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Originally Posted by KA
Re the Rossiter Astra- As I said a few posts back, I think this was the ex-rallycar used by Louise A-W in the early races. Louise's 'new' car was possibly Cleland's early-season mount, with JC getting a new car mid-season.
The rallycar was always easy to tell from the other two team cars because it was LHD and had a different paintjob- the same colours, but different lettering and logos- no prominent 'Vauxhall' logos on the sides, a large Mobil 1 decal in their place etc. The car carried additional decals for Rossiter's sponsor, 'Spax Shock Absorbers'.
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Found a couple of pics of the Astras, which confirms that Rossiter's car, carrying no57, was LHD, and had additional 'Spax' sponsorship, unlike the Cleland car
Cleland (56- RHD race car)
http://www.supertouring.co.uk/galler..._astra_90b.jpg
http://www.touringcartimes.com/news/btcc09100504.jpg
Rossiter (57- LHD ex-rally car)
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimag..._800.jpg1..jpg
The car seems to have been reliveried to match the Cleland and Aitken-Walker cars, as I'm sure I've got a pic of it in Autosport which shows it in a similar paintscheme to the rallycars, with large 'Mobil 1' decals on the side, rather than the 'Vauxhall' logo:
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimag...iuui%20159.jpg
There are a couple of pics of Louise A-W in the LHD car in Graham Robson's 'BTCC in Camera' book showing it in this state. One also shows it wearing the white (OZ I think?) wheels used on the rallycars, similar to these
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimag...frgrzsdsrg.jpg
IIRC it didn't get proper 'race' suspension and single-stud hubs until it had done a couple of races