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 syncro
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 12:12 PM |
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'60-'70's racing VW's in Aus
I went to Winton race circuit on the weekend to a all historic race meeting,cars from the '20's to the '70's racing, the
production sedans from the 60's -'70's are awsome to watch.http://www.htcav.asn.au/Index.html Holden's, Ford's, Mini's, Triumph, BMW, even a Hillman Imp but no VW's !
I know there were a few VW's raced during this period in Australia like , George Reynolds who's Bug was reported, in '62-'63, to
have 94 bhp and revved to 7500 rpm and won more than 50 races, Barry Ferguson drove a stock Bug to a class win at Bathurst and George Gesshos who
raced a Bug in NSW and had many class wins during the mid to late '60's.
Does any one have any info on any of these or other VW's that raced in Aus. during the 60's-70's mechanical specs or mod's fotos
what ever you may have .
I am interested in puting together a VW to compete in this class of historic racing so any info would be helpful.
The historic facts are important as prof needs to be provided that the cars raced with similar mods in the period.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 02:00 PM |
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syncro
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George Gesshos who raced a Bug in NSW and had many class wins during the mid to late '60's.
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George is still alive, kicking and racing. The last race he won was The 2002 East Coast Classic in class and 7th outright.
I was pit crewing for him at that race.
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syncro
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 03:32 PM |
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cool,
is he still racing beetle's? and what class does he run in,do you know what mech set up he was using in the late '60's early
'70's, any photos.
There seems to be alot more vw's involved in motor sport in NSW compared to Vic.
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syncro
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 03:37 PM |
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Just found some pics of his current car at http://www.rallybugs.com/2000rallying.htm
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 05:07 PM |
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Ive got an old artical about hellbug that i can scan if your interested
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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wombatone
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 06:34 PM |
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Historic Winton
I was over a winton dad was racing his FF. even put it on pole. Not a vw but uses a vw gearbox sort of. I'm just waiting for them to let
Fvee's into historic racing so i can go play too. I have attached a pic of my vee in the 60's still looks the same. Hope it works.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 06:58 PM |
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The guy who used to race Powertune's orange Beetle race car in Sports Sedans in the '70s was Greg Mackie. He also raced Beetles much earlier
than that. Until 1973 Bathurst used to host the Easter race meeting where open wheelers, stockers, sports cars, modifieds and specials all raced in
different heats. Greg drove a Beetle there in the late 1950s.
Other old VW racers include George Reynolds, Eddie Perkins, Ray Christie, Ern Abbott, Barry Ferguson and Chris Heyer among many others.
See if you can find a book called VWs In Motorsport by Peter Noad. Written and published in the UK in the mid '90s, has a lot of Aussie info in
it.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 08:01 PM |
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George is running a car that he did the 199?? 25 anniversary of the London to sydney in.
Oh yes its a 1916 engine by the way.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 08:49 PM |
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I have a few pics of cars from the 80's.
This one is Peter Kegans last Beetle
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FAHRVERGNUGEN;
Description of a pleasurable sensation,
Experienced when a car and it's driver are in mutual harmony, A unique driving experience, Pleasure, Satisfaction,
A feeling experienced by Volkswagen Drivers.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 08:52 PM |
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This is a pic of the 1st and only Canberra 1/4 mile drags.
This is Hound Dog (running 11's) and a V8 powered bug, The VW hosed the V8 and the crowd went wild
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FAHRVERGNUGEN;
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A feeling experienced by Volkswagen Drivers.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 08:55 PM |
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This is at the same event,
Pete richards and the Flying Flea,
This is now back on the road as a street car I believe.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 08:59 PM |
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This is a pic from the '85 day of the vw in Melbourne, The car is Shrapnel.
This car was sold to a guy from Parkes, Mark renolds, it was painted red and sold again a few years ago. I have never seen it since.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 09:01 PM |
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This is a pic of Jeff Unwin's original Hellbug
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 09:11 PM |
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Hi
I used to help Greg Mackie out at some of his meetings with his red superbug. Greg Mackie started of the company called Macrac, they make the bike
racks that fit on your towbar.
From memory, Greg won the under 198? 2 L Wunderluch sport sedan series and came 2nd outright overall. He would have won the series outright but for
nasty crash with George Fury, he was not able to collect points for that round. Evan Green who used to hate VWs would always try to talk about
something else when Greg was in the lead. Club VeeDub has videos of some of Gregs racers in its library.
Pat Crea was another Beetle racer.
Beetles really did well at Rallycross, even beating Peter Brooks twin rear wheel Monaro.
A few months ago Barry Ferguson came along to Club VeeDub meeting and told us about his racing exlpoits, it was great night.
1302Steve
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| posted on June 2nd, 2003 at 10:39 PM |
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60s 70s vw racing
my dad used to race a drag car in the 70s, it was called impulse and was running 13s then got into the 10s. then had a rail called yoyo, the front
just used to pop up and down on the 1/4. it was short wheel based. his tow car was the gypsy van a split window ute with a mid mounted buick v8 in
it, he ran that as a joke one day and it pulled a 13. i have pics but no scanner so i cant show you all. but i will ask a couple of friends if they
can put them on.
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| posted on June 3rd, 2003 at 07:53 AM |
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Hey Beck That Canberra day was my very first Drag race, and i think i lost by about 1000 of a second. Buggar
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| posted on June 3rd, 2003 at 05:08 PM |
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Yep mine too, I was runner up after I broke a push rod in the final, got a nice chromed piston and conrod trophy.
FAHRVERGNUGEN;
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