Show off your Class 11 or Class 11 Look-Alike

[Dark Earth]

There's a place for Baja's, Dune Buggies, and Sandrails to show their stuff. Why not a place for Class 11's and Class 11 look-alikes ?
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My Build: '69 Baja - Dark Earth Version

~I'm almost done. I just lack finishing up.~

[mr_bill]

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see ya' on the trail........

"Mr Bill"
Dos Perros Motorsports
Orange, CA
1972 Class 11x/Stock Bug
'60's era "vintage" Tunnell-Buggy

"...no one here....get's out ALIVE...."

Motor = electric
Engine = internal combustion

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[Dürtwagen]

That's bad ass,

Mr_bill, do you drive this around on the street?
I was born and raised in the city or orange, lived there all my life untill about 3 years ago and I've never seen this on the road ! Surely I would remember!
That engine bay is so clean, nice work
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1974 VW baja bug
1979 Mercedes Benz 300D

[enjoyther1de]

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HBB took me to BBV.

[dirtkeeper]

There are some great old threads here with lots of pictures. I will show off mine. Its has been "down" for the last year or more after my son busted the tranny ,again!. and i have lacked funds and time. Got a new tranny and a refresh on my engine and hope to get it back on the road in the next month or two. This is after the last refresh which was after i rolled it a few years ago.
Mine has lift kit, most do not.

[mr_bill]

[joemama]

Saw this bug at the offroad show last year.

[enjoyther1de]

[Brian]

[oldschool5er]

My Class 11 in Baja 500 1975. Still working on the restoration, maybe finished this summer.

[oldschool5er]

Thought I would add this because it is a cool pic of a close C11 relative. This is a class 6 precurser to class 11 and class 5. This is a pic of my race partner Hank Roed and Dave Beverly going on to win a 1st place Baja 500 in 1974. Dave is a two time champion for the Baja 500 in this car "Yankee Doodle". the only real difference between it and a Class 11 was it had a 2 liter engine in it per class 6 rules , but essentially the same early suspension with trimmed fenders and large tires.

[dustymojave]

YES for Class 6!!!!

Isn't that the Bug that later had American Flag stripes on the hood?

Class 6 was for production sedans. Which included all other brands of cars, like Mike Schwacofer's 55 Chevy and Arne Gustafson's Saab 99, and Snortin' Nortin's Chevy Nova, and Pintos and Falcon Rancheros...

But VW Bugs SO COMPLETELY DOMINATED Class 6, that in the late 70s, VW Bugs were banned from the class to let others have a chance.

By 1990, cars like the Larry Minor (funny car and dragster owner as well as early Baja Bronco racer) tube framed front V8 engine rear wheel drive Olds Cutlass (when Olds built them as V6 front wheel drive), and the wide body Walker Evans racing tube framed 20+ inch travel Jeep Cherokee took the class over.

It's been all down hill for the class ever since, until SCORE finally started a new Class 6 for trophy trucks with crate engines and limited width suspension.

Sadly, there is now no class for production-based sedans at all in off road racing.
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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.

[dustymojave]

This image of a Bug has been a big influence on me since 1970.

It's from the front cover of the book that came before Jeff Hibbard's Baja Bugs and Buggies. It was called Baja Prepping VW Sedans and Buggies, also published by HP books.

This was a NORRA Production Sedan. That class inspired the SCORE Class 6. Same basic rules.

I've shared this image many times on here and other forums. But it's still a favorite car.
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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.

[oldschool5er]

Dusty, I don't recall a flag on it when it was painted white. When I inherited it, no hood was on it. I will ask Dave this week as I would like to find pics of it in white but since trackside shut down I havent been able to. Dave is like me as we just never thought about taking pics of our cars back then lol. We regret it alot. Thank God Jim Ober/Trackside did otherwise we would have zilch lol.

[joemama]

Mine is not on the road yet. Cant wait until I can post action shots.

[dustymojave]

[mr_bill]

[joemama]

Thank you, Mr. Bill. Getting there.

[L5wolvesf]

Got Air? It ain't the prettiest but it runs like a scaled VW and survives to race another day.
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“Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.”
S. McQueen

[dustymojave]

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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.