HE GOT BANNED FOR BUILDING THIS CAR!

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Жыл бұрын

The first ever twin engine rally/race car to exist! This is the Twin Engine Volkswagen Scirocco GTI built in the 1980s for Rally Circuits by Kim Mathers. It has two 1.8 Supercharged VW engines, it can run RWD, FWD, or AWD like the Corsa! It was built because at the time, the Audi Quattro was just released with the AWD system, but obviously was very expensive, so Kim thought outside the box and built this machine to get a cheap way of getting AWD and saying it worked well would be an understatement!
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@garyhost354 Жыл бұрын

Phwooooooar 9:23 look at that ant eater.

@ian1gail Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant car. What Kim fails to mention is he could actually drive! One off only a few to ever pass me. I notice Yvonne's water cooled brake reservoir has gone. Happy days. Thanks for posting this.

@tonylyon1970 Жыл бұрын

Kim's always been a legend to me & a good friend over the years servicing all my cars impeccably! I'm so glad that I got the privilege to lay the original livery on the Scirocco all them years back when I started working for a small sign company after leaving school. It still looks as good today as when I first encountered it. Hats off to you Kim.

@chronicawareness9986 Жыл бұрын

this is 100% cooler then anyone with a ferrari or lambo

@spsciroccomk2 Жыл бұрын

Wicked! I have had my scirocco for 23 years now... and I didn't know about this one. Thanks for the video.

@granada012000 Жыл бұрын

Don't you just love listening to someone with so much experience and knowledge. Brilliant 👍

@Leedslad31 Жыл бұрын

I remember this car well, Adam! Great to see it looking so good again after all these years, and great to see Kim looking so well, too. The last time I saw the Scirocco was in the mid to late '80s on a rally at (I think) Melbourne or Manby airfield in East Yorkshire. Kim and Yvonne were competing against some very quick cars (Opel Manta 400, Grp 4 Escorts etc, etc) but the twin engined VW was uncatchable. Take care and speak soon 🙂

@davidmolyneaux5062 Жыл бұрын

Remember it well in the 80's, Kym and Yvonne, THE team to beat on the ANWCC rallies and beyond. Great engineering and great driving/navigating. ♥

@greenbunnyinabongo7299 Жыл бұрын

Scirocco looks to be the first to have self closing boot back in 1984 🥳

@Speedscholars Жыл бұрын

Nothing better than seeing your passion and respect for a obviously very intelligent bloke. Best video yet!

@ianmorgan6632 Жыл бұрын

the passion in this man's voice ... early twin engined legend ... thank you

@essbee8028 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to the old boy all day Some interesting stories he has to tell 😎😎

@Capriman28 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of watching Kim racing in single seaters back in the 70’s and 80’s as well as seeing him rally this at Oulton Park. Met him again last year at Oulton. Great guy, great driver 👏👏

@TheHeeeliX Жыл бұрын

What an absolute legend! I always toyed around with the idea of replicating the VW BiMotor Scirocco Concept and he did it 30 years ago already. Absolutly brilliant madman!

@allanweston7730 Жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of meeting this guy at Goodwood this year one of the most interesting guys ever spoken too

@darrenmclean7454 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely fella, Have heard about this over the years and seen static photo's but never an in depth review. Absolutely fantastic

@thunderdick6117 Жыл бұрын

What a treat isn't it to meet a man like that . He's a wealth of knowledge just as all those older fellas are . When it comes to modern racing people just throw money at the problem. The older guys weren't working with huge budgets so they figured things out on the cheap .

@RobertSmith-rp7fd Жыл бұрын

Christ I bet he felt that at 14:47 took it like a champ mind

@512Berlinetta Жыл бұрын

Loved that car! Used to have a 2nd gen Scirocco street and a race car! It was a FWD racecar only, but with sponsorship from Pepsi we won our class in time trials, sprint and endurance races. This brought back many memories but this twin engine is just bonkers! Ours had 121 hp at the wheel. Can't imagine how nuts these cars will be with two engines and 400 hp! Thank you for the post 🖤💛❤

@fickyrisher Жыл бұрын

Love this! Currently watching the F1 and wishing Group B was still alive!

