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helterskelter400 - April 23rd, 2006 at 10:06 PM

congrats to whoever had the rally beetle in rebuild for a rally starting today..

tonight at the end on the news, ABC had its little feel good peice on the start of the rally.

watched a renault and a citroen get flagged off then a beetle (blue guards, while below falsh) get flagged off. I have seen this beetle on here.

good luck guys and let us know how you go..

bus914 - April 24th, 2006 at 12:08 AM

http://www.targa.org.au/Targa/downloads/application_lists/Application%20List.pdf

there are no vw at all on the entrant list :td:

BiX - April 24th, 2006 at 08:32 AM

Which rally, was the round aust starting today? i think there are 3 beeltes and KG in that. also the first round of the QRC had a gren beetle in it. Not sure about targa Tassie though (I thought that started on anzac day?) .....

Doug Sweetman - April 24th, 2006 at 11:04 AM

I think this is the Ampol re run ?

bond - April 24th, 2006 at 11:23 AM

yeah - targa starts tomorrow

kombikim - April 24th, 2006 at 12:54 PM

it was the Redex trial rerun, I was speaking to a guy with a Peugeot running in it, started on Sunday from Parramatta Park

wombatone - April 30th, 2006 at 07:47 PM

the Rally is the 50th anniversary of the 1956 ampol trial. the Oval you saw was one I built to compeat in. It fits into the under 1500 modified class. At the moment I'm in 15th place I think. There are three other VW compeating Barry Ferguson and John watt from QLD and a type 3 karman ghia. Barry is in 10 place at the moment. we are in toowoomba to night heading back down south over the next week. all up there are about 64 car's.

Chewy - April 30th, 2006 at 08:39 PM

Good luck Wombat :thumb

jo_tas - April 30th, 2006 at 10:11 PM

Not good enough! Go faster!

The beetles used to WIN it!!! :cool: :tu:

amazeer - April 30th, 2006 at 10:59 PM

So you will be at Huntley Hillclimb on the 21st May then?

Desert Bug - May 1st, 2006 at 12:53 AM

All the best Mick and Bill, hope it goes well.
Cheers, Ian.

1303Steve - May 1st, 2006 at 11:26 AM

Hi

If Barry Ferguson is running his blue bug, thats his 1967 beetle that used rallied in the old days and won just about everything. I had a hand in rebuilding that car for the 1st Variety Club Bash in the mid 80s. Barry is great bloke and a fantastic driver.

John Watt used to run a 1303 sports sedan when he lived in Sydney, parts of it are in Big Rudis car now.

Steve

BiX - May 1st, 2006 at 11:31 AM

I believe john watt was out for a bit after a carby fire, took him a few days to get going again as they came out of sydney, but he caught up again up at noosa. Wasn't barry meant to run a BDA escort originally?

Desert Bug - May 4th, 2006 at 10:07 PM

G'day Mick,
Give us a bit of an update when you get a chance.
Hope all is well.
Cheers, Ian.

Desert Bug - May 6th, 2006 at 09:38 PM

Talking to Rhett (PHAT BUG) tonight and he was talking to Mick a couple of days ago, they were in 9th overall and the Oval was going great, they had just done Mt Panorama (Bathurst) and apparently will be in Echuca (Vic) tomorrow.
Cheers.

Mach - May 6th, 2006 at 11:21 PM

Damn I was in Echuca today

Missed it by "that" much!