A shekarun 1960, Beach Boys ne ke tafiyar da kamfanonin jiragen sama. Yin hawan igiyar ruwa sabon wasa ne mai kyau yayin da masu hawan igiyar ruwa marasa natsuwa ke ƙalubalantar tsoffin ra'ayoyi. Karo na farko da hakan ta faru shine lokacin da nake matashi.
Wani yanki da ya ga gagarumin sauyi shine motar. Manyan jiragen ruwa na shekarun 1950 sun ɓace, ga kuma sabuwar ƙaramar motar Volkswagen Beetle. Sun kasance iska mai daɗi, suna ƙarfafa sabbin tsararrun masu ƙirƙira su shiga al'adar hot rod. Ka yi tunanin tawaye ba tare da wani dalili ba sai dai da launin ruwan kasa.
Injiniya, mai zane, kuma mai zanen jirgin ruwa Bruce Meyers yana ɗaya daga cikin irin waɗannan masu zane. Meyers ya yi kuskuren ya yi amfani da tunaninsa na ban mamaki don ƙirƙirar motar tsere ta musamman ta zamanin, Meyers Manx.
Tare da Manx, an kawo wani kayan hawan doki na dune. Asalin samfurin "Old Red" yana da jikin fiberglass monocoque da kuma dakatarwa daga motar daukar kaya ta Chevrolet. Duk tsarin yana aiki ne da injin Volkswagen Lovesummer mai sanyaya iska mai silinda huɗu.
Lokacin da Ferdinand Porsche ya tsara ainihin Beetle bisa buƙatar Hitler, ya kafa harsashin Buggy ba da gangan ba. Manufar ita ce a ƙirƙiri abin hawa mai inganci kuma mai araha wanda zai iya tafiya a cikin 60 mph a kan sabbin hanyoyin mota da aka gina. Beetle farar hula tana da ɗan'uwan soja wanda 'yan Nazi suka sani da Type 82 Kübelwagen kuma ga yawancinmu muna da "The Thing", wanda ke da kama da Manx.
Tsohon Ja ya tabbatar da ƙarfin da ake da shi a wajen hanya a Baja Mexico, inda ya kafa tarihin sa'o'i 39 da mintuna 56 a tafiyar mil 1,000 daga Tijuana zuwa La Paz. Babu wanda ya yi imanin cewa hakan zai yiwu. Wannan tseren mai ƙarfi ya samo asali ne daga abin da muka sani a yau a matsayin Baja 1000, tseren da ya fi wahala a wajen hanya a Arewacin Amurka.
Daga 1964 zuwa 1971, ayyukan BF Meyers & Co sun kasance gajeru kuma masu daɗi. Saboda tsada da sarkakiyar kayan aikin asali, an sayar da kusan tsofaffin nau'ikan ja goma sha biyu kawai. A ƙarshe, Meyers sun yi watsi da dakatarwar Chevrolet, suna ƙera jiki wanda ya dace da tsarin VW na gargajiya.
Nan da nan, kayayyakin suka fara samuwa ga masu sha'awar kaya a faɗin ƙasar. Kamar jirgin ruwa, lanƙwasa masu santsi suna ba da ƙarfin tsarin da ake buƙata, yayin da shingen da aka yi da baka ke ba da damar yin amfani da tayoyin da ba a kan hanya ba. Tsarin kyanwa ya haifar da sunan Tsibiri na Man, wanda ya fito daga irin wannan ƙaramin kyanwa.
Labarin Tsibirin Man ya kai kololuwar shahararriyar al'adar pop ta hanyar littafin Thomas Crown na Steve McQueen. McQueen ta ɗauki jaruma Faye Dunway a cikin wani tafiya mai ban sha'awa ta cikin tuddan yashi na bakin teku na Massachusetts. Wannan yanayin ya kasance ne kawai a cikin fim ɗin 1968 don nuna yadda Thomas Crown yake da tauri. Misali, an sayar da ni.
A shekarar 1970, wani hukunci na kotu mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce ya canza komai. Alkalin ya yanke hukuncin cewa ƙirar Manx ba ta ƙarƙashin kariyar haƙƙin mallaka ba. Ba da daɗewa ba kasuwar ta cika da jabun jabu masu rahusa. Duk da yunƙurin yin samfura ga ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru kamar wuraren shakatawa da masu kare rayuka, BF Meyers & Co. ta dakatar da ayyukanta.
Duk da cewa an ƙera motocin farko guda 6,000 kacal, amma sun zaburar da tsararrun masu tsere a waje da hanya. Sigar bututun ƙarfe tana amfani da babban injin Corvette maimakon ƙaramin injin wutar lantarki na VW. Sun zama nau'in ATV a cikin tseren Baja na zamani mai ƙarfi.
A shekara ta 2000, kamfanin Meyers Manx Inc. ya farfado. Kamfanin ya fitar da wani sabon tsari mai inganci na ƙirar Meyers ta asali, wanda har yanzu ya dogara ne akan Volkswagen Beetle.
A shekarar 2023, kamfanin ya gabatar da Manx 2.0, wani nau'in lantarki mai nisan mil 300. Ya fi dacewa da Hollywood mai launin kore fiye da na gargajiya. Duk da cewa kamfanin bai sanya farashi a hukumance ba tukuna, sun ce motar lantarki ta mutane ne masu gidaje da yawa da motoci da yawa, don haka kun fahimci ra'ayin.
A gare ni, asalin Meyers Manx ya nuna mafarkin California. Manx, haɗewar al'adun rod mai zafi da hawan igiyar ruwa, yana nuna abin da zai iya faruwa lokacin da fasahar injiniya da fasaha suka haɗu suka zama ruhin tawaye.
Muna mai da hankali kan abin da ya fi muhimmanci a gare mu: wuraren da muke zuwa, mutanen da muke haɗuwa da su, al'adun da muke haɗuwa da su, abubuwan da ke jiran duk wanda ke son shiga cikin abin da ba a sani ba, da kuma nasarar da duniya ke samu na kiyaye yanayi don amfanin tsararraki masu zuwa.
Lokacin Saƙo: Maris-23-2023
