When Rally Cars looked awesome

Harry_the_Spider – Member

Carlos Sainz 1998.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd_gj-3kz7A

OMG was that really 18 years ago……..

For the Lancia fans….

this :

inspired this :

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I competed once on the “Devil’s Own” – one of the events in the Motoring News Road Rally Championship. Car 1 turned out to be an Opel Ascona 400!! I didn’t get to see it in action but was reliably informed afterwards it was visibly faster than anything else that night (including ex works Mk2 Escorts). It won.

Oh and here’s another Lancia

I always had a soft spot for these bad boys:

As much for the screaming engine note as the looks. Also loved that they were capable of beating the WRC cars on tarmac stages

Harry_the_Spider – Member

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Yep Opal Manta on the 83 Manx Rally 🙂

MrOvershoot – Member
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“Dear God!” 1m 43s

Yep Opal Manta on the 83 Manx Rally

Indeed, Killabrega gate, Sulby Glen.

while on the subject of rally cars, this has to be the most comical crash. Good old petter:

I guess this is the thread to repost this vid of Barry Johnson with his infamous scooby jump from the Jim Clark rally 2007

More info here and stills showing the height reached

Crashes eh? I’ve always liked this one.

One of the guys in my club uses a Shuvitt HSR for historics.

I always liked the Audi 80 and the Nissan 240RS, oh and the rear engined skoda coupe with the round headlamps.
Cant post pics at the moment

When the Zombie apocalypse comes, you’ll find me in this:

😀

…now, who knows (or cares), they’re all one amorphous mass.

My favouritise M3 rally car on my favourite Rally!

oh and the rear engined skoda coupe with the round headlamps.

The Skoda Rapid? An amazing car in its time.

Mr Shand, an 80s BMW M Sport version would also look super.

No Sunbeam Lotus?

Puma VK16

Andy Burtons Peugeot Cosworth

Colin Mcrae’s DJM built millington doamond mk2

@pigface great minds! Toivonen the best IMO.

This has inspired me to look for my old Sega Rally II Pc game. It was always more fun with the Stratos!!!!

Bonkers British classic

With that all shoe-horned into where grannies put their shopping in the road car

Ex Works for sale for £150,000! They couldn’t give them away after group B stopped.

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Bit obscure but I know someone who has one of these 😆

Best bit of rally driving ever.

…and film

And an old mate winning Grizedale Stages

Sorry going to be a pedant but Pikes Peak isn’t rallying

That Peugeot with Ari at the wheel was stunning though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30dxrwd0Kss Yaaa bollicks !

The curvy Alpines are lovely shapes.

Give yer man something to do, got his hands in his pockets 😆

Pigface, the 405 did do Dakar, though.

that Shand is lovely

that Shand is lovely

I thought of Ian’s Shand when I saw the thread title. It looks even better in real life!

Peter Brock’s rallycross Beast.

If you like Group B rally cars check out RaceRetro at Stoneleigh Park in Feb, they have a demo Tarmac stage running and it’s always fantastic to watch.

Most bonkers rally car I ever saw was a 4WD VW Scirocco, but not done via the usual route of a transfer box and pumping drive from the front engine to the rear wheels.
Rather than have front and rear wheel drive, this car has front and rear engines!!
Buggered if I can remember the drivers name and the only photos I got will be film rather than digital

Monster Tajima used to run a twin engined Suzuki.

One of my favourite rallying incidents – always makes me chuckle when I see it….

Andy Burton also had an Alfa Ferrari – now that was a beast