The RS200 was an awesome car, it was first shown in public at the Belfast motor show, after Group B finished, there were "evolution" versions that were supposed to have someting like 700bhp!
For a favourite rally car, it has to be an Escort G3, a Mk3/4 Escort converted to RWD.
Favorite F1 car...
I'll tell you a true story about Group B.
When I was 10, which would have been 1985, My uncle drove a very quick Vauxhall Viva which had a tuned up 2.3 Firenza engine in it, this thing would leave 2.8i Capris and V8 Rovers for dead, it was a very quick car.
Anyway, it was the night before the...
Where Hunt lands depends entirely on what Hesketh does, I could see Hesketh staying in F1 using Lord Heskeths shameless flying of the Union Jack to attract decent sponsorship and Bubbles Horsley luring Gordon Murray from Brabham with a fistful of cash, they use Murrays connections to get Alfa...
According to Wikipedia, the Hawker Hurricane was effectively a Fury biplane with a monowing which ironically made it more resistant to battle damage. Apprantly it was built this way to use as many existing tools as possible so the lower cost would make it more attractive when tendering for a...
On reading this thread, I have the strange vision of Ayton Senna driving the Popemobile flat out with the Pontiff hanging on for dear life!:D:D:D
I'd disagree with Hunt winning in 75 and Lombardi in 79, in 75 the Hesketh still wasn't good enough, Hunt flattered the car immensely but in reality...
I remember reading somewhere that Belfast gets 9 warheads, understandable considering the Harbour Airport (as it was in 1984) and H&W having the biggest dry dock in the world, and in 1984 there was another 3, possibly 4 dry docks that could be used. I lived a mile away from the airport back...