@johnrowell942 Жыл бұрын

That cars engine sounds awesome. Great to see how he sorted bump steer in the rear. glad he keeped it a restored it, like it was in the 80's. Legion 👍💯

@karlstamper9243 Жыл бұрын

What a great old school footage of a basic man in his garage making history with a cracking 2 engined car !

@kevincleaver73 Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to spend my apprenticeship at the VW main dealer down the road from Kim's House. I along with my mentor Ian Birch (Birchy) spent many days at Kim's. This is what inspired Ian to build BIG BUB. Hopefully Ian will build another soon 🙏

@itsnotmeitshim Жыл бұрын

Wow, there's a blast from the past. I watched this car at Aintree many times. Never saw Kim though...what a character.

@johntechwriter 10 ай бұрын

This car is along the lines of what me and my fellow motorhead buddies would fantasize about over beers back in the day. But this guy actually DID it! Honour is due.

@robin_marriott Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see another twin engined story being told. Loving these videos Adam.

@luchadorito Жыл бұрын

I had the same idea a couple months ago...turns out, not only has it been done but it has been done brilliantly :D

@christophecamus8410 Жыл бұрын

Great rally cars, it deserves to be more famous and more recognition

@micktuck5377 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic car. I’ve seen it rallying at Donnington park stage rally 3rd July 1988 amazing! I have photos

@brianhaygood183 Жыл бұрын

Just awesome. I had heard about the factory twins, and I know a guy in the US who threw a crude one together and got it to work; I think with an auto in the front, too. This done back in the day and killing the competition is really great. Great work, Kim.

@waynemangan9925 Жыл бұрын

41" Stateside. I love hearing stories about rally and the folks who built their own competitive cars without a big budget. Great guy and fascinating build. Also love the graphics on the car

@hoppygti Жыл бұрын

Loved this car, saw it on events all the time in the eighties. Kim came to Kirby Lonsdale MC and gave a talk about it, drove it too Melling Hall. I can remember studying it in the carpark. In a conversation that night he said his wife sometimes went shopping in it. Great car and driver.

@jamie66916691 Жыл бұрын

I know this car very well. I used to work at Barras garages running a 2.6 Vauxhall hrs. Kims car was the fastest car off the line I’ve ever seen.

@DJBillionator Жыл бұрын

Hearing an old Englishman talk about car specifics is just absolute gold!

@stutraverse4999 Жыл бұрын

I remember this car as a kid , I lived at the bottom of this street

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s brilliant. So do you remember the F1 cars in his workshop.

@andydarbo7450 Жыл бұрын

what a good video , i wondered what happend to this car i remember it winning at blackpool airfield back in the day i allways wondered about the inns and outs of this car and you answered everything ,thanks

@denseljosephs9500 Жыл бұрын

Love Scirocco,s owned 3 ,2 Gtis and I owned 3 mk1 Golf Gtis always loved VW s twin engine Scirocco do you remember the advert they had in a lot of magazines in the late 80s. Loving the content mate especially the quattro build.

@ATomRileyA Жыл бұрын

Great video, i had a vague memories of this car from somewhere so great to hear from the man himself and the stories. Love these kinds of outside of the box thinking projects. Thanks for making the video. Would love to see what happened to the dubsport twin engine cars also.

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

I have tracked all of them down. BIG DUB and UFO are in a private collection museum being looked after but not used. The third red one is still alive an hopefully being filmed soon.

@chadderton Жыл бұрын

@@TwinEngineCorsa I remember the blue Rallye Golf and blue Mk3 Golf with twin VR6s, and the green Mk1 with twin 16Vs on carbs, and the orange Mk1 with a VR6 turbo in the rear. All mad cars.

