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  1. 12th May 2007, 15:42 #1
    TMorel
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    The first rallycar you saw

    As a break from discussing if the Cardiff stadium should be bulldozed or the Argentinian organising team should be castrated...

    What was the the first rally car you saw?

    Mine was a Healey FrogEye Sprite.

    I've no idea on the year (mid 70's I'd guess), no idea on the country let alone the event (father was a big fan of historics and also loved taking us to watch Monte Carlo and The Daily Mirror / Lombard RAC), but I do remember being too short to see over the crest, and just hearing the noise and then the cutest car (probably already a classic even back then) just popped into view over a square right coming straight at me and then turned square left.

    (and as an aside, the *last* rallycar I saw was at work when an Aston Martin trundled past. Is the GT class going strong yet?)
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  2. 12th May 2007, 17:39 #2
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    December 1970: First rally car I saw I got a hair raising ride from Esso in Skärholmen up into Stockholm, then a crazy sideways circuit thru the snow covered streets then back on E4an to Esso Motor Hotel.
    Saw nearly nothing from the low co+driver seating so popular then, completely deafening sound,, shaking when done.
    Car: 196? Kortnos Saab 96 with the mighty 850cc 2 stroke. Owned by Jane
    Driver: Björn ??? 'Mekarn' boyfriend of Jane.

    And 2 years later Jane introduced me to the woman who would be my first wife!
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  3. 12th May 2007, 18:02 #3
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    Cant remember, but propably some of Pentti's cars or Henri's Sunbeam.
    Aja kovaa Pena.
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  4. 12th May 2007, 18:59 #4
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    MG Mereo 6R4 Driven by by Tony Pond and Rob Arthur in the 1985 RAC Rally
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  5. 12th May 2007, 19:07 #5
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    embarassing compared to your "old school" esperiences, but the first rally car I saw was Carlos Sainz Xsara WRC in the first day of rally mexico 2004 in transit near the service park, I dropped a tear and Im not embarassed to say so. We were at a red light juts after arriving to Leon when it happened...
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  6. 12th May 2007, 19:12 #6
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  7. 12th May 2007, 19:15 #7
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    must be a mk 1 Escort 1970 in the 1000 lakes...
    Mäkinen or Mikkola
    (very vivid image ...)


    Maybe someone drove by that bridge before
    can´t remember them though...
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  8. 12th May 2007, 21:35 #8
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    this one...

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  9. 12th May 2007, 21:35 #9
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    Henning Solberg Toyota Corolla Rally Hedemarken 2002 very much like Rally GB so it's always special to go there, actualy held in the same area as Rally Norway
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  10. 13th May 2007, 00:05 #10
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    Ford MK II Escort in about 1980 when a rally was run past our farm.

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