Camp out....

Herr blower recently attended the Splits at the Lake meeting in Holland in his other ride "The Melvan"  :-)

Vintage VW's @ REME Museum

Last weekend was the 2nd Ivan Hurst Historic meeting at the Reme Museum, so we went along to see who was there and what was happening.
As before some beautiful vintage VW's attended and all the usual suspects were there :-)

We know it's a little late posting, but we have all been busy this week with normal work and brain storming 30hp performance stuff ready for Le Mans Classic next year....

In good company

The '46 has been in the workshop, the gearbox apart and back together again.
It was taken for a road test to a local VW show and just for company Geoff brought along his '42 Kübelwagen for it's maiden outing.
Hard to imagine that 2 years ago the Kübel was a pile of scrap on a trailer.......

The '46 passed it's road test with flying colours, ready for the Major Ivan Hurst REME Memorial meeting this weekend :-)

Kab at the Vintage Treffen....

After a long drive south in his Denzel powered Kab, Herr Specializer was last seen at the So Cal Vintage Treffen :-)
As you see his Kab is looking fantastic.......

photo's © Greg Banfill

Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV

If you can't make the Le Mans Classic next year and your in the neighborhood, the Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV October 14th - 16th at Laguna Seca is well worth a visit.

Last days of summer .....

Due to some fantastic weather at the weekend, "Mr Godwin" decided to attend the hot-heads-east Hotrod meeting in the east of Germany.

700 kms in two days on traffic free B roads at fast driving speeds in his P wagon :-)

An imposter......

At the Porsche club GB 50th Anniversary meeting yesterday, an imposter was spotted!
We at the OOC know who the original Jägermeister is :P

also of interest was a Porsche tractor, not your usual Junior or Master ........

Recollections of summer....

Just looking through some of the photo's from the Petermax Müller Gedächtnis Rennen, what a fantastic time we had at B.C. with friends old and new.
We look forward to meeting up again with you all at the Le Mans Classic next summer ;-)

Ray and Tom lead the way in the Kübel to the Ferry over the Rhine and the start of the race, you can see in the background the sort of terrain the race crossed.

Vegard is already practicing slipstreaming behind Øystein at the lunch stop :-D

Meanwhile...........Øystein and Rune are thinking, we will be straight passed that plastic kitcar :-P

Waiting for the ferry to the start, Øystein is already applying his physchological warfare on the other competitors, while Rune is thinking Mmmmmmm.......... we'll soon be passed this one too!

Hans "Besserwisser" is busy checking out Herr Blowers Pepco

Another of our favourites

Most of you have already seen this one on YouTube, but here are a few more pictures.
This is just how we love them, battered, bruised, used and abused, a true race car in every sense.....

Holidays are over!

The holidays are finished for us now, we have all had time with our families and some time to reflect and think about modifications for putting our cars into Le Mans mode ready for the Classic next year.

The Jägermeister didn't make the start of the Petermax Müller Gedächtnis Rennen, due to some slight motor problems. The Jägermeister motor is stripped down and ready to be rebuilt (with a few slight modifications) and then on the dyno for some numbers, although we are now thinking about the new 'Interceptor' motor for Le Mans, the Jägermeister will run this motor at Le Mans, to hunt down the competition :P
The Jägermeister himself had been abandoned in the workshop just before we left for B.C. and was looking very sad for himself, but he is now being stripped down to be rebuilt in Le Mans mode, running the 'Interceptor' motor we are thinking we will reach our goal of +200km/h down the Mulsanne, with a period correct transmission ;)

The '54 is finished now, apart from a few small things and it is running perfectly now it's minor 'chesty cough' has been cured :)

The transmission has the new 3rd and 4th gears fitted and is performing 'tip top' on road test's, it is also expected to be pushing 200km/h down the Mulsanne.....

It looks like the '46's sick transmission can now be looked at (yes we have stock cars too) It limped home from H.O. a couple of years ago and was left unattended to finish the '54.

The plan is for it to be fixed in time for the Major Ivan Hirst meeting at the R.E.M.E. museum in a months time

There have also been a couple of additions to the OOC over the summer. An addition to the OOC Juniors, congratulations to Matt & Jenny on the birth of their daughter Elsa.
The second addition is a new Oldspeed race car that will be joining the OOC stable :) plans are already in hand for a new motor for Le Mans, more info to come.........

More R&D....

