Looks beyond awesome.
Can't tell what trans it is, but looks like there are transmission oil
cooler lines on it possibly.

my wild guess was that it refers to October just past.
Easy to google for the Eco Race I imagine.

I've always wanted to do this sort of thing to a Vanagon shell..
I have 3 or 4 that could be 'gone crazy' on like this, in terms of
outrageous mods, located in Southern Oregon.
One is already pre-gutted and de-windowed  by fire and  just aching to
have something like this done to it.

I have in the back of my mind a 'tall baja bug' arrangement ..
driver sitting in the middle....at roof level ...like one or two seats
are mounted very high  so roof is at elbow level of the driver and
passenger. No roof over those seats in my vision......minimalist stubby
windshield, etc.

And most of the forward body structure removed...
Large reinforcement tubes going everywhere.
Helmut and googles would be normal attire.

I have raced in Baja btw .  One of my 5 semi-joke claims to fame is I
raced in the first Mexican 1000 Off Road Race in Nov 1967 in Baja
California.
A short paragraph and small picture of my mildly  race-prepped and
self-built 56 Chevy apeared in the Feb 68 Issue of Dune Buggies and Hot
VW's.  I had a  305 Cubic Inch Chev V-8 with performance cam and huge
carb, 6 forward speeds in the trans and aluminum tube frame military
aircraft front seats. It was the first car I ever owned too.
   It was easy to powerslide that cararound  around a little on wide
gravel roads down there at 75 mph ...on mexican public roads that were
not closed even for the race.
A great adventure for sure.

Thanks for posting this link..
nice to see some outrageous creativity in a serious off road Syncro !

Scott

On 12/14/2013 10:58 AM, Neil N wrote:
> That is some serious stuff.
>
> engine-transmission images:
>
> http://www.africarace.com//components/com_adsman/images/119_img_152.jpg
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> http://www.africarace.com//components/com_adsman/images/119_img_150.jpg
>
> Neil.
>
> On 12/14/13, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Any idea what transmission he's running in that beast?  ....
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> http://www.africarace.com/fr/?option=com_adsman&view=adsman&task=details&id=119
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>