1972 Volkswagen 1302 S [Typ 1]

1972 Volkswagen 1302 S [Typ 1] in The Evolution of the Drift Angle – 50 years of rally, Documentary, 2002

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
rjluna2 ◊ 2014-12-15 01:48	Not the 1300/1500 with this narrow bonnet
dsl ◊ 2014-12-20 23:48	Probably 1972 Austrian Alpine rally - can't trace #18, but #10 was Günther Janger/Harald Gottlieb in Volkswagen 1302S with plate S117.240; H.Grünsteidl/G.Hopf in another 1302S (# and plate details unknown) were 4th.
tore-40 ◊ 2014-12-21 10:54	And to the admin that changed MY to 1972 - what made it a 1972 over a 1971?
dsl ◊ 2014-12-21 13:41	Nothing definite, just a general trend - often broken - that team rally cars (possibly VW Salzburg from plate sequences??) belong to year of the event. 71 event had a few 1302S as well - Klaus Russling/Franz Mikes (finished 3rd), Gernot Fischer/Herbert Kohlweis (4th), Leopold Bosch/Walter (6th) - no details found of rally numbers or plates - so 71 or 72 as you like.
Ingo ◊ 2014-12-21 15:41	dsl wrote Nothing definite, just a general trend - often broken - that team rally cars (possibly VW Salzburg from plate sequences??) belong to year of the event. 71 event had a few 1302S as well - Klaus Russling/Franz Mikes (finished 3rd), Gernot Fischer/Herbert Kohlweis (4th), Leopold Bosch/Walter (6th) - no details found of rally numbers or plates - so 71 or 72 as you like. Yes, pimped by Porsche Salzburg. A plenty of details about their racing-1302 here: http://www.vw1302.de/a2/1302dok/ams7204/ams7204.html maybe I have a second one of this issue. -- Last edit: 2014-12-21 15:43:01