Neil@rockvale
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Nice one liam . Cant wait to see it in the flesh .
Talbot Samba Rallye. Now even more pics on page 3!
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don't know how to quote but...
Siobhan sold the car to a chap who lived across the road from where i live now; he binned it shortly afterwards and I bought the wreck for the cage/suspension/sumpguard/tankguard/seats etc to put in the car Liam has now. Shell was cut up with an angle grinder. That must have been in around 1989/90.
Liam - just sent you some pics on Facebook.
Siobhan sold the car to a chap who lived across the road from where i live now; he binned it shortly afterwards and I bought the wreck for the cage/suspension/sumpguard/tankguard/seats etc to put in the car Liam has now. Shell was cut up with an angle grinder. That must have been in around 1989/90.
Liam - just sent you some pics on Facebook.
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It's a small world! Simon I got the pics, thank you. I'll be looking you up in a wee while.
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cormac81
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That looks great. The Co Down 3 digit reg finishes it nicely. It be good to get a pic of it with my golf sometime.
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Not a problem mate.
initialbmx
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saxo vts engine would be so comical in that.
imagine ****ttttting all over a Subaru in that.
imagine ****ttttting all over a Subaru in that.
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Yeah it looks like croft. UIJ is 1984, PIJ was '82.Great, I didn't realise the car had been a Motorsport wagon for so long! Is the 1st pic at craigantlet or croft hillclimb? Good lean on her.
What year is that uij plate from? I've PIJ 448 I'll be resurrecting on a car soon!
Graham
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Yup thats the first left hander on croft.
Www.rallypics.org may well have some images online from old events and indeed there is a chance id have some of it from quarry sprinta in the early zeros
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That would be fantastic if you did have snaps graham! I would of course cross you palm with the queens english sir.
I bought the car from whatever the Peugeot dealer on Boucher Road was in October 1988. It had one previous owner - E. Rice & Co. Accountants, 8 Cromac Street Belfast and I think that pic from Croft was 1990. I sold it to a friend Gary Elliott in about 1993. He used it at Bishopscourt that year and as his heart ws really in Minis he sold it on to someone in Cavan after about a year I think. I went on to buy an ex-Mike Little / Robin Lyons 1235cc Samba (MJI xxxx ?) which I sold after a couple of years as I worried about spares (esp. gearbox). Sold it to Drew! This was before the internet really took off and today I guess it's possible to get stuff from France or arrange small production runs through forums.
IL
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Also looks like the corner at the end of the straight at craigantlet? 1st corner at croft was my 1st thought!
Edit- do any if you guys know Alan gillis? He has 3x fully restored lovely motorsport sambas.
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Lorenzo, the red Samba and the 205 at Croft are me. Competing in hillclimbs every year since 2000 - rallies got too expensive (even in a Samba!)
Wonder what the special Samba is? There was a guy near Castlederg (again around 1990) built a 1440cc one and i think it had the Group B bodywork and wider subframe and rear arms. Could be connected?
Wonder what the special Samba is? There was a guy near Castlederg (again around 1990) built a 1440cc one and i think it had the Group B bodywork and wider subframe and rear arms. Could be connected?
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Funny I did every round of the hillclimb and sprint championship for 5years from 2002 on in my crossle formula ford.
I don't really know sambas too well so I wasn't too clued in to ask, but he did say that it was an expensive and fairly trick engine that was going into it. I think they are based around mid ulster - magherafelt or dungannon direction.