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Chick Iverson Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2002 Posts: 732
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: Engine-pull contest |
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I mentioned to Rich kimball during Hot VW's Drag Day on Sunday that I would like to see the return of the engine-pull contest. If enough people showed interest I think maybe it could happen....It really was a cool event, 2-man teams pull an engine, drag it back from under the car then install it and drive the car forward to show that it is back in....I think Rich said the record was 3 minutes and 48 seconds.....top that! _________________ '59 Euro convertible--'56 type 2 double door panel w/Chick Iverson logo-....2 wrongs don't make a right, but 3 lefts do! |
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Ann Mezger Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 933 Location: Delaware
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: |
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That was a cool event - If I remember correctly, isn't Fred Simpson (Performance Technology) the record holder? _________________ www.vintageperformance.net |
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The Sage Samba Member
Joined: December 10, 2005 Posts: 2470 Location: Traverse City
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: Re: Engine-pull contest |
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5vert6 wrote: |
I mentioned to Rich kimball during Hot VW's Drag Day on Sunday that I would like to see the return of the engine-pull contest. If enough people showed interest I think maybe it could happen....It really was a cool event, 2-man teams pull an engine, drag it back from under the car then install it and drive the car forward to show that it is back in....I think Rich said the record was 3 minutes and 48 seconds.....top that! |
I could do that...unless the engine has to go back into the vehicle properly. _________________ Feel My Pain l Sage Ad World |
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milleracing02 Samba Member
Joined: August 12, 2007 Posts: 157 Location: Lake Elsinore
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: Hey ya |
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I remember watching them back at the VW Jamborie in Irvine long ago. That would be sweet. |
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metalchomper Samba Member
Joined: June 27, 2005 Posts: 703 Location: Statesville, NC
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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If I remember correctly, the car had to be driven forward before the engine was removed. Does anyone remember the rules? Did the rear tin have to be in place? My 74 year old father and I pulled one two weeks ago in 25 minutes including rear tin. This was the first engine we did together in 16 years. We used to be able to do one in 10 minutes (that's grimmy mouse turd encrusted engines). _________________ Brett
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Dave Samba Elder
Joined: July 11, 2002 Posts: 2689 Location: The Forest Moon of Endor, in the Redwoods
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Ann Mezger wrote: |
That was a cool event - If I remember correctly, isn't Fred Simpson (Performance Technology) the record holder? |
Yes, Fred Simpson, and Rand "Zubie" Foster, with a time of 2 minutes, 17 seconds... the truly amazing thig that most people forget, is in the 2:17, they not only pulled and re-installed the engine, they did ANOTHER engine pull... if it had counted, Fred and Rand would have come in First.... AND 3rd...
Fred has the old Super 8 format video of the engine pull- it was on the screen during the pre-Bug-In mixer, held at the host hotel in Fontana... _________________ 2003 Samba Chummie Winner- Best Story
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my65vert Samba Member
Joined: November 09, 2003 Posts: 6186 Location: Middleburg, Florida
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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I cant even get the bolt out by the clutch cable arm in 2.17 minutes. _________________ OGJHC
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DLX-Fe Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 90 Location: West Linn OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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my65vert wrote: |
I cant even get the bolt out by the clutch cable arm in 2.17 minutes. |
you actually put that one in? dont you know the three out of four rule? if its good enough for gum it good enough for my engine. _________________ Doug
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volksterii Samba Member
Joined: December 01, 2006 Posts: 425 Location: San Diego CA
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: |
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I believe that I may have seen that actual record breaking engine pull. I believe the rules were that you had to drive the car and park it for the contest. There were two man teams and two floor jacks. They had to remove the engine then pull it back, I think it was ten feet then install the engine. Once installed, you then had to drive it about ten feet or so. That was the contest as I remember it from about 25 years ago. _________________ 71 Westy Hardtop, 1915
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buggdude67 Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2004 Posts: 543
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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volksterii wrote: |
I believe that I may have seen that actual record breaking engine pull. I believe the rules were that you had to drive the car and park it for the contest. There were two man teams and two floor jacks. They had to remove the engine then pull it back, I think it was ten feet then install the engine. Once installed, you then had to drive it about ten feet or so. That was the contest as I remember it from about 25 years ago. |
I think it was 1 floor jack and two jack stands.
I was at that Bug In as well, not sure which one it was. They had the motor out of the bug and dragged the 10 feet in under 1 min. The last minute 17 was to install it back in.