The R&D Dept. always likes to be busy....
Here we have 5 Denzel pulleys and an OT one, the Denzel pulleys really are a nice piece of equipment and we will soon be testing them :)

We also received a set of these 30hp aluminum valve covers, they're just perfect for ratio rockers.
Arriving just as we left for Camberg, we had no time to give them the once over.....
But now we have had a good look at them and they really are nicely machined and fit perfectly, Rob did a fantastic job on these although he was quite a while getting them the way he wanted!
Some of you will have followed the thread on The Samba

Bad Camberg 2011

The Petermax Müller Gedächtnis Rennen winners

Vegard Foseid and Are Sletta (Sechs Volt Garage) receive their trophy from Markus Lottermann for winning the 1300 class.

Ray Schubert (Speedwell USA) and his protégé receiving the trophy from Markus for winning the 1500 class.
Normally Tom Niedernhofer should have been on the stage too, but we think he was still recovering from the "white knucle ride" in the Kübel ;)

Øystein Asphjell and Rune Weea (Screwdrivers) receive their unlimited class winners trophy from Markus Lottermann.

Vegard Foseid and Are Sletta receive the Petermax Müller trophy from Markus for the overall win in the race.

They will need to hand the trophy back in 2 years at the next event and as defending champions wear the race number 51. We hope next time the Sechs Volts Garage will bring two cars to help defend the title ;)

Once again we would like to thank all involved, also a big thank you to the Lottermann family, Bob (BBT) for sponsoring the trophies and Rob Amos (pre67VW) for talking the photo's.

The Norwegians rule the day in the Petermax Müller Gedächtnis Rennen!

We are just back from Bad Camberg and what a fantastic time we had. Our friends "up north" really did kick our buts in the Petermax Müller race, although a few of the OOC cars never made the start line....

Here you see Herr Blowers Pepco powered Oval parked next to Vegards Abarth Zwitter, on the ferry across the Rhine just before the start of the race.

The race was not just about raw horsepower, you needed a good navigator to read the map and direct you, also some luck on the slippery winding country roads.

 The unlimited class was won by Øystein Asphjell in his HPD Special and he probably would have won the overall trophy if his navigator Rune Weea hadn't have taken them on a slight de tour, although they blamed the road book, we know they really stopped off for a spot of lunch :P 

Only joking guys, you did a fantastic job and we were honored that you supported our event in so many ways. 

The 1500 class was won by the legendary speed demon Ray Schubert driving a Kübelwagon!

Yes that's right he was driving a Kübel although the motor is running Porsche internals.

We followed behind Ray for a while in a support vehicle and it really was something to see him sliding the Kübel around corners and descending the steep roads like a man inspired, all with cable brakes and off roads tyres, if only he'd had his Pepco Zwitter....

There was a good chance that Ray and his navigator Tom Niedernhofer would have won the overall trophy, but they ran out of fuel, luckily we were close by and only needed to push them 400 meters to a petrol station, but still, all lost time!

The 1300 class and the overall Petermax Müller trophy was won by Vegard Foseid and his navigator Are Sletta, they really drove their little 30hp to the limit, towards the end of the race the motor was losing power on the steep uphill climbs and the brakes were overheating on the descents, but against the odds they pulled it off. Well done guys :)

The winning motor of the Abarth Zwitter, shows sometimes David does beat Goliath...

The next edition will be in 2 years time to Hessisch Oldendorf, where the defending champion will be wearing the race number 51. The OOC will attend in full force and the Jägermeister Zwitter will return. Hopefully we can put Ray Schubert and also Larry McKenzie in some real race cars, then we really will have some fun. I also heard that Magne Bævere will be attending to strengthen the Norwegian charge to the flag.

For all who attended the race and supported us in any way we are truly grateful, we would also like to thank Markus Lottermann for presenting the trophies to the winners. 

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Hessisch Oldendorf edition of the Petermax Müller Gedächtnis Rennen .....

The Paints out........

With only just over a week to go to the big event, our friends "up North" have already began applying "War Paint" to their race cars ;)
We still need to build engines for two of our cars before we start thinking about War Paint.....

PMGR parcours preview

Only 2 weeks to go, so here is a peek at what you can expect, if you are entered in this years PMGR.
The full course is 120kms, so this is just a sample to wet your appetite
if you've not entered this time, guess you need to wait a couple of years for the next edition ;)

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who needs sleep?

The big day is getting closer and it looks like someone has not been getting too much sleep in order to make the start line of the PMGR :)

Parcours

The maps for the big day are ready!
So if you have entered the "PMGR" your navigator will be needing one of these .....