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Jul 10, 2012 11:03:44 GMT
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Graham
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Jul 10, 2012 11:14:40 GMT
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Jul 10, 2012 11:43:43 GMT
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I've never seen a V6 one.
Something wrong with the steering in that article though. The car never seems to be travelling in the direction it's pointing :-)
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Jul 10, 2012 15:22:01 GMT
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Love that. Wish i still had my old rs1600i.
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1999 micra. Puch bike and nirve chopper.
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Garry
East Midlands
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Jul 10, 2012 15:30:52 GMT
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Read the article, the name Roland Dane rang a bell. Looked it up, turns out the guy went from XR Centre, to running the Triple 8 team racing in Australian V8 Supercars.
Minty G6 too, I wonder how many more avoided the rally stages?
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buzby
Part of things
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Jul 10, 2012 22:36:46 GMT
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I've never seen a V6 one. Something wrong with the steering in that article though. The car never seems to be travelling in the direction it's pointing :-) All the genuine G6s were 2.8 V6s. They were the road-going development of of the G3 and G4 (RWD rally car and XTrac 4WD rallycross car). The original idea behind the Mk3/Mk4 RWD conversions was as a way for rally drivers to reuse their tried and tested Mk1/2 Escort running gear in an up-to-date looking shell (and as an alternative to buying an expensive new RS1700T, which was cancelled in the end anyway). The G3 originally had curved arch extensions like Mk2 tarmac arches:  The box arches first appeared on the G4 XTrac cars and the later G3s and G6s used those:  There were 'about thirty' genuine G6s built (Gartrac don't know for sure themselves), three of which were 4x4s built using XR4x4 running gear (the RWD model used the 2.8 Capri rear axle). A few have since had the V6 replaced by Cosworth YBs. Coincidentally, the XTrac rallycross car above was John Welch's and his workshop in Fleet was where the G6 shells were painted. There were a lot more copies around though (other conversions like the Rally Design 'Genesis' fitted with either geniune alloy Gartrac arches or fibreclass copies), but the geniune Gartrac shells are are the best engineered of the RWD conversions and are highly sought-after as a result (especially in Ireland). |
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Jul 10, 2012 22:40:18 GMT
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I must admit - when I saw the first picture I was a bit dissappointed. I expected something a bit more awesome. But the more I scrolled down, the more my expectation was met ;D ;D What a bit of kit!!
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chess
Part of things
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Jul 10, 2012 23:02:57 GMT
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There were 'about thirty' genuine G6s built (Gartrac don't know for sure themselves), three of which were 4x4s built using XR4x4 running gear (the RWD model used the 2.8 Capri rear axle). A few have since had the V6 replaced by Cosworth YBs. I have only seen 2 genuine Gartracs and I was involved in putting YB's in both of them back in the day. |
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