter in April, VW has now unveiled the California camper version. Available in three equipment lines (Beach, Coast and Ocean), the VW California can already be ordered in Germany, where prices...
- Iaa 2011: Volkswagen Buggy Up! Study Is Ready To Hit The Beach
The world premiere of Volkswagen's new Up! mini in Frankfurt did not involve only the production version as the German company also unwrapped a variety of concept models based on the small city car. The most impressive study is the Buggy Up! that...
- Bodacious Moke For All The Hodaddies* In The Hood
As originally envisioned, the Mini Moke was supposed to be a home-grown Willys Jeep for the British Army. As finally built, the Moke lacked the ground clearance and ruggedness to be of much use to the British army, but made waves as a low cost, easy...
- La Show: Vw Race Touareg V12 Tdi Trophy Truck
This dune monster is the VW Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck and it will run the 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. As you may have already guessed, the race buggy doesn't share anything in common with the...
- Humbug: Vw Dune Buggy Gets Hammered...
Mother bugger! Meet the micro Hammer or, as its current owner prefers you call it, the Humbug. Based on a ’69 VW Dune Buggy this totally street-legal, dwarflike replica of the Hummer H1 is equipped with a 1.6L Volkswagen engine. We don’t...