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Title: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: deanosvws on February 25, 2009, 23:20:39 pm iam putting my race car up for sale and will be ready to race in the next couple of months as time allows. abit of history on the car. many moons ago it began life as bob wicks lil bug 2, then after that it became bernie smiths humbug back in the 80's and ran in a few different paint scemes and ran down into the 11's. then keith suemes bought it and renamed it flat attack and repainted it. one of if not the first turbo'd race car in the uk at the end of the 80's begining of the 90's, running into the 10's. then it sat at WPS for a few years and i bought it in jan 04' from ian clark. the car first came out at bug jam 04' in white primer. then it got painted in its present hue. the car has run a 12.77 with the old 1776cc motor but will come with a freshly built 1914cc engine, with fk87, h/comp, ida's,magneto, etc etc. also all the deano dyno soar engine parts aswell. the car is msa legal with a cotsweld cage,simpson harness's & window net,berg 60% shifter,hurst line lock,superior ind s/wheel, stewart warner gauges, autometer mag tach,ercos,slicks. the car has a flip front with a 3 1/2 inch narrowed beam, new 2 gallon spun ally feul tank.also featured in april 08 volksworld. iam looking for £10,000 comp ready to race. part ex are welcome or other offers considered (ie minus engine). if you have any questions just ask.
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: Martin Greaves on February 25, 2009, 23:32:57 pm :o
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: Jesus on March 01, 2009, 19:43:13 pm Awesome Car,
Shame to see you selling it Dean, Hope to bump into you at Volksworld for a natter :D Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: 71CALRIPPER on March 02, 2009, 07:58:21 am awesome bit of kit with a true history...
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: jamiep_jamiep on March 02, 2009, 10:48:13 am Wow, really nice car and a bit of UK drag racing history to boot...
Good luck with the sale Dean, always loved that car. Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: ESH on March 02, 2009, 12:36:06 pm A great little car with an awesome history. Probably the best example of a British notalgia car going.
8) (http://www.offdrc.co.uk/images/gallery_2007_004/photo_2007_004_070.jpg) Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: jamiep_jamiep on March 02, 2009, 14:17:09 pm unforutnately can't credit the guy who took these pics as they came up on a websearch. I remember reading the feature when it was in Volksworld, one of the first few issues if I remember correctly (when it was Humbug).
Cool car! Hope you don't mind me posting pics of its former lives Dean. (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/529851.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/529850.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/529849.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/529848.jpg) Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: deanosvws on March 03, 2009, 22:52:08 pm thanks for your comments guys and the photos are cool they are part of the cars histoy. cheers dean
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: deanosvws on March 16, 2009, 23:36:37 pm ttt
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: flatcat60 on March 17, 2009, 20:15:48 pm i like how it looks now,better front clip.paint looks more old school.
Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: deanosvws on May 11, 2009, 21:51:53 pm still for sale not completly back together yet. gearbox will be having a freshen up aswell. there are a few more pictures on www.deanosvws.blogspot.com
cheers dean Title: Re: deano's vw's choptop for sale Post by: deanosvws on June 28, 2009, 23:24:17 pm due to recent problems arising the car will now be sold minus the engine and iam quite keen for it to go sooner rather than later. cheers dean
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