The First 10sec pass by a VW in the world was on Sat the 16th and 17th of September 1972.
This WAS at Castlereigh.
This was at the track one week before the Australian Nationals(at Castlereigh..no Surfers!) in the 23/24th of September.
Actually the '72 Nats were at Surfers.
[ Edited on 9-8-2007 by dangerous ]
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Before i was born!
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
Just a minor correction but the 72 Nationals were at Surfers. My brother and I drove down from Rocky for the meeting. I can remember seeing this car (awesome sight and sound!) run so it must have been at this event.
Glenn
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
Looks like fun Dave!!
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mattie182 wrote:Just a minor correction but the 72 Nationals were at Surfers. My brother and I drove down from Rocky for the meeting. I can remember seeing this car (awesome sight and sound!) run so it must have been at this event.
Glenn
Ahh yes, Correct you are.
I am fairly confident that the previous week was when the first 10's were run in testing at Castlereigh.
If only I could get my hands on that issue of Rodsports(only saw the cover sheet)
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Very nice, sweet find.
Dave ,I have that one , was 17 September ,time trial pass 10.95 ,next runs 11.15et .Then in racing he ran 11.28 ,11.27 ,12.19 shut off pass ,then in semi-final 10.82 et ,then in final he raced, Pete Smith 427 Dodge / Anglia which had problems . Peter Keegan world quickest
B/G record was set at 11.28 et .
There was no mph writen anywhere .
All this was done at Sydney International Dragway
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What was the event Pete?
I get the 17th as a Sunday.
Perhaps it was a Sat qualify and Sunday race?
Thanks for the info!.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Very cool! Great research and great pics.It´s always fun to see the old 70´s racers come back to life.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Hi Guys & Gals,
First time post for me, just wondered if there is any more progress on this car. I live in Orange and have know Pete for more years than I care to remember. I crewed for him for a couple of years, while I was between cars myself. I was fortunate enough to go to New Zealand with Pete and the car, great times, the whole thing gives me great memories.
Any info would be great.
Regards Ross.
good to see you on here Ross
you should come up to Warwick next October n breath a bit of 1/8 mile asphelte into yr lungs like Pete
its a great weekend away
Hey Ross.
I dont believe it!
Great to see you here.
Anyone here heard of Spike Jones, used to run an SPG 2180 in the 70's, I think in a light rail.
I met him the other day at the local servo with his much modified 924. Wow what a character.
Matt
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
Thanks Dave,
I'd love to go to Warwick in October, but I have a date with the California HotRod Reunion at Bakersfield then, but I'll keep it in mind.
Matt Berry!!!! I thought you disapeared off the face of the earth, how are you mate? You see once these Bugs bite your infected for life, and no matter how hard you try, you just keep comeing back.
Spike Jones, yep, remember him well, he had a really light Dragster, a real nice guy, I used to race against him in the 70's, I think he came out of hill climbing to Drag Racing. Spike had some different ideas and was a real tough competitor.
Now can someone please take pitty on me and tell me how the restoration is going.😏
Regards Ross.
Currently the restoration is in a "hold Pattern",
until we can source a/the pan.
I still have a few of Peter's hand built parts from when I had his hill climb car,
like the sump, we found the front wheels and parts of the front axle, chute and mount, rear apron, engine and tranny braces etc,
and various engine parts that will make the engine look authentic.
Henry still has the blower and my manifold,
and Peter has hinted that the four 1.75" SU's and wier system may be available when we get close.
I still have a magneto, and the Wade cam among other parts, like rockers, barrels and clutch and flywheel.
I can have an engine and tranny together in no time flat,
so once we get a good pan and cage, the rest will happen fairly quickly.
Rod who owns the car has decided to go the "Camel" theme,
but is still undecided who might take on the paint work in the original style.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Thanks Dave,
It's great to hear that it's still a goer. I'm glad to hear that your going with the Camel theme.
Bob Dunn did the original paint work, maybe it would be worth contacting him as he is still a big fan, and I heard a rumor that he may be going to restore or recreate the AA/FA, so this project might get him going again.
Thanks again mate, I will watch with great interest.
Regards Ross.
Here is a photo from when Darrell ran it last around '01.
Stanley found the photo in his archives.
11.27@119 was its best.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Holy cow.... I do not believe you found this car!!!... That's totally mind blowing!..... Now if we could find 'Yo-Yo!' there could be dust up's a brewing once more.... I dunno if those two ever actually raced each other, but it sure would make a fantastic feature....
Bring it on fellas!
it actually ran a high 11 at surfers before it closed down, cant remember exactly what time it did but it was under 12
dangerous wrote:11.27@119 was its best.
Well into the elevens.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Think I have some more pics....i'll dig them out. From memory there was at least half a dozen quick volksies. This was the meet that I decided I wanted to build something and have ago....only took 7 years
dangerous wrote:Here is a photo from when Darrell ran it last around '01.
Stanley found the photo in his archives.
11.27@119 was its best.
dangerous wrote:so once we get a good pan and cage, the rest will happen fairly quickly.
What sort of pan are you after ?
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australiawhy do i suddenly feel old?i remember seeing this run many times, cant believe its last run was so many years ago, time flies!
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea
G'day Dave,
Any more updates on the project?
Thanks, regards Ross.
Hi Ross,
nothing significant in the progress yet.
Henry has given us back my old blower and manifolds,
so were just waiting on the floor pan to re- surface.
If we can not get it back we will have to do another.
DB
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Not a great pic, but I found this from Action Day at Surfers Paradise Raceway back in the 90's......
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
Ahh I remember that!! i couldn't even hear my van running over the noise of the chop top. Beat him over the first 40 feet till he almost went past on the back wheels LOL
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
Far out!! I've never seen Surfers like that !. I'm afraid Surfers just aint Surfers without the Dunlop bridge.🙅
I am pretty sure the Dunlop bridge was still there, (?),
but they moved the startline forward to get away from the pot holes.
You can imagine the run-off area was a bit short, (the reason I did not run).
Both Pagey and Yates were in the grass at the other end.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Yes I did make the first return road and beat Darryl back to the tower LOL.
bridge was gone by this stage and they moved the staging area forward by about 50-60 metres. where you lined up you could see the remnants of the old pre stage area with the 2 patches of rubber on either side of the track.
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
