This image is from an old "Volkswagen Spectacular" (Valla) program from 1993.
Boris from Vintage Vee Dub Supplies giving a Ford GT40 replica some hurry up in a Targa Tasmania.
Spyder-WISD 07-09-05 11.6s @ 125 MPH
Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH
Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.
ha! how do you explain that?
I guess if I had a genuine GT40 I'd be nursing it too... humiliating though.
Maybe its just one of those funny caption photos
& the reverse actually happened !
heheh go bug go
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nahh the article ses that
"the beetle chasing a ford gt40 replica,
the beetle overtook it before the next corner, and beat it in the placings, beetle 40th ford 105th"
so the beetle did kill the gt40
the gt40's prob gotta stock datsun 1200 in it
Gehts notch?
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i dunno if people can see it properly
Gehts notch?
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Spyder-WISD 07-09-05 11.6s @ 125 MPH
Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH
Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.
mmm. will have to mock up a version without the caption so it looks like the beetle is racing a REAL GT40!😀
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
don't ya just love it!😀
typ-fre wrote:the gt40's prob gotta stock datsun 1200 in it
Never mind the GT40 Replica what has the Beetle got in the back of it?
I have a Pulsar GTiR with a 2lt turbo and AWD and my car would have troubles doing a low 13's pass down the 1/4 and that bug is doing 13.26?
Tim
here's the spec of the Targa car (1993?)
along with the other car that did the London-Sydney.
Spyder-WISD 07-09-05 11.6s @ 125 MPH
Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH
Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.
Pretty impressive when you think about it as there is no Turbo and all the electronics to go with it (EFI, ECU, AFM, TPS etc etc).
Though with new rods, cams, valves, spring, forged pistons etc it's one expensive little engine that Beetles got so it would wanna go fast!
At the moment I's just settle for a new clutch! Anyone wanna install one for me for free? I'd love you forever! :kiss Even take you for a ride round the block!
Tim
That was Doug Shepherd's GT40. He built it after building a couple of Cobras and I believe it was not far off an og one in HP. But yes that beetle of Boris' went like the clappers. I watched it absolutely flog Ferraris, Mustangs, Aston Martins, Porsches and a Lancia Stratos factory rally car around Symmons Plains. Very embarrasing for the big buck boys toys. volma1
They are still there, just have faith you'll find one.
