dlprezes 0 Posted September 10, 2011 Who is Weichlbauer ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve19620 26 Posted September 10, 2011 First name is Joe - rode for Cradley Heath & Reading in the sixties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,097 Posted September 11, 2011 Born in Austria, he became a naturalised Australian. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedflash 242 Posted September 27, 2011 Lived with my Mum and Dad in Perth and rode at Claremont Speedway. Came to Perth with a German rider called Heck Hasslinger who is still in Perth. Would love to know where he is now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted September 27, 2011 Lived with my Mum and Dad in Perth and rode at Claremont Speedway. Came to Perth with a German rider called Heck Hasslinger who is still in Perth. Would love to know where he is now. Didn't Hec Haslinger-who I do remember-ride for Doncaster or Reading in 1970. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,097 Posted September 27, 2011 Didn't Hec Haslinger-who I do remember-ride for Doncaster or Reading in 1970. 156 points in 31 matches for Doncaster in 1970, Bob. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve19620 26 Posted September 27, 2011 Also rode for Birmingham in 1971 Regards Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamysurfer 0 Posted September 27, 2011 Didn't Hec Haslinger-who I do remember-ride for Doncaster or Reading in 1970. Hi i just googled my dad (Joe Weichlbauer) and up this popped weird seeing my dads name on here. Your right he is Austrian then went to Sydney before going to perth he is now in the UK. He went to Australia with Gunther Haslinger who is still in Perth (think he owns/runs a garage) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted September 28, 2011 Lived with my Mum and Dad in Perth and rode at Claremont Speedway. Came to Perth with a German rider called Heck Hasslinger who is still in Perth. Would love to know where he is now. Both are (or were) Austrians (not German), Josef 'Joe' Weichlbauer and Günther 'Hec' Haslinger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frigbo 518 Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wriders&action=display&thread=3043 http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hriders&action=display&thread=1229 Do you have your Dad's place and date of birth, Heidi? Edited September 28, 2011 by frigbo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Main Man 222 Posted September 28, 2011 Hi i just googled my dad (Joe Weichlbauer) and up this popped weird seeing my dads name on here. Your right he is Austrian then went to Sydney before going to perth he is now in the UK. He went to Australia with Gunther Haslinger who is still in Perth (think he owns/runs a garage) Wasn't your dad working in Walsall for British Gas as a gas fitter / repairman a few years ago or am I mixing him up with someone else?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miro 9 Posted September 28, 2011 Haslinger was based in Oxford and worked as a mechanic at the bus garage I believe. As both were Austrians by birth I take it they went to Australia and returned as Commonwealth riders in the BL2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamysurfer 0 Posted October 4, 2011 [Yes my dad worked in Walsall on the council as a gas fitter many moons ago, he is still working away in the same trade but no longer at the same place q uote name=Main Man' timestamp='1317223826' post='2019990] Wasn't your dad working in Walsall for British Gas as a gas fitter / repairman a few years ago or am I mixing him up with someone else?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamysurfer 0 Posted October 4, 2011 http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wriders&action=display&thread=3043 http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hriders&action=display&thread=1229 Do you have your Dad's place and date of birth, Heidi? My dad was born in Graz Austria in 1944 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
britmet 233 Posted October 4, 2011 Hi Heidi,- I doped & oiled for your dad when he arrived at Cradley in 1966, following over Chum Taylor, who he lodged and travelled with. In his first 2nd-half ride at Dudley Wood Joe rocketed down the back straight to the alarm of everyone, 'cos we knew he wouldn't be able to take the bend at that speed. He'd come from Claremont's 640yd track where it was fast and hardly necessary to slide on the big wide bends, - he couldn't ! I also remember travelling by train to Glasgow with him and the team. On the journey the team manager dished out the fivers, one each, for a meal. At the end of the meal, when Joe told the waiter to keep the change, he tossed it back in his face, cursing “When we get to Glasgow I’m taxed a shilling on every meal !” Admittedly a penny-halfpenny change - 1½d -, still wasn’t much even in 1966 !, By total co-incidence I also got to know Hec Haslinger when the Doncaster team transfered to Brum in '71 and I d&o'd for skipper George Major who Hec rode alongside. I last bumped into your dad in a hardware shop in Kingswinford, late '70s/early '80s after he'd finished riding. I'll send you a PM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
