An exact copy of the original works sd shell was carefully carried out, weld for weld by prepfab. Chevette hsr tarmac wide arch kit. The most important victories were clinched by pentti airikkala and tony pond pilots.
Historic Rally Cars Ex Works Vauxhall Chevette HSR
It also finished 3rd overall in the 2012 aneccc championship, various other class wins.
With 135bhp the chevette 2300 hs offered 120mph performance in a chassis that, when tweaked, was superior to the.
This vehicle is a works spec gp4 rallycar, it won the 2010 and 2012 src historic classes, the 2010 and 2012 aneccc historic classes and the 2010 bhrc class win. Jimmy mcrae and bertie law. (the original works shell stays with this car) then the shell was fitted with the lightweight panels and painted. Professionally restored to a very high standard leaving no stone unturned with no expense spared , all mechanical parts replaced for new while retaining the original works sd shell and original id.
Has a 2.3 all steel, dry sumped js motorsport engine, zf race gearbox,.
The vauxhall chevette is a subcompact car that was manufactured by vauxhall in the united kingdom from 1975 to 1984. Ideal for historic/classic rallying & more than capable of winning just like they used to in the old days! • it started off life as lhd with pentti airikkala did 1980 artic rally and swedish rally (finishing 6th) before being converted to right hand drive for jimmy mcrae. Vauxhall chevette 2300 hs and hsr:
Originally built for jimmy mcrae who drove the car on various british championship events.
Nicknamed `plastic fantastic', the latter employed fibreglass for its front air dam, bonnet, rear spoiler, tailgate, and front / rear wings. In order to maintain competitiveness, the an evolution version, the chevette hsr, was developed in the 1980s. The car was homologated in group 4. 400 examples of this version were produced.
It is a fully prepared gp4 shell.
As a result, we have here, the nicest chevette hsr in the world! The result was a particularly fast car, whose engine produced 135 hp. I went down the route of trying to borrow the molds and take them to a place that makes fibreglass baths. Vauxhall chevette hsr background building a works rally car back in the '70s normally meant squeezing your best engine into a small family car, adding big brakes, tweaking the suspension and uprating the gearbox.
• it is one of only 16 works hsr chevette's built by dealer team vauxhall in 1980.
• its first event with jimmy was the 1980 scottish rally where. At £7,140.39, plus £345 in our case for an extra pack of performance parts, there may be a case for the chevette hsr 2300 as a collector’s car, for only 50 need be made to satisfy the international sporting authorities that this is an evolutionary development of the hs 2300. I was a member of dsg for a few years and wanted to buy a hsr kit from the spares scheme before. The bodywork baffled many casual observers, but everyone seemed to.
Chevette ian has been involved in building and competing with vauxhall chevettes since 1976.
For many the chevette hsr remains the ultimate example of a group 4 rally car, a stunningly ambitious attempt by dealer team vauxhall to build 'a better escort' and to beat ford at its own game. Chevette hsr competition body spec's / dimension's. During this time he has built a large number of chevettes to group 4 and group b specification following closely to the original cars, but improving parts where ever possible. Im maßstab 1:43 von trofeu.
Made a new wiring loom to the.
It seams although you own the molds you cant get anyone to make you the kits?? This incredibly clean chevette belongs to alasdair stables and was built and tuned by retropower, the restoration experts from england that are also building. The car was also driven by ian’s father bill gwynne who drove the car in the 1981 motoring news rally championship. I have decided to prep a shell i have found to original hsr tarmac competition spec, i have the sports parts manual but this dosent list the spec's of the changes / drawings & dimension's etc that the works cars / shells had when.
Stan from lucas competitions dept.
A match for the ford escort rs1800 on tarmac in hs guise, the chevette became its superior when it evolved into the hsr. While 50 cars were supposed to be built to satisfy homologation regulations, only 34 cars actually were, all converted from hses.
