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« Reply #1290 on: August 19, 2012, 12:19:08 pm »

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« Reply #1291 on: August 19, 2012, 17:37:00 pm »

I'm betting it's a Thrush muffler bolted to the running board so that Hefler could claim contingency money due to any car that ran a Thrush muffler in competition. Contingency sponsorship is why cars from that era ran so many decals, but other manufacturers decreed you had to run the part to claim any prize money.

That makes sense. Just when you think you've seen it all...

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« Reply #1292 on: August 19, 2012, 19:25:53 pm »

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« Reply #1293 on: August 19, 2012, 19:26:09 pm »

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« Reply #1294 on: August 19, 2012, 19:55:54 pm »

looks like IP2 ?
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« Reply #1295 on: August 20, 2012, 14:04:47 pm »

looks like IP2 ?
yes some similar stuff , but no flared fenders , no air scopp on the rear quater ip 2 don't have horn grills and it look like the car had brake drums and ip 2  had just 356 porsche brake drums with the outer edges milled off in front

after FDY was sold , the ip 2 was painted white again , who know maybe it's the car??
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« Reply #1296 on: August 20, 2012, 18:38:45 pm »

I don't think it's IP2, but check out the rear side window shape - is this the mystery gasser in KS's book?
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« Reply #1297 on: August 20, 2012, 19:28:32 pm »

I don't think it's IP2, but check out the rear side window shape - is this the mystery gasser in KS's book?
Completely different car, I'm afraid..
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« Reply #1298 on: August 20, 2012, 20:09:58 pm »

I think you're right Keith, now I look at the two side by side. The back of the rear side windows on both cars look to have a jerky direction change, not a smooth curve like a stock window (or the Goss chop for that matter), but now it seems that both are different and still not great curves! Cheesy
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« Reply #1299 on: August 21, 2012, 14:42:15 pm »

Nico & Speedwell....Sorry I didn't reply earlier sbout Bug Magik.  I live about three hours away from Scooter's shop and would have to take a day off from work to go see him and ask him but I think it would be worth it!  I haven't been there for two years or so. When I last was at his shop I told him that he should take the car back out and even just display it at the Bug Jam in Dade City Florida (biggest VW show on the East Coast).  He said and thought that no one would be interested in seeing his old race car because the paint isn't perfect anymore and it has aged a bit (the paint is laquer and has cracked over time). I told him "NO!" that people would LOVE to see his car again!! He appreciated my enthusiasm and interest but never did anything with the car. It just sits in his shop.  Interesting thing about the paint job......He told me it was done by a hippie / artist that used to hang around his shop sometimes. If you look at the artwork on the car it isn't symetric.  If you look at the front of the car the front fender art is different from one side to the other. The art is unique as you look at the different parts of the car. Scooter didn't tell him how to paint it, he just let him do his thing on the car. The "artist" also painted VW murals on the inside walls of the shop as well and they are still there, dirty but still there. I'll call him and see if i can talk with him.
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« Reply #1300 on: August 21, 2012, 15:00:30 pm »

Nico & Speedwell....Sorry I didn't reply earlier sbout Bug Magik.  I live about three hours away from Scooter's shop and would have to take a day off from work to go see him and ask him but I think it would be worth it!  I haven't been there for two years or so. When I last was at his shop I told him that he should take the car back out and even just display it at the Bug Jam in Dade City Florida (biggest VW show on the East Coast).  He said and thought that no one would be interested in seeing his old race car because the paint isn't perfect anymore and it has aged a bit (the paint is laquer and has cracked over time). I told him "NO!" that people would LOVE to see his car again!! He appreciated my enthusiasm and interest but never did anything with the car. It just sits in his shop.  Interesting thing about the paint job......He told me it was done by a hippie / artist that used to hang around his shop sometimes. If you look at the artwork on the car it isn't symetric.  If you look at the front of the car the front fender art is different from one side to the other. The art is unique as you look at the different parts of the car. Scooter didn't tell him how to paint it, he just let him do his thing on the car. The "artist" also painted VW murals on the inside walls of the shop as well and they are still there, dirty but still there. I'll call him and see if i can talk with him.

thx jeff,..may be next time tried again , and tell him that there's some guy interested into those old car , may be you can take picture of the car just inside the shop , just a thought

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« Reply #1301 on: August 21, 2012, 18:02:28 pm »


The thing that made me ask was that chop job looks very very similar to IP2. Things like wings and drums could have been replaced? 
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« Reply #1302 on: August 21, 2012, 18:22:46 pm »

Sorry, there are just too many differences, the most noteworthy being:
a) IP2 had the windshield wiper bosses removed from the scuttle – this car has them
b) The side window profile is all wrong
c) The windshield shape is all wrong
d) The size of the sunroof is different
e) The white car looks like it started life as an Oval-window judging from the windshield pillars...
etc etc...

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« Reply #1303 on: August 21, 2012, 19:02:00 pm »

thx keith  Wink
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« Reply #1304 on: August 21, 2012, 19:10:27 pm »

Mon plaisir.
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« Reply #1305 on: August 21, 2012, 21:22:18 pm »

See what you mean! Smiley
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« Reply #1306 on: August 23, 2012, 02:32:05 am »

a) IP2 had the windshield wiper bosses removed from the scuttle – this car has them

e) The white car looks like it started life as an Oval-window judging from the windshield pillars...
etc etc...

Ovals didn't have windshield wiper bosses Wink
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« Reply #1307 on: August 23, 2012, 04:34:44 am »

IP TOO was a '59 body...
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« Reply #1308 on: August 24, 2012, 20:14:40 pm »

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« Reply #1309 on: August 24, 2012, 21:53:29 pm »




Ray Groom - picture From my friend Karpo who now owns the Pisano & Matsubaru Fiat Gasser
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« Reply #1310 on: August 24, 2012, 21:57:49 pm »






yeah I know the Zig Zaggin Wagon wasn't a gasser, but I did take this on the same day as the two above and it sure was fun to watch on the autocross course - Bug In 13 maybe?
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« Reply #1311 on: August 24, 2012, 21:59:59 pm »

It's sad that there is not so much slalom cars now... they were sooo cool !!  Cool
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« Reply #1312 on: August 24, 2012, 22:08:01 pm »

It's sad that there is not so much slalom cars now... they were sooo cool !!  Cool
I used to spend a bunch of time during Bug In watching the Auto Cross - when i was supposed to be working for Auto haus  Wink I remember there was a Myers Manx that was just about unbeatable
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« Reply #1313 on: August 24, 2012, 22:47:50 pm »

It's sad that there is not so much slalom cars now... they were sooo cool !!  Cool
I used to spend a bunch of time during Bug In watching the Auto Cross - when i was supposed to be working for Auto haus  Wink I remember there was a Myers Manx that was just about unbeatable
I autocross a Falcon these days - it's in the newest Popular Hot Rodding

Yes, it would be great to see slaloms, gymkhanas or some sort of little track/handling competitions back during events. All you need is a little parking lot of some free space in a flat field to have fun.
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« Reply #1314 on: August 27, 2012, 13:20:26 pm »

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« Reply #1315 on: August 28, 2012, 17:08:47 pm »

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« Reply #1316 on: August 28, 2012, 17:20:07 pm »

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