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Hi fabs, how you doing brother?  Can you find any published info on the Bonneville land speed record Karmann Ghia that was campaigned by Jerry Young / Buggy House and Porter Machine? I think it was active around 1974-1976. I think originally it ran a naturally aspirated 83 x SPG 69, with Berg square port heads, 48IDAs, I don't know the rest. At one point, Jerry helped build a 2 cylinder VW motor for a displacement limited record, and later a turbo 1500cc. All this info comes from vague stories and foggy memories. About 15 years ago, Jerry dug out an old photo album with pics from the 1500cc IDA motor in the car...very cool....all cooling tin cadium finished. Maybe RACEHEAD Tony Mace has some info, memories...etc. I think the car was in Hot VW's though....maybe our archivist can dig it up? |
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 23:06:55 pm » |
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is it a green one??? jim
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Jim Ratto
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 23:25:14 pm » |
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blue if I remember correctly with signwriting
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 13:01:11 pm » |
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here we go jim just found this in the hot vw dec 75 report from bonneville 75
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2007, 13:11:14 pm » |
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Very cool.  |
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2007, 13:20:00 pm » |
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2007, 13:21:16 pm » |
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watch they added some tape on the holes rims  |
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 13:48:49 pm » |
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« Last Edit: December 11, 2007, 13:57:41 pm by speedwell »
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 13:50:02 pm » |
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2007, 13:55:26 pm » |
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Jim Ratto
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 18:18:29 pm » |
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Thanks speedwell, awesome work.....I will have to get Jerry to join in and check out the post. This same Jerry built 2332 for Pete Staat's Dragon blue street killer, and showed me pretty much everything I know about motors.
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2007, 18:48:29 pm » |
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jim you had worked at the buggy house???
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Jim Ratto
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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2007, 18:57:33 pm » |
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jim you had worked at the buggy house???
you might say that..... 1990-2000 |
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« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2007, 20:31:38 pm » |
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« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2007, 21:43:17 pm » |
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Interesting stuff. |
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« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2007, 21:46:36 pm » |
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Life is too fast to drive a slow VW
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« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2007, 22:11:46 pm » |
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I got a chance to call up Jerry and harass him with question after question about the car....lots o' fun. Jerry said some guy in Concord CA had the car in orig condition a few years back, minus engine (s) and wanted almost nothing for car. Unfortunately, Jerry never heard back again from the guy as of yet. He said the last of the 2-cylinder 1000cc motor went to the dumps just a few years ago ...it was up in the rafters all those years @ BH and I never even knew it! I do remember Jerry's dad, Stanley, telling me about when his street Bug ran around with the turbo motor on the street.....good old stories. Fabs, did you know sheep worked at Buggy House too? No kidding....man, did we have fun there. Sometimes poster SODA did too for a little while. One big disfunctional family....  |
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« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2007, 22:19:53 pm » |
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« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2007, 22:26:37 pm » |
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 oh brother... Buggy House is (was) in Northern california....near San Francisco (which might explain some things )sorry to confuse you. I moved to L.A. in 2005
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« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2007, 22:40:18 pm » |
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« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2007, 02:24:29 am » |
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jim you had worked at the buggy house???
Man only a freak would work at Buggy House  |
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unless it has wheels,tits or fins I dont care
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« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2007, 03:54:08 am » |
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jim you had worked at the buggy house???
Man only a freak would work at Buggy House Or practically live there |
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John Bates
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« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2007, 03:54:19 am » |
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Glen Davis did the set ups on that car. Is that Matt Davis' dad?
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John Bates
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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2007, 17:13:08 pm » |
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yes it's matt's dad - very good guy - still buy parts from him -
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« Reply #27 on: December 13, 2007, 17:30:00 pm » |
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i am not - - when you dont have it glen does - just like century dist. |
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« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2007, 17:53:04 pm » |
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« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2007, 23:01:10 pm » |
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here's a funny sidenote Jerry added to the story about the Bonneville KG... one day out there, they got the big tall guy (Jerome) in the car to make a one way pass, and belted him in, but the wind picked way up, delaying the attempt. So the crew parked car, and got in motorhome next to it, and waited for winds to die down. A few hours later that day the winds went away and they got out of motorhome with the intention to get Jerome back in car and make a pass. But the KG was gone. They scarambled in panic, assuming somebody had stole the car. They serached and searched, and finally found discernible tire tracks in the salt bed and followed them. Seems the wind blew so hard it blew the car for three miles.  |
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