Mikkola could have won in the Celica if not for the carby fluffing problem he had the entire event, he was only 2 minutes behind at the end after 5 days. Of course had he been able to run the Corolla instead of the heavy Celica that both he and Ove Andersson wanted (Mikkola won the 1975 Thousand Lakes Rally in a Corolla for example), it would have been a serious challenger to the Escorts all year round, but Japan said no, the Celica is our sports car ...
There's a great interview with Russell Brookes floating around somewhere online where he talks about this, how lucky he was to find a company who signed up to sponsor him for a few rallies and ended up backing him for 30-odd years. They're not only still going, which I didn't know, they're actually still sponsoring Chris Ingram in R5 rallying today.
@1:07 and onwards, does anyone know what engine that Celica had on it? I highly doubt it's an R-series engine but I've been surprised like that before.
The best years in rally was abround 1975-1986 in my opinion since you had the group 4 like Mk2 escort, Triumph TR7, Stratos etc and then the group B cars from 1982-1986.
El TR 7 V8 salio antes del 78 en USA..En 2010 se vendia en Paris el auto que uso Tony Pond en el RAC Rally 77: Título: TRIUMPH TR7 V8 Usine, Ex Usine, ex de Tony Pond - 1977 Fecha: 1977 Categoría: Clásicos & Sport Cars Motor: Ocho cilindros 90 ° antes, longitudinal, Rover original, calibre y carrera: 89 mm x 71,1 mm, Capacidad: 3528 cm3 Precio 60000 euros
Fantastic
The best years of rallyng
These images give me encoragement in life
Greetings to all fans of this past.
Amazing high quality film... better than what you would've got on TV in the '70s.Who doesn't love a Stratos?!Many thanks!!
The sounds of 70's rally cars going through the forest sections are unbeatable, proper rallying 👍
nothing better than a BDA Escort for me
God I love the sound of "any" pure engine or exhaust note...!
Mikkola could have won in the Celica if not for the carby fluffing problem he had the entire event, he was only 2 minutes behind at the end after 5 days.
Of course had he been able to run the Corolla instead of the heavy Celica that both he and Ove Andersson wanted (Mikkola won the 1975 Thousand Lakes Rally in a Corolla for example), it would have been a serious challenger to the Escorts all year round, but Japan said no, the Celica is our sports car ...
2:00 perfect driving
That TR7 was the 4 cylinder, ANDREWS HEAT FOR HIRE must have been the most faithful sponsors in the history of rallying!
There's a great interview with Russell Brookes floating around somewhere online where he talks about this, how lucky he was to find a company who signed up to sponsor him for a few rallies and ended up backing him for 30-odd years. They're not only still going, which I didn't know, they're actually still sponsoring Chris Ingram in R5 rallying today.
Simply superb, damn those escorts were quick, 4wd my arssseeee
Back when you needed skills to win!
days of the clutch-kick! love rwd!
wonderful
Im a french car lover but NOTHING beats an Escort BDA for sound, sorry
Superb.
Back in the day when rally cars were hairy arsed brutes driven by blokes who steered
with their right foot.
God i love the sound of Lancia's!
freakin love the celica ^^
@1:07 and onwards, does anyone know what engine that Celica had on it? I highly doubt it's an R-series engine but I've been surprised like that before.
The best years in rally was abround 1975-1986 in my opinion since you had the group 4 like Mk2 escort, Triumph TR7, Stratos etc and then the group B cars from 1982-1986.
group A wasnt bad too
I came for the Stratos but that's beautiful: @1:59
Don’t get many drivers like that anymore.
Oh yeah!!!!
God i love the sound of toyota's!
El TR 7 V8 salio antes del 78 en USA..En 2010 se vendia en Paris el auto que uso Tony Pond en el RAC Rally 77:
Título: TRIUMPH TR7 V8 Usine, Ex Usine, ex de Tony Pond - 1977
Fecha: 1977
Categoría: Clásicos & Sport Cars
Motor: Ocho cilindros 90 ° antes, longitudinal, Rover original, calibre y carrera: 89 mm x 71,1 mm, Capacidad: 3528 cm3
Precio 60000 euros
That Celica sounds sweet!!
thanks for shareing,great video
2:02 almost hits the wall! Now that was some skill back then O.O
Don't think it was the V8, that wasnt launched in the UK until '78. think its just a 2.0
*Mother of God!*
what car is at 1:40 and 3:51?
Toyota Celica y Triumph TR7 V8
0:42 IMPOSSIBRU
you spelled escort wrong haha
peugeot 504 est la meilleure