There's a great interview with Russell Brookes floating around somewhere online where he talks about this, how lucky he was to find a company who signed up to sponsor him for a few rallies and ended up backing him for 30-odd years. They're not only still going, which I didn't know, they're actually still sponsoring Chris Ingram in R5 rallying today.
Mikkola could have won in the Celica if not for the carby fluffing problem he had the entire event, he was only 2 minutes behind at the end after 5 days. Of course had he been able to run the Corolla instead of the heavy Celica that both he and Ove Andersson wanted (Mikkola won the 1975 Thousand Lakes Rally in a Corolla for example), it would have been a serious challenger to the Escorts all year round, but Japan said no, the Celica is our sports car ...
@1:07 and onwards, does anyone know what engine that Celica had on it? I highly doubt it's an R-series engine but I've been surprised like that before.
El TR 7 V8 salio antes del 78 en USA..En 2010 se vendia en Paris el auto que uso Tony Pond en el RAC Rally 77: Título: TRIUMPH TR7 V8 Usine, Ex Usine, ex de Tony Pond - 1977 Fecha: 1977 Categoría: Clásicos & Sport Cars Motor: Ocho cilindros 90 ° antes, longitudinal, Rover original, calibre y carrera: 89 mm x 71,1 mm, Capacidad: 3528 cm3 Precio 60000 euros
The best years in rally was abround 1975-1986 in my opinion since you had the group 4 like Mk2 escort, Triumph TR7, Stratos etc and then the group B cars from 1982-1986.
Fantastic
The best years of rallyng
These images give me encoragement in life
Greetings to all fans of this past.
Amazing high quality film... better than what you would've got on TV in the '70s.Who doesn't love a Stratos?!Many thanks!!
The sounds of 70's rally cars going through the forest sections are unbeatable, proper rallying 👍
God I love the sound of "any" pure engine or exhaust note...!
nothing better than a BDA Escort for me
Simply superb, damn those escorts were quick, 4wd my arssseeee
2:00 perfect driving
days of the clutch-kick! love rwd!
thanks for shareing,great video
That TR7 was the 4 cylinder, ANDREWS HEAT FOR HIRE must have been the most faithful sponsors in the history of rallying!
There's a great interview with Russell Brookes floating around somewhere online where he talks about this, how lucky he was to find a company who signed up to sponsor him for a few rallies and ended up backing him for 30-odd years. They're not only still going, which I didn't know, they're actually still sponsoring Chris Ingram in R5 rallying today.
Back when you needed skills to win!
Mikkola could have won in the Celica if not for the carby fluffing problem he had the entire event, he was only 2 minutes behind at the end after 5 days.
Of course had he been able to run the Corolla instead of the heavy Celica that both he and Ove Andersson wanted (Mikkola won the 1975 Thousand Lakes Rally in a Corolla for example), it would have been a serious challenger to the Escorts all year round, but Japan said no, the Celica is our sports car ...
wonderful
God i love the sound of Lancia's!
freakin love the celica ^^
Oh yeah!!!!
That Celica sounds sweet!!
Superb.
Back in the day when rally cars were hairy arsed brutes driven by blokes who steered
with their right foot.
Im a french car lover but NOTHING beats an Escort BDA for sound, sorry
God i love the sound of toyota's!
2:02 almost hits the wall! Now that was some skill back then O.O
@1:07 and onwards, does anyone know what engine that Celica had on it? I highly doubt it's an R-series engine but I've been surprised like that before.
Don’t get many drivers like that anymore.
El TR 7 V8 salio antes del 78 en USA..En 2010 se vendia en Paris el auto que uso Tony Pond en el RAC Rally 77:
Título: TRIUMPH TR7 V8 Usine, Ex Usine, ex de Tony Pond - 1977
Fecha: 1977
Categoría: Clásicos & Sport Cars
Motor: Ocho cilindros 90 ° antes, longitudinal, Rover original, calibre y carrera: 89 mm x 71,1 mm, Capacidad: 3528 cm3
Precio 60000 euros
I came for the Stratos but that's beautiful: @1:59
The best years in rally was abround 1975-1986 in my opinion since you had the group 4 like Mk2 escort, Triumph TR7, Stratos etc and then the group B cars from 1982-1986.
group A wasnt bad too
*Mother of God!*
Don't think it was the V8, that wasnt launched in the UK until '78. think its just a 2.0
what car is at 1:40 and 3:51?
Toyota Celica y Triumph TR7 V8
0:42 IMPOSSIBRU
you spelled escort wrong haha
peugeot 504 est la meilleure