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Originally Posted by andy97
Interesting, Mark. I'd have thought that it would have been worth putting it back in race trim?
You are right, the market for historic rally cars does not seem as strong as for racers, unless it's a Group B car or a Pre 81 Car. Historic rallying has largely seemed to stall at 1981 but the UK MSA has just introduced new classes in its HIstoric Tarmac series for Pre 86 and Pre 1990 cars (as long as not a type that was later banned on safety grounds) and this may give a boost. Cars of this era are also welcome in Belgium historic rallies I think.
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Hi Andy
Quite costly to do this Andy and the car never had any real circuit racing history/pedigree to speak of. I actually considered this when the car first came up for sale but for the reason's I have mentioned, it just did not add up.
I think they got a pretty good price for the car considering its limited market, certainly I would not have paid that price, so the seller should be pleased with the outcome anyway.
Cheers,
Mark.