OBL 46F

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Unread postby worksminis » 17 Mar 2017, 20:56

RAC November 67 (cancelled at 12 hours notice because of “foot and mouth” outbreak). Hopkirk/Crellin. Group 6. (One source states that 4 injection cars were entered. Only GRX311D for Makinen was injection).

Camberley “rallysprint”. Quickly organised for TV on what would have been the first stage of the cancelled RAC Rally. It was not then called a “rallysprint”, which is a modern term. In fact it was not called anything – and most certainly not a “rallycross”, as some sources now suggest. Hopkirk drove this car and Makinen drove GRX311D with Fall as passenger.
A Rallycross was held at Lydden Hill the next weekend. This was previously scheduled and intended to include an international field of RAC Rally competitors on one day and a club event on the other. Most of the foreign RAC entries had already departed and it was mainly UK competitors. BMC used the Corsica Rally cars that had retired early under suspicious circumstances, GRX5D and JBL172D, not the RAC cars.

Circuit of Ireland April 68. Ytterbring/Perssson. Group 6. Retd.(hit bridge and rolled). Written off.

Reg. no. is then recorded on a race car for Handley at Brands Hatch in March 69 (first round of the 69 BSCC). For sure a new car. Retd. accident.
It is unclear why some cars (of all makes) contesting the BSCC in the Group 5 era (66-69) carried reg. nos. The Cooper Car Company cars of that time did not. Fords of their various supported teams did. It may have been a requirement for some continental events but not the BSCC.

Reg. no. reappears on a 1275GT for London – Mexico World Cup Rally recce.

Sold to P. Cooper.

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by davidscothorn » 29 May 2017, 16:41

DVLA AUSTIN 1275 DOR 10/67 T 11/89 MOTX COLOUR BROWN

Original and current Colour Antelope.
Mid '70's was Blue

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I am fascinated by this car, I tried to buy it in circa 1972 and at the time it didn’t look like it does in any of the pictures. The photo that troubles me is the blue with black roof one. Also the wheel spats are not the works ones and from the photo it looks to have wind up windows which the build phots show to be mark 2 sliders. Digressing it is my belief that all the clubmans were “Clubman fronted mark 2 Cooper S. The bonnet has quick release pins on the blue car.

Cheers. Brian

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This pic popped up on Facebook, 1976 Gremlin Rally

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Great pics ….thanks for sharing