VALE BRUCE MEYERS

One of the automotive industry’s most original and innovative characters, Bruce Meyers, has died. A pioneer of the dune buggy movement in the 1960s and a force in the growth of American off-road racing in the same period, Meyers passed away on 19 February from a blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome. WATER, THEN WHEELS Born on 12 March, 1926 in Los Angeles, Bruce Meyers was introduced to the auto industry at a young age, as his mechanic father knew Henry Ford and helped establish Ford dealerships in California and other US states. It was surfing and the sea that held Meyers’s interest, though, leading him to drop out of school and enlist in the US Navy while still a teenager. Serving on the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, Meyers survived a kamikaze attack…

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Just Cars (Digital) - 1 Issue, #306 21-10

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