@sup3rbird Жыл бұрын

It's real enthusiasts like this that made rallying as entertaining and popular as it is today. He's the real deal and I could listen to him talk all day long p.s. the car is absolutely beautiful and they banned it because it was better than theirs; is that how "racing improves the breed"?

@clivewilson4678 Жыл бұрын

Sadly money has and always will TALK

@SpencerIsAFunnyOnion Жыл бұрын

A lot like modern F1 🙄

@Silverback0687 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant stuff. Best analogy I heard to describe a twin engined car was a guy who's T/E Mk1 golf was featured in Perfromance VW magazine some years ago. He had differing power plants and described like having a bloke pulling at the front and a bigger bloke pushing from the rear, it all made the car go and two of them meant it went faster!

@rickydub6950 Жыл бұрын

Master piece of engineering 👏

@jason123803 Жыл бұрын

Remember this car at Flookburgh stages in the late 80s…. Awesome car and the guy could drive it

@martinfahrni5677 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great presentation of a unique car and owner, love the gesture with the door, Cheers 👍👀🇨🇭😍

@sicks6six Жыл бұрын

I remember looking over a metro 6R4 group B car with 2 engines at a car dealership back in the day, it was fast, very fast according to the description card in the window, I was surprised to learn that in 1965 Austin built the twini, 2 engines shoehorned into a standard mini chassis, one in the boot and one in the usual place, the TWINI. . wish group B would be brought back and with it the crowds, that would encourage manufacturers to pump in more cash again...

@charlies418 Жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the question "What's the difference between 2WD and 4WD?". The answer was "With 4WD you don't slow down at roundabouts!".

@Conservator. Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly liked the video. Thanks!

@loops01 Жыл бұрын

Seems a great guy.. :) Good video mate.!!

@VX220ontrack Жыл бұрын

What a legend 🙌 amazing story!

@lanzodave Жыл бұрын

Ive been in that garage many times. Would love to see the Lotus Sunbeam, he used to turn up to rallies in the car with his slicks in the boot, Yvonne always made a cup of tea whilst sitting at the kitchen table next to a gearbox........

@tefer1982 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating video. 👏

@nigelpez5056 Жыл бұрын

It’s great that this survived when there was a time it was obsolete, credit to the man! It’s got a very Dibnah vibe. lovely stuff!

@NwdesignCo Жыл бұрын

Great video and Kim is a great local legend.

@MitchellPetersonJr Жыл бұрын

That's awesome he gave you the door.

@radiocontrolcardevelopment7329 Жыл бұрын

This car is really special

@charlies418 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for doing this video - it would be great to do a video of a drive on the road. This reminds me of a 0-60 event at Silverstone. This old Vauxhall Nova pulled up to the line at which point I switched my camera off. That car did 0-60 in 2.8s! It turns out it had two turbo-charged 2.5L engines in it and the owner said it wasn't running 100%.

@TheBlaert Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a couple of magazine articles on this car many years ago. There were a couple of factory built twin engined MK2 Golfs built for the Pikes Peak Hillclimb from memory too

@robertgee8292 Жыл бұрын

I remember it well I was in the same championship in 86 in a Lotus sunbeam it just blew us all away 👍

@newchapterbegins Жыл бұрын

Wicked video. What a build that is.

@havocmwf Жыл бұрын

Love the old-style Scirocco. I had one back in the early 80's. a TS version, so a bit lame power-wise but great down twisty roads.

@ChoppersModelworks Жыл бұрын

Great interview, been wondering about this car sense my dad and i read about it back in the day. We always wondered how a turbo diesel setup would run as the fuel tanks would be easier to mount and maybe be smaller.

@clivewilson4678 Жыл бұрын

Why do you sat that?

@Rickbryant79 Жыл бұрын

Amazing car and overview, wow he's knowledge too.

@readyreckoner1592 Жыл бұрын

Man I'm trying to throw a case of beer in that Volkswagen and go rip around. Tell you what man.

@allenschmitz9644 Жыл бұрын

Wow, any one have a 2002 rally BMW out there! This is so cool, this is a rare survivor.

