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 vw144
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| posted on January 27th, 2011 at 12:40 PM |
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Thanks Phil, and Chip. Stumbled onto the Seymour address a few days back, and am doing some mapping. Unless I get any more info on locations after
Seymour, the research portion of the search is coming to an end, then it will all be the physical searching for it.
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Progressive Motors is still trading in Seymour as a Nissan/Subaru dealer and, I believe, still in the same family ownership as when it was a VW
dealer. Why not contact them and jog their memory? My father worked for VWA in the 60s and 70s and I can recall being driven to scdhool in Antarctica
1 after they had won the BP rally. Very impressive to a 14 year old schoolboy!
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you were in Antarctica 1 as a kid? Would you remember any particular details about the car, like something that could be used to identify it? (other
than the paintjob and such) something that you couldnt really mistake for another cars? Just as a backup in case the physical search finds an actual
car, thus I could use something unique to A1 to identify it.
Oh, thanks for the tip. I will see what I can find from them. If you know anyone else who might have info, I would greatly appreciate it if you could
pass the word on to them.
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My recollection (45 years later!) is that it had full racing harness seatbelts and some kind of rally navigation device mounted in front of the
glovebox with the lid removed.
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| posted on January 27th, 2011 at 02:16 PM |
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Thanks. This is good stuff. It will really help identify it, if my search leads to a car. And this was while the car was at the shop in Seymour? Also,
would you know anyone still around who might know more about where the car went afterwords?
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| posted on May 4th, 2011 at 12:28 PM |
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Anyone have any new info? Last post was over 3 months ago
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| posted on May 8th, 2011 at 06:36 PM |
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Anyone have any new info? Last post was over 3 months ago
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I recently purchased a copy of the 1963 film short "Antarctica 1", produced by Cinesound for VW Australia. I'll be having it telecined at some
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| posted on May 10th, 2011 at 07:01 PM |
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Hi guys , i work with a guy that worked for progressive motors in seymour for 20 years and he doesnt recall seeing any bug like that in his time there
, he said about 15 years ago a heap of beetles and kombies were sqashed by a dozer and buried in the rear of the dealership yard so it could have been
one of them....who knows?
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| posted on May 10th, 2011 at 07:08 PM |
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I have several photos of the original Antarctica One sitting outside the Seymour dealership back in late 1964. The vehicle was on display as part of
the Australia wide promotional tour the vehicle undertook following its return from Antarctica and running and winning the 1964 BP Rally.
Dont know any more than that at this stage.
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| posted on May 15th, 2011 at 12:00 AM |
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Cant wait to see the film. please do keep us informed. And hopefully it was not crushed and buried :s
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OK - just got the film transferred on Tuesday, will upload it YouTube some time in the next 24 hours or so. Came up quite well, considering how worn
the print is. The print will be going up on eBay spome time in the next few weeks, I think - I've no further need for it...
The film starts with a few establishing shots of Antarctica, then shots of the Dub undergoing final checks at the Clayton factory, then being shipped
over to Antarctica, and zipping around the ice.
Here's the link to my YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/Conniptions886#p/a/u/0/i_FftkcIIdg
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| posted on September 26th, 2011 at 03:22 PM |
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Thanks for posting that film, unique bit of VW history there
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I have finished rewriting and expanding the Antarctica 1 VW story. which has now been posted at the Club VW Sydney website. Just click on the photos
to expand.
http://www.clubvw.org.au/antarctic-vws
Unfortunately the trail of Antarctica 1 has gone cold since it was last seen at Seymour in 1966. It's very doubtful it still exists, and Bill has
sadly passed away since this thread was last active. I have however been able to discover a little more about Antarctica 2 and 3.
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| posted on March 5th, 2015 at 08:44 AM |
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What a great story Phil, and great pictures. The Antarctic Beetles looked great.
Many thanks for posting it.
Cheers, Rob.
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| posted on March 6th, 2015 at 05:56 AM |
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I thought that Antarctica 1 was raced at Catalina rallycross in the early '70s and then scrapped?
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on March 6th, 2015 at 06:23 AM |
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No Phill, that was 'Antarctica 3', the replacement orange car. It was at Mawson from 1966-70, then returned to LNC Industries before it went to
Chris Heyer and Rallycross.
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