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by davidscothorn » 15 Mar 2017, 21:47

July 1969 Spa 24 Hour Race J Rhodes/ G Mabbs #79 Ret'd -loss of compression.
Aug 1969 Oulton Park J Handley 15th
Oct 1969 Southern Cross Rally B Culcheth/R Bonhomme Retired. OTL

Sold to BMC Australia

Aug 1969 Thruxton Race Mtg. G Mabbs BBC in-car camera (Price)

RJB series of registrations seem to have been allocated by DVLA approx one year before Spa.
Was the car put to some other use before July 1969?

by Hanlminiman » 15 Aug 2017, 17:21

the suffix F was for cars registered between 1 August 1967 – 31 July 1968

Unread postby davidscothorn » 29 May 2017, 16:46

DVLA MORRIS 196 1275 DOR 7/68 NOT TAXED FOR ON ROAD USE MOT NO DETAILS

by worksminis » 15 Mar 2017, 11:31

Sothern Cross is 1970, not 69.
Add:
Rally of the Hills Nov 70 Culcheth/Bonhomme 4th.

It is something of a mystery why reg nos were attached to most of the race cars in that era. The Cooper Car Co did not carry reg numbers by then but some others teams (eg. Team Lotus, Alan Mann Ford) did. Some continental events may have required it (and some like the Marathon de la route were technically rallies as they had a small road section to the Nurburgring) but the Group 5 BSCC did not. May have been internal accounting.

It is likely the RJB327F rally car was new, not a converted race car.

Images

Oulton Park again, 16/08/69

Another

Southern Cross Year?

1971 Heatway Rally Andrew Cowan/Dave Johnson

1971 Sothern Cross Andrew Cowan/John Bryson







A small web site dedicated to teh Sothern Cross Rally

http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/


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Interesting tyre choice for a dirt road, I guess that a knobbly tyre wouldn’t dig into the hard surface??

Right boot lid, wrong doors.

Works to be done