@user-dg7sy8cz3b Жыл бұрын

I remember one of these, or a Golf, at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 1985. Crazy sounding beast.

@kyrkbymannen Жыл бұрын

15:10 I was wearing headphones and looked if my wife was snoring, but she wasn’t, when I put the headphones on again I discovered that the cameraman was snoring.

@chesspiece81 Жыл бұрын

I'm blown away with the content and technical knowledge of the channel. Please work on the camerawork and POV shots. It's almost like watching a hidden camera/undercover show. Other than that it's great.

@rohanmills8509 Жыл бұрын

I could watch this guy all day

@houdini8o8 Жыл бұрын

when your car gets banned... LEGEND!

@MyZxcvb12 Жыл бұрын

Food old boy for giving you that door thanks for the video.

@garystein9536 Жыл бұрын

Great vid thank you

@christophesalome4258 Жыл бұрын

Génial, magnifique système ! Très beau véhicule ! 👍👌😉👋

@ianpearce7627 Жыл бұрын

Top vid mate

@paulprior3775 Жыл бұрын

Lovely car , clever bloke too 👍

@alexandersillan8139 Жыл бұрын

If that was in Australia it would of been full of gnarly spiders

@Jpmpmpm 9 ай бұрын

Great classic nore videos like this

@craigbourne4792 Жыл бұрын

brings back a lot of memory's seeing it at manby and oulton park ;0

@christophecamus3295 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting car, great video 👍 ❤❤❤

@kevinmanley2498 Жыл бұрын

Top video👍. Bleady lovely car 👌

@happysnapper6132 2 ай бұрын

This car came in our garage for scrutineering approx 87 for a local rally.

@jameshendrix8217 Жыл бұрын

wow twin 8v's I was expecting twin 16vs. My first vw cars were 8v's easy to work on and relatively reliable, unlike the new vw crap.

@thatcrazyguyjay Жыл бұрын

I was Borne in 1987 lol. Nice rally car 😮

@va2dalpou Жыл бұрын

There's a guy in alberta who put together a rear W8 and a front Vr6 in a mk4 jetta. 14 cylinders jetta. : )

@devil2jz500 Жыл бұрын

He looks like an older Chip Foose.

@syncrosimon Жыл бұрын

I remember this car concept from the early eighties, didn’t know it existed. Had a mk2 on a G plate.

@johnbarr6873 Жыл бұрын

Remember seeing it run on new Brighton prom

@NerdInMotion23 Жыл бұрын

Really cool car fantastic engineering.

@glenhallworth2966 Жыл бұрын

Remember this from some off the meetings we yoused to race at

@devil2jz500 Жыл бұрын

21:29 I am building a mid engine K series turbo 1970 Honda z600 (Japanese mini Cooper) and I did the same thing with my rear steering knuckle, I made a linkage (to hold the rear knuckle straight) that bolts into the control arm to prevent bump steering.

@Blackberries.86 Жыл бұрын

2 engines in a car is the correct amount of engines in a car 👍🏻🍻

@davidlee4966 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the car at the Astra stages on August bank holiday 19 80 something, remember it being quick

@johnbarr6873 Жыл бұрын

Don’t make people like this no more Legend

@robertaupton3221 Жыл бұрын

Saw it at Aintree back in the day!

@smiththers2 6 ай бұрын

i had always wondered what it'd be like to have a dual engine car... maybe someday ill build one with a corolla, and just keep it twin automatic. ohhhh to dream.....

@1977crusher Жыл бұрын

14:47 there's a boot upside your head, there's a boot upside your head.

@KJ-vp5fn Жыл бұрын

Beautiful car

@Eduardo_Espinoza Жыл бұрын

I think this is why the electric VW I.D R beat the world record of the old F1 car at Goodwood.

@rosco4659 Жыл бұрын

What a machine! Does anyone remember the green twin engine escort pickup that was in Max Power all them years ago, wonder what happened to that thing?