Dirtsports, November 1st, 2007
DATELINE:
VIC WILSON AND TED MANGELS HEADING SOUTH TO LA PAZ NOVEMBER 1967
THE BACKSTORY:
While a motorcycle may have been the first to establish a record run down Baja, the first four-wheel vehicle to beat that time is the Meyers Manx.
By 1967, Bruce Meyers had been refining and perfecting his innovative car to the point where it had been embraced not only by the public, but also by an adventurist named John Crean. Crean, who would later go on to build Fleetwood Enterprises, an empire of RV dealerships, was an avid outdoorsman. When he heard of the latest record put forth by the Ekins cre...
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