I remember one of the cars one year had a white fiberglass front end and dude pulled the car forward instead of back and hit the 6x6 post holding up the guard rail. The front end had a square sized chunk knocked out of his fiberglass. OOPS |
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syssolu12005 Samba Member
Joined: April 30, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Anaheim California
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: Engine Pull. |
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Hello my Name is Eugene Johnson.I saw your posts discussing the Engine Pull Contest from the OCIR bugins. I grew up next door to Fred Simpson.From the age of about 10 I spent just about every day in his garage. I can tell you stories from the early buggins right through to how guys like Jack Sachetti started.Man I knew EVERYBODY.Anyway, I was with Fred at buggin one time when Rand Foster "ZUBIE" and fred and I where watching the engine pull at halftime. Fred was laughing,It was pretty funny seeing these guys taking so long.Right than he decided not only was he going to break whatever the record was then but destroy it.He had an old 8mm camera with him so he filmed the entire thing.In The next few days we all watched the film and fred started picking it apart and noteing everything that was slowing them down. Man it was amazing,Fred noticed EVERYTHING.Little things like losing the bolts and spending almost 8 minutes just trying to find them.Anyway, he made a big list of all this and he and Zubie spent the next couple months solving everyone of them.About a week before the next buggin They decided they had everything and where ready to try it. So the saturday before (Buggins always on Sunday)on Freds driveway they made there first run through it.For now I wont go through how the contest was run,you guys seem to have the basic of it.But I can go throught it later.Actually Im skipping over a lot of great parts of the storie that I will be happy to tell later. So anyway you have a compeltetly stock (passes tech before) vw,Fred and Zubie 40 feet away with only 1 floor jack,two Jack stands and "hand tools only" and me with a stop watch/Thats right I was about 15yrs old I timed the very first world record. And man was it scary.The car actuall came off the stands and missed Zubie by about 2 inches.Fred wife Linda almost pulled the plug on the whole things because she said they where gonna kill someone.But when we looked at the stop watch everyone went into shock.I actually forgot to stop it for probably a minute becuase of what happened and they still where over twenty minutes faster than the previous record. I thought for sure I screwed up and said do it again.Fred was already getting ready and started again.This time it went almost perfectly as planned.After about two more runs they had it down to 2mins and 59seconds. Unbelievable.Fred pack up,put the car on the trailer and off we went.I remmember the next morning Fred and I met Zubie at a Dennys down off the 5frwy for breakfast and ran into Dyno Don and I think it was Rich Kimbale.Fred told them what he was up to but wouldnt tell them just HOW good it was going to be.But that they should be ready for a event that would be remmembered in VW history FOREVER. Anyway,my fingers are getting tired so I cut it short for now.Write back if you are interested or Know anyone who is.I actuall have some a lot of amazing stories about the history of VW racing and the California Scene in the late 70s and 80s.Like I said I knew EVERYONE.Fred was actually more like a father to me than anything. I actually was the first one to drive a Fully competetive pro Car under Simpson Racing.Fred is actually responsible for more of todays champions and records than anyone realizes or he gets credit for.But thats just the way he is.Never tell him he CANT do something unless your ready to be proven wrong,but at the same time the most humble man Ive ever met.I swear on a stack of bibles that all I will tell you is 100% true.Call him and ask him ABOUT Gene or the headgames car.He will probably just smile and say "YA he was a pest, but he 's not lying or something like that.I look forward to hearing from you.I have wanted to tell my story for years and never really came across the right opertunity.Maybe you can help me with that and together we can make a few people smile and be proud to be "OLD SCHOOL".Write back soon. Thank you
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ErcseRacing Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2011 Posts: 248 Location: Bellflower, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Engine Pull. |
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syssolu12005 wrote: |
Hello my Name is Eugene Johnson.I saw your posts discussing the Engine Pull Contest from the OCIR bugins. I grew up next door to Fred Simpson.From the age of about 10 I spent just about every day in his garage. I can tell you stories from the early buggins right through to how guys like Jack Sachetti started.Man I knew EVERYBODY.Anyway, I was with Fred at buggin one time when Rand Foster "ZUBIE" and fred and I where watching the engine pull at halftime. Fred was laughing,It was pretty funny seeing these guys taking so long.Right than he decided not only was he going to break whatever the record was then but destroy it.He had an old 8mm camera with him so he filmed the entire thing.In The next few days we all watched the film and fred started picking it apart and noteing everything that was slowing them down. Man it was amazing,Fred noticed EVERYTHING.Little things like losing the bolts and spending almost 8 minutes just trying to find them.Anyway, he made a big list of all this and he and Zubie spent the next couple months solving everyone of them.About a week before the next buggin They decided they had everything and where ready to try it. So the saturday before (Buggins always on Sunday)on Freds driveway they made there first run through it.For now I wont go through how the contest was run,you guys seem to have the basic of it.But I can go throught it later.Actually Im skipping over a lot of great parts of the storie that I will be happy to tell later. So anyway you have a compeltetly stock (passes tech before) vw,Fred and Zubie 40 feet away with only 1 floor jack,two Jack stands and "hand tools only" and me with a stop watch/Thats right I was about 15yrs old I timed the very first world record. And man was it scary.The car actuall came off the stands and missed Zubie by about 2 inches.Fred wife Linda almost pulled the plug on the whole things because she said they where gonna kill someone.But when we looked at the stop watch everyone went into shock.I actually forgot to stop it for probably a minute becuase of what happened and they still where over twenty minutes faster than the previous record. I thought for sure I screwed up and said do it again.Fred was already getting ready and started again.This time it went almost perfectly as planned.After about two more runs they had it down to 2mins and 59seconds. Unbelievable.Fred pack up,put the car on the trailer and off we went.I remmember the next morning Fred and I met Zubie at a Dennys down off the 5frwy for breakfast and ran into Dyno Don and I think it was Rich Kimbale.Fred told them what he was up to but wouldnt tell them just HOW good it was going to be.But that they should be ready for a event that would be remmembered in VW history FOREVER. Anyway,my fingers are getting tired so I cut it short for now.Write back if you are interested or Know anyone who is.I actuall have some a lot of amazing stories about the history of VW racing and the California Scene in the late 70s and 80s.Like I said I knew EVERYONE.Fred was actually more like a father to me than anything. I actually was the first one to drive a Fully competetive pro Car under Simpson Racing.Fred is actually responsible for more of todays champions and records than anyone realizes or he gets credit for.But thats just the way he is.Never tell him he CANT do something unless your ready to be proven wrong,but at the same time the most humble man Ive ever met.I swear on a stack of bibles that all I will tell you is 100% true.Call him and ask him ABOUT Gene or the headgames car.He will probably just smile and say "YA he was a pest, but he 's not lying or something like that.I look forward to hearing from you.I have wanted to tell my story for years and never really came across the right opertunity.Maybe you can help me with that and together we can make a few people smile and be proud to be "OLD SCHOOL".Write back soon. Thank you
Eugene Johnson |
Eugene, ever heard of John Ercse? |
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