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TheSamba.com :: View topic - Type 64 Coming to the 36hp Challenge

Could that be true? Better believe it! A crew of four North Carolina craftsmen have been building the body, chassis and engine for what is a recreation of the most beautiful Volkswagen ever crafted, the infamous 1939 Volkswagen KDF Type 64 (aka Type 60K10) Berlin to Rome racer.

The car will compete in the 36hp Challenge Unlimited 36 category and the teams goal is to capture the fifty year old record of Dick Beiths Pepco puffed lakester. Minimum speed goal is 130 miles per hour.

Wolfsburg Wests Okrasa style heads will be part of the potent big bore 36hp engine being developed to meet and then exceed their goals.
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Chris, Bruce and the team are shooting for racing this summer at a ECTA Ohio Mile event and if that goal is met, they hope to bring the T64 recreation to Bonneville. Having your Glocker clone and the T64 at Bonneville would be amazing.


Chris's homebuilt Glockler clone. Check out Chris's build page here on the Samba! Photo by Chris Runge

Let's see, we have Darrell Vittone and the "Inch Pincher", Manu Thuillier and Paul Loofs "Round the World 55 Beetle", and now maybe the "Type 64" and the "Glockler". Is this going to be a great year at Bonneville in September or what! And that is not mentioning all the other 36hp and Big Block VW Challengers that will be racing!

Hopefully both of you will be joining us on the salt........................

Burly

Hey! Maybe I will see you there.