Malcolm....
Here in Australia we have one VW Beetle racing in Group Na (pre'58 =
Classic Saloons). This is Terry Thompson's car, prepared by Allan =
Challis (of 36hp Racing - how do they handle that power!). There are =
two more Beetles supposedly in preparation.
Regarding your second point. Yes, you can race just about everything =
else (just like the good old days) - in Group Na we have Morris Minor, =
Major and Oxford, Austin A30, Wolseley 1500, Jaguar MkVIIM, Ford Zephyr =
MkII and Holden FJ. In preparation there are Simca Aronde, Peugeot 203, =
Renault 750, Austin Lancer, A35 and A90, Ford Customline, plus a few =
others. All the Na cars are genuine period cars but without a racing =
history - they have been built to represent the racing of that period =
(so permitted modifications are very limited), but with some current =
safety features (full cage, fuel cell, racing seat, full harness).
....regards....Andrew "Axeman" Pursey....1955 Morris Oxford (car no: =
55, racing in Group Na Classic Saloons)
-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Cox [SMTP:malcox.ppp@napanet.net]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 1997 12:24 AM
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Question
A friend is a VW bug devotee and asks how come there are never any VW
bugs in vintage racing, my smartass reply was well they probably were
never appropriate for racing in the 60's. =20
But on reflection, seems that just about everything else was raced in
the 60's. In England for example Autin A30's and A40's, Morris Oxfords
etc etc, all quite inappropriate for racing, were often raced in "saloon
car" racing.
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