1965 Steyr-Puch 650 TR II

1965 Steyr-Puch 650 TR II in Rallyerfolge: Wartburg 1000, Documentary, 1965

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Weasel1984 ◊ 2006-11-29 22:09
datsunZ ◊ 2006-11-30 00:01	1965 "Works"650 TR,a tuned-for races Steyr-Puch 500 D,with Puch boxer twin-cyl.engine(the same of 700 AP Haflinger off-road)fitted with a kit gifted of specially-crafted parts(like the similar Italian Abarth 595 or the Giannini 500 TV) PS Note as 1965 Steyr-Puch cars with 500 body shown still suicide-doors,while the contemporary Italian Fiat 500 counterparts are already shifted to front-hinged doors just since that year--Steyr-Puch 500 will adopt that modification only since 1968)
datsunZ ◊ 2006-11-30 00:34	Could be the Puch driven by Polish rallyman Sobieslaw Zasada???I see a Polish style plate(with a car like that,Zasada won the 1st place of "until 700 cm3"class at 1965 Sanremo Rally in Italy)
Weasel1984 ◊ 2006-11-30 15:33	datsunZ wrote Could be the Puch driven by Polish rallyman Sobieslaw Zasada???I see a Polish style plate(with a car like that,Zasada won the 1st place of "until 700 cm3"class at 1965 Sanremo Rally in Italy) Yes it can be him, seems that Austrian plates had only one letter at the beginning, so this "WG" can be from Warsaw, or these are Austrian plates of Austrian team. Pic is from the "Rally Wartburg". -- Last edit: 2008-01-24 22:33:24