EBL 56C

[Pete]

I seem to remember the original car was hit by a Triumph Stag! That must have been alot of work just to get the loom out of the bent original and into the Mk3 let alone to do it all again back into the Mk1. These old competition cars really did lead a hard life but it’s refreshing to see some continuity and hear how they survived one way or another.

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1966 RAC Marjetta Aaltonen/Carolyn Tyler

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1965 RAC

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1966 RAC

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1965 Coupe des Alpes

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1966 Castrol Danube Tony Fall/Rev Rupert Jones

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Picture moved thanks to Guys input.

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1989 Pirelli Classic Marathon

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[Smithmaps]

The Geneva picture No 64 is in fact the 65 Geneva, and is EBL55C.
EBL 56 C was no 75 on the 66 Geneva Rally.
The later pics on the Marathon are in fact mine, taken with a Nikon camera I borrowed from Paddy.
My car at the time too.
A great week in my life.
Guy

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Thanks Guy. I have moved car 64 to the correct thread.

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1966 Geneva

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1965 1000 Lakes

[MiNiKiN]

Also 1966 Castrol Danube Tony Fall/Rev Rupert Jones:
from rear...

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1966 Geneva

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1965 RAC

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[Pete]

Quite a lot of previously unseen photos appearing on Facebook recently taken by Dave Godwin, here’s but one of Marjatta Aaltonen and Carolyn Tyler on the ‘66 RAC. The car is ex works at this point as far as I’m aware, owned and run by BVRT

[MiNiKiN]

Also 1966 Castrol Danube Tony Fall/Rev Rupert Jones:
from rear...
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Is Rupert Jones still with us? Just wonder as I meet Hubert Hofmann recently who helped Rupert during the '66 Danube Rallye by translating the race directors instructions (the Austrian race comitee was aledgedly unwilling to speak English for the participants from abroad). This in turn led to Hubert getting known to Brian Gillibrand, who was grateful for Huberts help, and who, in gratitude, gave him the honour of receiving an engine built by BVRT for his participation in the Austrian Touring Car Championship.

[Pete]

No sadly not, pretty much the entire Vita team have gone now, Rupert being one of the first. Only found out Gillibrand had gone last year.

[MiNiKiN]

No sadly not, pretty much the entire Vita team have gone now, Rupert being one of the first. Only found out Gillibrand had gone last year.

Very sad to hear. But I do experience this myself in taking my old racers interviews, I have a constant fear of coming too late.
Ageing sucks, but the alternative is even less desirable.