This was the 1981 Comalco Sports Sedan Championships.

http://vimeo.com/50871885 

just needs a space between the . and the http

http://vimeo.com/50871885 

impressive stuff

Now that car I remember well Greg. Think I even watched that race, back in the day.

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

Awesome! What a legend.

That's cool,what five speed was in it greg

the Amaroo Park days

Awesome stuff!

I remember the telecasts from those days

Great video Greg; you need to get all the footage up!

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

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.

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

53s around amaroo thats impressive , was it swing axle ?

Classic footage. There used to be a car that looked like that in the showroom at powertune years ago.

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.

http://www.autopics.com.au/item.mibiznez?id=8827 

Very nice!!!! That beetle of yours seems to have handled real good.

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Originally posted by 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

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Originally posted by 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.

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.

I here he also has shed full of vws ,somewhere

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.

not interested and very funny as well

I aint laughin', Dave.

yes the other guy is the funny one