SMILE!!! just whipped more v8's again!!! This picture was taken out of Aust HOT ROD mag ,October 1970 ,inside cover full page picture. ( verycool). ET's low 12's.

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More from Pete....27 years old and the fastest VW in the world!

I got more....

Hi

They are priceless.

Doesn’t shit you that journalists always start a VW story with a barb about Hitler. You never read about what Nissan, Toyota, Subaru etc did during WW2.

Steve

And the thing is...They still do it! You should read the whole story...Brilliant stuff!

Sh i t hes got Dark Hair LOL the old silver Fox....

Yeah why dont the journos write about the Japs...

I tell you what, when I met him a few years ago, I asked him about the blower setup on the that car and he was as cagey as all hell.

But now I'm the wiser!

Thanx for the great pics



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I know all the secrets...and I am not silver either!
Just ask!
Well, not silver yet anyhow!

Yeah...I was going to say just ask Dave.....But Dave beat me to it! Ya never know your luck Pete...Ol'D might still have a bolt or 2 of that ol' PK donk floating around!



I think i might actually have a picture or 2 of that engine as it was, when it was in Daves posession... Four pipes out the back n'all!

mmm, a blown motor with 4 straight exhausts. I remember when CBB first turned up with the cranky one at the Nats. Sounded like a freakin machine gun on the rev limiter!!

Wouldn't mind seeing some of those photos!
Post 'em here if you want...it's kind of relevant.
I actually have some old soundless footage of the Camel
car at Surfers Raceway from about '73 I think.
It is on a tape called"Wheels Of Fire" produced in Sydney
by the Shepard's I think.
The tape was purchased thru Dragster Australia Mag.

I'll C what i can do Dave...They're in storage...I'll track'em down...

Gotta love this shot.....

Now...Where's Daves car....

Here is Peter at the 1990 VW Nationals.

I took this photo when I was 20 years old.
Not that long ago?!

2 things could happen to you Dangerous.... you could go "silver" or you could end up bald!!!! The way i look at it is you can't have hair and brains.....

Nice camera angle....You'd swear it was running down hill

Yes Oran park was very slightly down hill.

Plent of hairs and no "silver" yet.
I guess I have been fooling everyone.

I think I got video of that meet

Was Peters car really the fastest VW in the world back then??? What were the numbers?

We hear very little about the Oz VW scene here in the UK and even less of the history, its all SO CAL etc but its nice to see whats happened and happening else where!

Cheers,
Rob.

Yes thats right.
It WAS the fastest at various times
until Bob McClure ran into the nines with his turbo bug, in the late '70s.

Peter ran a best of 10.29 and ran as fast as 140mph.
All evidence points toward him being the first into the 10's.

The only other contender was Bill Mitchell
who is the director & founder of 'World Products' on the east coast of the USA.

He ran into the 10's around the same time, but refuses to discuss anything VW,
so until the dynosoars return, Peter Keegan was the man.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=62163&page=2#pid606095 

Wow thats amazing times for the 70's great reading on the other thread.

Bill Mitchell now does hipo V8 stuff, I spoke to one of his staff as Bill Mitchell Hardcore Racing and he said Bill was quiet about the VW stuff and cut up one of the thunder bugs so no one else could have it such a shame I think Thunder Bug was one of my all time favorites!

Petes cars were good looking bugs, Great to see the camel bug is getting put back to it former glory!
Love Petes Thunderbug too what happened to that?

Cheers,
Rob.

Pete's thunder bug was chopped to make the Camel Car.
I recall the story was the roof was damaged on the train on its way back from racing in Perth in 1971.

I gather the number 31 car is your current drag car now ???