This was the 1981 Comalco Sports Sedan Championships.
http://vimeo.com/50871885
HappyDaze ·
Aussieveedubbers · VW Circuit Racing
My old Sports Sedan
https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/99190/my-old-sports-sedan
VDUBXTC ·
Bizarre ·
impressive stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍
matberry ·
Now that car I remember well Greg. Think I even watched that race, back in the day. 👍👍👍
HappyDaze ·
Thanks for that......I'm learning [slowly].
Cheers, Greg
68AutoBug ·
YIKES GREG
Great stuff and a nice looking Beetle...
engine not in front of the rear axle..
no turbo
Not A porsche engine
a VW engine 1968cc with a 5 speed gearbox
and NO Sponsor...
Great stuff Young Greg Mackie
Loved it
LEE
Great stuff and a nice looking Beetle...
engine not in front of the rear axle..
no turbo
Not A porsche engine
a VW engine 1968cc with a 5 speed gearbox
and NO Sponsor...
Great stuff Young Greg Mackie
Loved it
LEE
waveman1500 ·
Awesome! What a legend.
cnfabo ·
That's cool,what five speed was in it greg
vw54 ·
the Amaroo Park days
vassy66T1 ·
Awesome stuff!
I remember the telecasts from those days 👍
I remember the telecasts from those days 👍
sander288 ·
Great video Greg; you need to get all the footage up!
HappyDaze ·
Mk IV Hewland, Cris, with a 40hp diff [no LSD]. Beetle drive-shafts and stub-axles. As it was around 160 hp, there were no problems with the drive, although a 'heavy' clutch was needed to prevent slip. As you can see in the clip, it got away well, while the V8s were smoking their tyres.cnfabo wrote:That's cool,what five speed was in it greg
PAZZAN ·
Is that car still at powertune in his showroom looks the same as the one I saw there a few years back ,what lap times did you get down to👍
HappyDaze ·
Same car. I sold it to him in 1981, and although i have tried to buy it back, he won't sell. It should be driven, not just allowed to sit and rot.👎
Got into high 53s at Amaroo.
Got into high 53s at Amaroo.
colin ·
Thanks Greg for posting that vid of you racing at Amaroo.
Brings back alot of memorys of dad taking me there to watch the car racing when i was a little tacker.
I remember one time Dad took me with his mate Stan Adler, did you ever meet Stan? good bloke.
We came across Dick johnson and Dad said hello, Dick remembered racing against Dad so he let me sit in his race car.
It was the mighty Ford Cosworth Sierra. Remember that day like it was yesterday, i was only 9 or 10 years old. What a shame Amaroo is no more.
Cheers Col
Brings back alot of memorys of dad taking me there to watch the car racing when i was a little tacker.
I remember one time Dad took me with his mate Stan Adler, did you ever meet Stan? good bloke.
We came across Dick johnson and Dad said hello, Dick remembered racing against Dad so he let me sit in his race car.
It was the mighty Ford Cosworth Sierra. Remember that day like it was yesterday, i was only 9 or 10 years old. What a shame Amaroo is no more.
Cheers Col
PAZZAN ·
53s around amaroo thats impressive , was it swing axle ?
cam070 ·
Classic footage. There used to be a car that looked like that in the showroom at powertune years ago.
HappyDaze ·
Col, I see Stan from time to time - he lives in Qld now, and still drives the 911 in historics. How's Brian?
Paul, not swing-axle 😂. The body & pan were '69 'S', with f'glass front & rear. Drive off the Hewland was Beetle shafts and CVs. I fabricated rear uprights from the trailing arms, turned 90 degrees, and cut down. Front and rear wishbones were also fabricated, with rose joints. Stock 'S' front brakes and Fiat rear. Even though it went against the grain, I used a Mini steering rack🙄. Mawer 13" wheels, with S/H slicks.
Paul, not swing-axle 😂. The body & pan were '69 'S', with f'glass front & rear. Drive off the Hewland was Beetle shafts and CVs. I fabricated rear uprights from the trailing arms, turned 90 degrees, and cut down. Front and rear wishbones were also fabricated, with rose joints. Stock 'S' front brakes and Fiat rear. Even though it went against the grain, I used a Mini steering rack🙄. Mawer 13" wheels, with S/H slicks.
PAZZAN ·
4agedub ·
Very nice!!!! That beetle of yours seems to have handled real good.
1303Steve ·
Its one in the samecam070 wrote:Classic footage. There used to be a car that looked like that in the showroom at powertune years ago.
matberry ·
from p1
PAZZAN wrote:Is that car still at powertune in his showroom looks the same as the one I saw there a few years back ,what lap times did you get down to👍
HappyDaze wrote:Same car. I sold it to him in 1981, and although i have tried to buy it back, he won't sell. It should be driven, not just allowed to sit and rot.👎
Got into high 53s at Amaroo.
cam070 ·
How do we get him to sell it so it doesn't stay hidden behind all the crap in his front yard. That car deserves to be let loose again.
PAZZAN ·
I here he also has shed full of vws ,somewhere🙅
HappyDaze ·
At the VW Nats. earlier this year, I made it quite clear to Adrian that I believed the Sports Sedan should be sold back to me. He was not interested.
vw54 ·
not interested and very funny as well
HappyDaze ·
I aint laughin', Dave.
vw54 ·
yes the other guy is the funny one