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I brought this one home to day, not a barn find but it has spent 5 or 6 years in a car port, started life as a 997 in 1963 and ended up as a 1300 hill-climb/sprint spec car and put away after developing a crank-flywheel problem at Goodwood. A new crank and flywheel and a good balance will sort it out.

Nice looking Car!

That looks ACE!

Love that Dave! Last saw it out at Shelsley in 2013.

I also like the look of the Sebring sprite lurking in the back.

Al

Thanks guys, I have got to decide what I am going to do with it now! In the meanwhile a couple of historic pictures.

This picture looks like it was at the end of probably its first rally outing where it was running a 998 motor - 1996 MCR Downs Navigation - grille removed to adjust the slipping fan belt.

Yes the Downs I think Simon, you did a few miles in it, I still have the 998 Cooper engine, it was in the Innocenti until very recently and still pull like a train!

We won the 1996 Downs and the 1997 MCR Road rally championship in it - a quarter of a century ago

Any idea what the event is in the colour picture? Probably an MCR event as Paul Wilson and Alison Lock seem to be competing.

Downs again I think Simon, somewhere near Fernhurst maybe NZmember?

Checked the Downs records and Alison Lock only completed in 1997. So that is the event.

Here's a some more of 726 YTU

And some other friends

I must get another one of those padded shirts, well smart

I like the supervisor, 7th photo, with his hands in his pockets. Clearly offering advice on how if he was running the show, he'd do it this way - and it'd be fixed, up and running by now. Don't you just love 'em.....?

But nowadays, he'd be saying......"Do you know you've got the wrong washers under the screw heads holding the radius arm shrouds on"

That's John Macintosh supervising.

NZmember wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:17 pm That's John Macintosh supervising.

Well remembered NZmember Mike Mark, Ian of course and?

Andy Carter

I hope Ian told David about the big 'off' Simon Wheatcroft and he had in the car on another event....