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Originally Posted by KA
The other issue, which seemed to have died down in early '84 was around bodyshells- this was the story that led to TWR being nicknamed 'Third World Racing' by some humourist at the time.
Apparently, in order to fit the maximum 11" wide wheel/tyre combination inside the production wheelarch, TWR had moved the top mounting for the shock absorber inwards and upwards on a modified inner wheelarch. The rules, of course, stated that the suspension pickup points should remain standard.
Allegedly, Austin Rover got around this by issuing factory drawings describing this as a 'reinforced' standard bodyshell specification supplied for certain African markets- not that anyone had apparently ever seen one of these 'Third-World-spec' bodyshells anywhere but on a Group A race car....
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I have heard this part of the story before, but with 13" rims on Jaguar bodies intended for the South American market! This from a Danish article about the 1983 European Touring Car Championship.
But what was the eventual course of Steve Soper being stripped of the 1983 title? My current superficial knowledge says bodywork infringements, but..
Jesper