Brian Thompson fastie

I was wondering what happened to Brian Thompson's fastie


http://aussieroadracing.homestead.com/thompsonvw-450.jpg

It was pulled to peices and the running gear went to NZ where it went back into a F5000 open wheeler and the shell was burnt on a farm that Brian owned at the time as he couldn't stand the thought of someone trying to bodge it back together without the F5000 running gear .
I have picture somewhere of Brian and the burnt out shell together as extracted from a magazine a few years back

I think this is the picture your refering to

That's a shame. Very cool car.
Thanks for info

There was a 13 page write up about Bryan Thompson and his car in Australian Muscle Car magazine issue 40 NOV/DEC 2008

According to the article in 1999 he set fire to ii on his sheparton property.

I remember seeing it run at Calder Park, in competition with Bob Janes Monaro amonst others; spectacular car, a little short in wheelbase to be very stable; well suited to the tight Calder track.

To the uninitiated like me, what was the history with this car? What made it so special?
Cheers

azzatron wrote:To the uninitiated like me, what was the history with this car? What made it so special?
Cheers

VW Fastback body on a rear-engine tube frame chassis from a Formula 5000 (5 litre V8) open wheeler; these sports sedans were spectacular and had a very competitive class with a lot of variety of approaches; nothing like the milk-toast blandness of V8 supercars today where only the paint and badges distinguish any two cars.

hth

hth

At the time it was built the shell was brand new from Volkswagen Australia

I saw it, body intact, a bit sad-looking, minus engine & trans, in the early 90's. It was however mostly yellow in color as I recall, not mainly black as shown above. Maybe it was painted yellow later on ? It was behind his private car museum, and was definitely THE car (we asked). We were told it was awaiting possible restoration, at that time.