The car may look familiar to some of you, and it should, it was the first rally car that the team built almost 6 years ago. It served as our main rally car for 4 seasons and almost 20 rallies. With the launch of the car's successor last season, a very well prepared 1974 EMS, the car was stripped and canabalized for parts including its complete drivetrain.
Now that the '74 has been rallied, rolled and rebuilt and is generally considered to be proven and sorted, it was decided that some time should be spent on restoring the former car to its well deserved glory.
This project will represent a bit of a departure from the type route I have taken in the past, it will emphasize keeping the car as close to period correct as possible, while not discounting allowances for modern convienance, reliability and safety. In short: every effory will be made to make it a historic class rally car, where it is deemed practical/economical to do so. There will be no turbochargers and no carbon fiber. The project timeline does not have a hard stop date; at this time there is no need to make a frantic push, so do not expect daily updates. But as we slowy progress though the project, I will post updates. Much work has already begun, so lets get started:
The car as it sat:
Engine bay is dirty as well as interior, paint is heavily peeling.
Pressure washing takes care of a good portion of the paint:
