Rally History (part II)

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Originally Posted by Steve Boyd

I hadn't noticed before but I think it's to ensure correct English grammer! The pictures are taken from different sides of the cars. I have just checked a model I have of Mikkola's car and the wording is "lift trucks from Eaton Yale" on the left side. The wording on the right side is "Eaton's Yale lift trucks". Assuming that this model is an accurate reflection of the actual car then both Mikkola's & Waldegard's would have been the same.

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Yes it's one of those things you don't notice or think about because it's so obvious! Pictures elsewhere of the Waldegard 78 car show it's the same as the Mikkola car. Same for 2 years in all British events. To get "Eaton" on the larger surface at the back on both sides it has to be different wording. Some advertising industry guru has probably grown rich on the pyschology of having a main logo in the same place to make maximum impact regardless of whether the words are gibberish.
The replica builders on another forum were having a major debate on the exact shade of blue used (it was a very "grey" shade of blue and at least one modern replica car is too bright). (Hope the model is correct!) No one had thought to look at the current Eaton Corporation web site.....which is mainly in their corporate blue.

As for Safari Mercedes, I recall when Tony Fowkes (not Fawkes) got the drive. I'm sure he would not have been able to afford it as a private entry so it was works funded (although probably local dealer-entered). It was linked to his involvement in the later marathon rallies.

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Originally Posted by Kaps

Very nice to see you're up and running jorge!

Thanks also to Carles & FAL.

BTW Recently I started to use Forum Sport Auto site quite often and I managed to find pics of Bettega at 1978 San Remo & Corse, which clearly show that he was in a works Stratos on both of them.
I also found out that Mouton-Conconi at 1978 Monte Carlo, were in a Chardonnet-entered Stratos.
I couldn't, however, find anything about Vudafieri on San Remo & Corse rallies.

Please, does anyone know about the entrants of Blomqvist's Stratos at Swedish and Darniche's at Portugal, the entrants of Mercedeses at Safari (Zasada-Krupa, Singh-Doig, Cowan-Syer, Fawkes-Kaiser, all privateers?) and the entrants of Citroen CX 2400s at Portugal (Toivonen-Pajanen, Luc-Alessandrini, Romaozinho-Bernardo), Acropolis (Toivinen-Pajanen, Luc-Charbonnier, Nicolas-Laverne, Trautmann-Roch) and 1000 Lakes (Luc-Luparia).

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Mercedes in Safari'78 was entered by D.T. Dobie & Co. Ltd, the same entrant as "works" Datsuns had. Mercedes cars were "works" ones and were entered by local importer (incidentaly the same company ran Datsun's dealership).
Citroens in Portugal and Acropolis were "works" ones too (I am not sure about Roamozinho) but not neccesarily entered under Citroen Sport Team (or something alike). It was different time and different habits - you didn't need to registarate works team to score manufacturer's points, you simply needed to finish in points. It was common to do rallies as a local dealer entry. It builds position of such dealer and was an element of local marketing.
Regards
Janusz

Thanks very much FAL & Janusz!

I've just found out some indications that 1978 Mercedes' Safari brigade was, indeed, entered as D.T. Dobie & Co., and was about to ask if anyone could confirm this.
I guess you just did that. Thanks again.

Now I just need something on Blomqvist's & Darniche's Stratoses on Swedish & Portugal and that of Vudafieri at San Remo & Tour de Corse.

Oh, I forgot this: the 2 Martini-sponsored Porsche 911s at Safari (Waldegard-Thorszelius & Preston-Lyall), what was their entrant?

About Citroen, could it be they were entered by Citroen Competition?

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Originally Posted by Kaps

Oh, I forgot this: the 2 Martini-sponsored Porsche 911s at Safari (Waldegard-Thorszelius & Preston-Lyall), what was their entrant?

About Citroen, could it be they were entered by Citroen Competition?

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Porsches were entered by Martini Racing Porsche System Engineering.
According to Holmes's book Citroens were "works" entrants. In Portugal Luc and Romaozinho ran group 2 cars and Henri Toivonen ran group 1 car. In Greece three Citroens were group 2 cars but in different types of specification. The most powerfull car used Nicolas, less powerfull were cars of Toivonen and Luc, young Trautmann drove group 1 car.
Darniche drove Andre Chardonnet Stratos.
Regards
Janusz

...and Blomqvist's car in Sweden was painted in official works color scheme: black, white and red with large Pirelli stickers.

Thanks a lot Janusz, you really helped me with this.

As far as I can see now, it's only Vudafieri left to be confirmed.

Well, I got away with 1978 easier than I could possibly expect, thanks to you guys!

I really appreciate this!

OK! Finally I checked Vudafieri. The only source were pictures: San Remo he did in Jolly Club Stratos sponsored by Camel, but in Corse his car was in official Lancia-Pirelli color scheme!
Regards
Janusz
By the way long time ago (in 1957) Polski Rally did three Yugoslavian drivers: Milivoje Vukovic (DKW), S. Vidmar (Porsche) and Santavic (Fiat 1100TV) - do you know christian names of Vidmar and Santavic? Is Milivoje the right name for Vukovic? I have an entry list for Polski Rally 1964 and there are three Zastavas 750 (starting numbers 27, 28, 29) and one Zastava 1300 (number 67) but it's all about. There are no names just only indication that those should be crews from Yugoslavia. Do you know something about? It was an entry list not a list of starters and I am not sure if they did start the event. Next year there were 5 Yugoslavian crews in Poland's round of ERC.

... describing 1957 I missed Dusan Maleric (Mercedes). Is it the right name?
J.