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I recently attended a local SATA meeting. The SATA (or South Australian Timing Association as they are also known) are a small group of racers who have got together to promote and create South Australian land speed racing events. They have successful...
  1.   Sunday, 18 October 2015
  2.   Type 1 Beetle Oval (1953-57)
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Speedweek 2016 is at the end of February which is not really too far away. Whilst there's not too much to do on the Oval there's still heaps when I take into account how little time I actually get to concentrate on one project. In addition to Speedwe...
  1.   Thursday, 01 October 2015
  2.   Type 1 Beetle Oval (1953-57)
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I've been pretty busy over the past few weeks trying to get the shell and running gear finished so that I can make a start on building the engine. The body is pretty straight and only needs a few small patches welded in but having cut out the rear fl...
  1.   Wednesday, 28 January 2015
  2.   Type 1 Beetle Oval (1953-57)
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With Christmas out of the way I managed to sneak out in the garage and spend a day finishing off the window surrounds and moon disk fitment....
  1.   Monday, 29 December 2014
  2.   Type 1 Beetle Oval (1953-57)
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After last weekends progress and also receiving my 74mm DPR crank in the post this week I was amped to get back out into the man cave and spend a little more spanner time on the oval. The DPR crank is an awesome bit of work. It's a stock 36hp crank t...
  1.   Tuesday, 16 December 2014
  2.   Type 1 Beetle Oval (1953-57)
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