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Rally Bugs
This web site is dedicated to the various Volkswagen Beetles used in rallying, whether it be international, national or just plain clubman.
As time goes by, I shall be attempting to find as much information as possible. To start with, I am going to focus on my particular favourites, the 1302S and 1303S cars that Porsche Austria ran in European rallies from 1971 until 1973. Some of the information came from the official FIA homologation papers for the 1302S (which includes the 1303S), and if you wish to order this information for yourself, you can contact your countries ASN (for the UK this is the MSA). There will probably be a small charge for this (currently £35 in the UK). To find your ASN (National Sporting Authority in French!), go to www.fia.com.
A lot of the black and white photographs came via Porsche Austria in Salzburg, who were kind enough to photocopy them from a book on the cars. Unfortunately, they were unable to provide any further information concerning the specification used.
Congratulations to Jan Skute and Stein Roed for an overall stage win, 4 top ten stage finishes and 4th in class for the 2008 Historic Monte!
| New Additions | Current Porsche Salzburg cars |
| John and Mark Huebbe's US Beetle - 2010 100 Acres Wood rally added | |
| David Dias' 1969 from the 2008 Rally de Portugal Historico | |
| Small report on Vidar's 2009 Monte | |
| 1983 RAC 1302S of Ernst Harrach and Harald Gottlieb | |
| Arnie Levic's Rallycross 1303 | |
| Scott Swenson's 1973 SCCA PRO Rally Super Beetle | |
| 2009 Historic Acropolis Rally results | |
| Matthew and John Keeler's Paris To Peking and Nile Trial 1959 Beetle | |
| Uch Perazza from Australia has sent in some shots from his latest rally down under | |
| Antonio de Luca's Gr.2-converted 1300 standard with 110hp, with links to his YouTube videos page and details of his Facebook page | |
| Rob Scott has provided info on his autotest KG | |
| Buås Motorsport - running a 1303S and a 1600TL | |
| Claudio Melita sent in pictures of a Turin, Italy-registered Porsche Salzburg car | |
| Beales and Cardell Notchback from various rallies and more pictures of Bob's Beetle too | |
| Erik Courtois found some more Porsche Austria pics | |
| Christian Meister has sent through a picture of his 1978 Austrian rallying 1303S | |
| Jo Viggo Buås' Beetle |
Florenzo has created a Salzburg Beetle for use in the Rally Trophy sim PC game. Go Here
This site was last updated on 15/08/10 .