Decoding a Meyers Manx Data Tag

Posted September 20, 2018

The Meyers Manx buggy is all about having fun, but with steadily climbing sale prices, the Manx is starting to be taken a bit more seriously. If you’re buying, restoring or valuing a Manx buggy, its original configuration could mean everything, and to find that information, you have to turn to the factory Meyers Manx data tag.

Like full-fledged production auto manufacturers, Meyers Manx listed critical information about its product on a metal data tag using a series of numbers and letters. If your data tag remains with your Manx today and is still legible, you can quickly find the model of your body, the month and year the body was finished, its production number and its factory color. The following is the best available information for decoding your Manx data tag gathered from the top Manx forums. For proof of concept, we’ll decode a random Manx VIN here that we found online.

The tag we’ll be decoding today reads as follows: M2499J812E. Comparing the information here to our Manx data tag, we get the following breakdown:

M = Manx*

2499 = Production number*

J = October

9 = 1969

12 E = Fuchsia Metalflake

Why the asterisk? Well, it signifies that we’re unclear on whether our Manx VIN details a Manx II, or if our Manx was number 2,499 off the production line. To find out, we’d have to have the buggy in front of us to make some measurements and look at the rear seating area and hood. However, the spacing on the tag suggests that this is indeed number 2,499.

Compare your tag to the information below to decipher your Manx body’s original specification. Note, there are a few missing codes across all sources.