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RE: 1966 Rally Question

To: <Packertl3@aol.com>, <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: 1966 Rally Question
From: "Derek White" <derekw@sltnet.lk>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:18:28 +0500
It was a Lotus Cortina.

"which makes me wonder what made it go?"  Good breathing through a twin OHC
engine, good balance, good handling, light (the racing versions were very
light)...

Read "A tiger among the pussycats" at
http://www.pixelmatic.com.au/cortina/articles/lcrnttst.htm

Derek White
37/2 Buller's Lane
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94 1 581175
Cell: 94 777 475955

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Subject: 1966 Rally Question


I recently saw part of a SpeedChannel program on a '66 European Rally in
which factory Tigers competed. Apparently they won their class. However, I
think they were bested outright in hillclimbs and other tests by something
which I believe was a Ford product, possibly a Cortina(?) It looked a bit
like a Datsun 510, also a successful rally car in its day. Anyway, my
question is whether anyone knows what the car was and what was the secret of
its performance?  It didn't appear to have the advantage of being either
super small, super light or super aerodynamic all of which makes me wonder
what made it go?
Terry Packer

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