Charles Manson Buggies

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:53 pm

I was watching a show on tv yesterday, I think it was called Infamous Murders. In the show it stated that the "family" supported itself by stealing VWs and converting them to dune buggies. I knew they had buggies but didn't know they built and sold them. Anyone know what kind they built, anyone have one, pictures, etc. A documented Manson buggy would be a creepy piece of history. Every time I see an old picture of a golden orange Manx I wonder if it could be mine. I don't believe Bruce kept any records of serial numbers and where they went. I could be wrong. It seems a lot of famous/infamous buggies have been lost over the years.

Post by **vincent9993** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:35 pm

Here is another Orange one for your book of history:

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:19 pm

They are easy to spot because they have an upside down cross on the hood and a bong built into the dash board..

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:35 pm

I have been curious about this myself. There's lots of information about Manson out there, but very little about the buggies.

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:10 am

In the book "Helter Skelter" there are some pics of these buggies and they look like nothing more than a VW Beetle with it's body removed.

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:29 am

From various things I have read, I thought they did more with Baja Bugs then FG buggys.