Bruce Meyers Autographing the back of my Meyers Manx Buggy

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Northwoods Resort at Big Bear CA

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Crossing the Mojave Desert at 123* F

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Crossing the Mojave

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Kingman AZ

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Joe, what's it like pounding out the miles across the USA in one of those? Is it tough on the old backbone, buttbone, neckbone, etc.?

And in the summertime, too... without A/C, is it a struggle to balance adequate hydration with adequate whizzer breaks?







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Getting some Dino Juice at Cline's Corners NM

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Sweet, Glen... but how did you manage to have these two... "POSITIVLY NO SMOKING" and "GRAND Funk"... so close to each other?

I would think that one of them would spontaneously combust because of incongruity if you know what I mean.
:eek::D:eek:

It was actually easy. I hand built a tube chassis raising the body, moving the seats rearward, stretched the body for more leg room, bought some real comfortable aftermarket seats, double roll caged the buggy and it turned out heavy at 2000 pounds. Aired the tires for 15 pounds Front and 18 pounds rear. Very smooth ride. Enlarged the fuel tank to 13.5 gallons, but we stopped every 2 hours for fuel and to stretch as a group. I built a 2165 cc VW Air Cooled based engine for enough torque to pull the mountains with ease. In 5984 miles in 18 days, I averaged 21.6 MPG.

For the heat, we bought the SPF High Tech cooling clothing and in the Deserts used the Frog Toggs cooling rags around the neck/chest and it wasn't that bad. The hail we ran through in between Gunnison CO and Page AZ did take us by surprise.

I went on a off road run in CA and the dust was horrible. When I made it back to WV, I still had dust on the top of the roll cage inside the buggy.

Best trip I have ever made in my life, and if I can afford it next year, I will do it again. We will run the northern route through MI, WI, MT, ID, OR, WA and then south on the PCH to Big Bear Lake next year.

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Coming into Albuquerque NM. One of the most beautiful cities we passed through.

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I liked TX speed limit!

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