Cliff Cooper, founder of orangeamplifiers, on producing Manxes at the height of buggy culture in the UK — “Beach buggies were very much the ‘in thing’ in London around 1970. The idea originated in America, where they’re known as ‘Dune Buggies’. They were invented in the 1960s by a Californian boat builder named Bruce Meyers, who had pioneered the use of fibreglass for vessels. Meyers then had the idea of using the material to build a lightweight off-road car based on a Volkswagen chassis, and the Dune Buggy was born. I read about this at the time, and I was intrigued. It was a nice coincidence that the colour of the first dune buggy Bruce designed and began marketing in the mid-1960s – the ‘Meyers Manx’ – was a deep orange colour. The Orange Beach Buggy soon became a well known sight around London.” Part 2/2 📷: orangeamplifiers #meyersmanx #smilesformiles #london #orangeamps