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At the recent 40th Anniversary celebration of the first production Clan I came across the following in respect of the Clan homologation.
The Clan was homologated into Group 4 sports car racing. Group 4 called for an annual production of 500 identical cars and some drivers of rival makes challenged the homologation, which had been certified by the RAC. An appeal was made by these rival drivers to the FIA, who rescinded the homologation, because the necessary 500 cars had not been built.
The above was in a publication 'Cars of Today'
With all the tales of cars being moved around during inspection for homologation to achieve the required numbers by the large manufacturers its appears to me that Clan were unfortunate in their case.
There must be records of the above and in my opinion you could argue that the Clan was homologated in Group 4 and the statement would be the truth!
Pete Richards
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