Dave Butler- Blast from the Past!

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 26 Oct 2012, 2:11 pm

#928472

Look what I found from 18 years ago!

Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

FROSTY Insano Dub Head

744 posts · joined May 2009 · 26 Oct 2012, 4:37 pm

#928490

Has anyone got a photo of Henry's Manx? I like to see that!

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 26 Oct 2012, 4:47 pm

#928492

Normally only run twice a month.....c'mon DB got some catching up to do

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 26 Oct 2012, 5:10 pm

#928497

That's cool!

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 26 Oct 2012, 5:13 pm

#928498

Stanley wrote:Normally only run twice a month.....c'mon DB got some catching up to do

I often DID race twice a month back then, but not all year round.

I was only 25 years old back in 1994. Not bad numbers for a young fella!

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 27 Oct 2012, 7:28 am

#928581

FROSTY wrote:Has anyone got a photo of Henry's Manx? I like to see that!

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

FROSTY Insano Dub Head

744 posts · joined May 2009 · 27 Oct 2012, 7:58 am

#928582

Hey Dave, have you got a pic of the tube Ghia? Cool Manx too!

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 27 Oct 2012, 8:04 am

#928583

FROSTY wrote:Hey Dave, have you got a pic of the tube Ghia? Cool Manx too!

Only these:

year:1995

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 27 Oct 2012, 8:10 am

#928584

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 27 Oct 2012, 8:17 am

#928585

Wonder where the ghia ended up?? Id love to look through all your drag racing photos from your time in the sport Dave! I reckon it would be gold!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 27 Oct 2012, 9:47 am

#928594

^^ Ghia's still around, Mark may even get it out to play one day....so a little birdy told me.

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 27 Oct 2012, 9:50 am

#928595

I was just getting my car together around then, only running 12's so didn't rate a mention 🙁

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 27 Oct 2012, 1:46 pm

#928621

matberry wrote:I was just getting my car together around then, only running 12's so didn't rate a mention 🙁

Yeah I guess the letter was pretty dated by the time it was published.
It was probably 1993 when I sent theletter
because that ET I quoted was back in late 1992, still with a carb on the blower,
and by march 1994 I had run 10's with the injection sorted out.

Gene and Dee Visited Valla that year,
and returned the next year with the car and Gary,
when we all had a chance to run against him.

Lots of pictures on my photobucket account.

http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n216/dangerous_05/?start=all

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 27 Oct 2012, 3:34 pm

#928644

dangerous wrote:
matberry wrote:I was just getting my car together around then, only running 12's so didn't rate a mention 🙁
Yeah I guess the letter was pretty dated by the time it was published.
It was probably 1993 when I sent theletter
because that ET I quoted was back in late 1992, still with a carb on the blower,
and by march 1994 I had run 10's with the injection sorted out.

Yeah mate, I thought the same thing, in those days it was normal for magazines to take 18 months or more to publish contributions. Even the Gary Downunder article was 2 years or more by memory. I had the VW Trends photographer do a shoot of my baja in '88, didn't come out until '93 or so.....🤪

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

FROSTY Insano Dub Head

744 posts · joined May 2009 · 27 Oct 2012, 7:56 pm

#928692

Awsome!!! Love the old stuff

FROSTY Insano Dub Head

744 posts · joined May 2009 · 27 Oct 2012, 8:07 pm

#928695

Oh shit now its going to take me ages to get through your photo bucket!!

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 28 Oct 2012, 11:40 am

#928770

That's a cool looking engine in the Ghia

Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete

1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 28 Oct 2012, 12:58 pm

#928778

Dave , need to put stuff in set folders , Yes time flys .

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Oct 2012, 10:20 pm

#928856

You want some old stuff Frosty.......this thread prompted me to finally get around to scanning some pics

Henrys manx

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Oct 2012, 10:57 pm

#928863

Marks ghia

Mark was a real tease with those Fuch's on his trailer.......

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Oct 2012, 11:00 pm

#928864

I loved Dave's beast in it's early raw state.....

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Oct 2012, 11:02 pm

#928867

Gary Berg's 300hp flier

A few of the lads....you know who you are

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Oct 2012, 11:10 pm

#928868

Mr Page 1988

My first ever drag race at the first Jamboree

Mad Ashley's cool looking chop, the ex Madness car (sorry blurry pic alert)

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 29 Oct 2012, 5:15 am

#928873

👍👍👍

whathaveidone Custom Title Time!

1,559 posts · joined Feb 2010 · 29 Oct 2012, 6:16 am

#928877

What happened to mad ash's chop????? Is that Rubens VWRX???

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 29 Oct 2012, 8:35 am

#928893

I think the Pell's onsold it, I'm sure someone will clarify.

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

HS618 Officially Full-On Dubber

277 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 29 Oct 2012, 5:11 pm

#928957

matberry wrote:Marks ghia

Thanks Matt for the photo.
Mark and myself has a small contest going as to who could get their roofline the lowest - both of us got to "belly button" height but as can be possibly seen by the photo - Mark eventually won!!! (Dave B's stature standing beside the buggy should give you an idea as to how low we eventually got)
I still say I won as I am shorter!!

FROSTY Insano Dub Head

744 posts · joined May 2009 · 29 Oct 2012, 5:43 pm

#928964

Thanks Matt! !!!!!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 29 Oct 2012, 7:21 pm

#928988

FROSTY wrote:Thanks Matt! !!!!!

Cheers guys...plenty more

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 29 Oct 2012, 7:33 pm

#928990

matberry wrote:I loved Dave's beast in it's early raw state.....

Wow! so clean and simple! Well, compared to now!