Four-Links – Bruce Meyers, car-engined bikes, Lotus Carlton, Maserati museum

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* So far, it’s been a pretty good year for Bruce Meyers. His original Manx dune buggy has been added to the National Register of Historic Vehicles, and he’s going to tackle the Mexican 1000 one more time. Blake Z. Rong over at Autoweek penned quite the profile of the man in advance of his Mexico adventure.

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* The number of motorcycles powered by car engines goes far beyond the Boss Hosses and E.J. Potter’s mad creations, as we see from Good Spark Garage’s roundup, which includes Norm Grabowski’s Corvair-powered custom above.

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* What makes the Lotus Carlton – like the one that popped up for sale on Hemmings.com this past week – so legendary? For the answer, turn to Mike Spinelli’s story on the Carlton’s one-time infamy in Britain over on Jalopnik.

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* From Jesse Bowen, the justacarguy guy, plenty of pictures and info about one of the greatest Maserati collections and displays outside Modena.

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* Finally, on Diseno Art, a roundup of 10 of the most oddball race cars to turn a wheel in anger.