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It's fiberglass Friday and today we would like to spotlight one of our customer's builds! Keith Steckenfinger is a good friend of the company and an all-around buggy guy! Earlier this year he came up to our shop to order a new Nostalgia body For a chassis that he had been building the nothing he was sure of was the color he wanted! one thing he did know is he didn't want a color that you see all the time. Luckily we had made some Wagon Buggy bodies in colors that we have never made bodies in just for the fun of it! As soon as he saw the Cinnamon he knew that was it! One of the cool things about this build is the pride that Keith took in the Berrien Buggy name. As you can see Keith did a lot of custom touches on this to make it his! It is always great to see the build that comes out of a customer's garage! Remember we always love to see and share your builds!

We had a great weekend in Carlisle with all of our fellow Dune Buggy friends we went on a few Cruises including to Buddy Boy Winery as well as the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing! There was also a lot of fun with the Valve cover racing on Friday and Saturday night! The Monster and Puzzle Manx had a very nice display where lots of people could see what a buggy looks like when it goes through the Baja (fun fact that is only one day of dust)! We ever were able to have a small Berrien Family Reunion on the stage after the racing!

Today is the first day of the Carlisle import and performance nationals and we are already 20 buggies strong… a few Berrien’s already there and more to come! If you decide to come don’t forget your Valve Cover Race Car for the Acme Cup races!

We've been posting a whole lot about our off-road buggies this past week but we thought today we would share one of our customer's Street buggies that stopped by! This buggy has made quite the trip to show up just a few minutes from our shop! This was the first-ever Black Stratosphere Nostalgia that was ever made after the color was chosen by the group of dune buggy enthusiasts that came to Carlisle 2 years ago! It was then picked up by our dealer Dan's Custom Upholstery in Alton IL who then sold the body to a customer to build! the customer built a beautiful buggy but for some reason choose to sell it which is when Tim saw the buggy listed and just had to have it! The funny part is it just so happens that Tim lives here in New Cumberland right down the road from our Shop! To bring the story of this car to a fitting ending Tim is planning on bringing this buggy into the Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals this weekend where the whole idea of this special color was birthed 2 years ago! Hopefully, we will get to see some of you as well this weekend in Carlisle where there will be over 30 buggies on display not only including this buggy but also many other buggies that we have shared photos of in our posts such as Andy's Lime Green Nostalgia, as well as Joe Wheelers Puzzle Manx and our Monster Manx Fresh of the Baja race course!

Yesterday was the last day of racing for all of the teams down in the Baja! All teams were able to finish the race which is a feat in and of itself! History was made when Best day Ever racing passed the finish line in the Puzzle Manx as they are the first-ever all-female team to complete the Mexican 1000 all while racing awareness for breast cancer! Today we would like to shout out a few people, not only all the teams that banded together to make sure they all can make it to the finish line but also those team members that you don't see! firstly the whole crew in all of the chase vehicles without them the teams would be running out of gas and probably not able to make it down to peninsula! Next, all the people who were not able to go to Mexico with the teams this year, but still tracked and kept in communication with the teams to make sure they say save as well as giving updates on the teams every day! Congratulations to all the teams that have completed the race!

—— NORRA UPDATE —— Today is the final day of racing down in the Baja from La Paz down to Cabo! Yesterday was a good hard day out in the sand! BNR in the Monster Manx ran an almost perfect day with no issues the whole day! The Girls drove the Puzzle Manx hard through the first special of the day but while in transit to the second special had some Fuel delivery issues. Although they were able to get the issue fixed they decided to just take max time due to safety concerns! Now we'd like to shout out all the other Manx Club racing teams as we are all working together to make sure that we all reach the finish line! Today the Monster Manx will be starting at 11:07:00 (1:07 EDT) and will be piloted by Tyler Imschweiler co piloted by Chris Lewis for the first three stages then John Mickle President of the Acme Companies will be taking over the driving duties for the final leg of the race to Cabo with Paul Mabin as the co pilot! Best Day Ever Racing will be taking off at 11:16:30 (1:16:30 EDT)! Good luck to all racing today! . . . Photo credit: Lori Ann Dario, Scott Bussard, and Tyler Imschweiler

--- NORRA RACE UPDATE --- Yesterday was the longest stage yet with 422 miles of racing which both cars made it threw relatively unscathed! luckily they were supplied with plenty of beverages at the finish line to quench their thirst! The Monster Manx was piloted threw those many miles of fast racing by Bud Zeller for the first half and Chris Lewis for the second half! It seems as though the coyote on the Monster's hood is attracting some new fans of the K-9 variety! The Monster will start the day off at 10:42:30 (12:42:30 EDT) being piloted by Tyler Imsschweiler and co-piloted by Bud Zeller! BDE and the Puzzle Manx will be starting at 10:52:00 (12:52:00 EDT) piloted by Lucy White and copiloted by Nancy Koval!

--- NORRA RACE UPDATE --- Yesterday was another good, but challenging day down in the Baja from all accounts that we have been able to get! There were lots of rocks, loose stuff, and silt that the teams had to traverse through on the course! To the best of our knowledge (there is very little communication possible in the area that they are in) there were no major issues from either of our teams! Although from some of the photos that have made their way to us it looks as though the Monster decided to pick up a few hitchhiking cacti! The teams will start today on their longest leg yet with around 400 miles to make it to Loreto! Bad News Racing will be starting at 10:02:00!

And they are off to the races!