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89B looking a little worse for wear on the second pic !, i wonder if either of these were Abingdon shells at the time of pics

OUCH!

I wonder what the bloke in the drivers seat was thinking...


.....'ah.....bollox...................


he certainly made a mess of it!

Just shows how many works rally cars were wiped out, not just by the works but in private ownership (no offence Ronnie! ).

roger platt
he squashed it flat


a poem by rich

age 7 3/4

..and probaly felt
abit of a tw...

just thought I'd finish it off.

i seem to remember two of the above cars up for auction in 2008, obviously re-shelled, mmmmm

After BL had finished with it OBL 45F went to Phil Cooper first as I remember.

Paddy testing at Silverstone...



Going back to the crashed CRX 89B, that ended up in a Mk3 shell didn't it like EBL 56C did?

Helpful police officer is looking the other way regarding the lack of roadworthiness on the crashed OBL! What are the tyres on it?

Goodyear Ultragrips - often called German Ultragrips.
Brilliant tyres that worked well on tarmac and loose but were a forest tyre.
Their tarmac tyre, also superb, was the Goodyear Rally Special.
Both were 165 x 70 x 10's
Of course neither of these tyres are made any longer.

youngres wrote:Goodyear Ultragrips - often called German Ultragrips.
Brilliant tyres that worked well on tarmac and loose but were a forest tyre.
Their tarmac tyre, also superb, was the Goodyear Rally Special.
Both were 165 x 70 x 10's
Of course neither of these tyres are made any longer.

I Used to run Utragrips on night events, tried it with 175 x 70 x 12s on the front (hence the high arches) for abit but i could never get it to my liking This was the 1982 Illuminations a Motoring News event

Interesting photos, thanks for posting. You don't see many like that, it would be good to see more of ex works cars from the 70's and 80's. It's all part of the cars histories.

IIFR the 165/70-10 Ultragrips became available in 1972/3. The Mini size was a "German Ultragrip" only. I used them on the 73 Welsh and they were a vast improvement on Dunlop SP44s on forest/gravel (but probably wouldn't have been on snow).

13" size as used by Ford works team on Cortinas from 65(?), certainly 66, and initially on Escorts was originally "Ultragrip" in a different pattern (only very occasionally called "English Ultragrip"). German Ultragrip became available to them before the 10" size was introduced and was much discussed but from what I observed rarely used by either Ford works or private entries.

We all know BMC works used Dunlop racers from a very early date but Ford had to rely on "Rally Specials" at best (a road tyre) for many years after because Goodyear would not sanction use of their racers on the road (too thin side walls). This explains a lot of Abingdon Mini's good performance against works Lotus Cortinas on tarmac.

Used ultra grips on the grass track racer THE best tyre in the wet/mud...............

I acquired a NOS set of Ultragrips that had been stored " in the dark " so not perished last year. Still had Goodyear stickers on them, and came with Goodyear heavy duty tubes, still in original packaging. Surprisingly good on the road ( though not E marked )

Pete wrote:
Going back to the crashed CRX 89B, that ended up in a Mk3 shell didn't it like EBL 56C did?

Anyone ??

Pete wrote:Just shows how many works rally cars were wiped out, not just by the works but in private ownership (no offence Ronnie! ).

Well it looks like there is hope for mine looking at those

Pete wrote:After BL had finished with it OBL 45F went to Phil Cooper first as I remember.

Phil cooper re-shelled it before Tom Seal got it (CCC article)

I picked up a few NOS Ultragrips too

This is a new photo to me....not sure which cars they are or the event...any ideas ? Perhaps someone has access to a better quality image ?

Dave