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Prodrive collection to Donington Park Museum
I have received an e-mail which tells me that Prodrive's collection of their historic race and rally cars is to be on display at the Donington Park museum for the next year whilst Prodrive relocates. Definitely have to pop up the road to have a look.
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Hmm, time for me to go back too (my last visit was 1974!) This may just have given me a reason...
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What exactly is in the 'Prodrive' collection? and where was it previoulsy housed? I don't think I have visited the Donington museum since it first opened in 1976-my main interest has always been drivers & circuits rather than cars.Last visited the circuit a few years back when booked on a flight from east Midlands we were forced to park in circuit car park -shuttle bus to terminal..
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http://www.donington-park.co.uk/news...n-into-museum/
Essentially it's one of each of the cars Prodrive have been involved in building/running - Subaru WRC, Ford BTCC, Aston Martin GT, BAR F1, etc. Previously housed at Prodrive's own workshops in Banbury. |
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Where's the race cars like M3, Alfa 155, 550 GT1, Lola LMP1 and their first proper rally weapon, the Legacy? |
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I wonder if that list is slightly inaccurate?- as Mike said, there's a Legacy, a 550 and a DBR9 in the pic, none of which are mentioned- Unless it's an old photo, and DR has either sold those, or has them on display somewhere else? |
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Thanks for the update Mike and Kevan....
Glad those extra car's are there. There would have been no excuses with the 550 as I believe a load of them were until very recently at least stuck in a corner of a big hangar over MK way! Does/did DR own another building for ops other than Banbury? |
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I think this was also where they were hoping to base their Grand Prix team (which didn't happen in the end). They also used the site for their own development projects, including road car contracts for major manufacturers, like the Mk I Ford Focus RS... |
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That sounds about right - I'm sure that I read / heard somewhere that the funding for the LMP1 program was reliant on the cars being sold on to private individuals. Cars with a good race history being worth more - and the AMR One project cost them dearly as the results didn't come.
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