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Old 19 Dec 2011, 09:42 (Ref:3001790)   #4
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That's a thought- you certainly might expect JC to have the car he won a BTCC title in- although having said that, I think his 1995 championship winning Cavalier is with Mike Newton http://www.supertouringregister.com/...r/vehicle/160/

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if one or more of the ex-BTCC cars were 'recycled' as rally cars- after all one of them aparently started it's career on the stages anyway...

Vauxhall were certainly still rallying the Mk2 in 1990- that was the year Louise Aitken-Walker did a WRC campaign for GM Euro Sport and won the FIA Ladies WRC title. Although the cars were 'Euro Sport' rather than 'Vauxhall Sport' entries, and seem to have carried Opel Kadett GSi, rather than Astra GTE badging, looking at a few pics, they do seem to have been UK-registered, whereas German-entered 'Euro Sport' Kadetts usually seem to have been German registered.

Looking at some pics and video, Louise's usual mounts that year seem to have mainly been 'G646TNM' and 'F954PBM'. Could either have been an ex-BTCC shell?

http://aitken-walkercars.co.uk/images/louise.html
http://www.rallye-cards.net/pages/en...monte1990.html
http://faimg1.forum-auto.com/mesimag...e%20Aitken.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/...80c2e80d_o.jpg

How many actual cars were used is another question, especially when you remember one ended up in a Portuguese lake....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhZFRUcyw0

Do we have any Vauxhall rally experts on 'Tenths?

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