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Been a massive WRC fan for a long time, in particular the era dominated by Lancia with their six consecutive manufacturer titles. Over the last few months I've been lucky enough to grab two ex-Works cars. Kid in a sweetshop time for me!!
The first, Abarth SE045 ex-Juha Kankkunen 1990 16v subsequently converted to Deltona by CECOMP in 1992 and then raced by HF Grifone and others. Last raced in 2000 in the RAC rally, has raced in nearly 60 rallies that I'm aware of and has won six times including being run by Steve Smith of Walkers. The car is famous for the 1990 1000 Lakes where KKK snapped his throttle cable. There is the iconic shot of him sitting on the bonnet whilst his co-driver Piironen drove the car.
The car finished 5th in that rally, 4th in the San Remo with Dario Cerrato & Jolly Club, and then finally 10th with Robert Droogmans in the RAC of the same year. The car also won the Rally Valeo in 1990 with Cerrato. The car continued to race in Italy post conversion to Deltona winning 3 in close succession with Ludivico Fassitelli winning the championship and final race of the season at Bassano. Fassitelli went on to found Stilo Helmets.
The car was extensively driven in the famous black & gold of HF Grifone with drivers like Fabrizio Tabaton, Gilberto Pianezzola and Piero Longhi. Was exported to England at the end of 1994 by Walkers and continued to compete until 2005. The car is currently having some work done to him including being put back to Marlboro colours initially, the first livery the car ran after conversion to Deltona. Eventually the car will return to it's black & gold HF Grifone colours.
My second Delta, Abarth SE050, ex-Didier Auriol 1992 Deltona (Evolution) was raced three times in the WRC in 1992, winning twice, at the 1000 Lakes Rally & Australia. Finished 10th at Catalunya a result that effectively ending Auriol's chance of winning his first WRC. The car won 2 of the six races Auriol won in 92, a world record at the time that stood for another 13 years until Loeb beat it. The car was then run by Jolly Club in 1993 and driven mainly by Dario Cerrato continuing in Martini colours. After that it raced in Hungary for a time winning multiple races before being acquired by a private collector who continued to race it non-competitively until 1998. More recently the car has been at Shelsey Walsh hillclimb and on display at the FoS.
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The first, Abarth SE045 ex-Juha Kankkunen 1990 16v subsequently converted to Deltona by CECOMP in 1992 and then raced by HF Grifone and others. Last raced in 2000 in the RAC rally, has raced in nearly 60 rallies that I'm aware of and has won six times including being run by Steve Smith of Walkers. The car is famous for the 1990 1000 Lakes where KKK snapped his throttle cable. There is the iconic shot of him sitting on the bonnet whilst his co-driver Piironen drove the car.
The car finished 5th in that rally, 4th in the San Remo with Dario Cerrato & Jolly Club, and then finally 10th with Robert Droogmans in the RAC of the same year. The car also won the Rally Valeo in 1990 with Cerrato. The car continued to race in Italy post conversion to Deltona winning 3 in close succession with Ludivico Fassitelli winning the championship and final race of the season at Bassano. Fassitelli went on to found Stilo Helmets.
The car was extensively driven in the famous black & gold of HF Grifone with drivers like Fabrizio Tabaton, Gilberto Pianezzola and Piero Longhi. Was exported to England at the end of 1994 by Walkers and continued to compete until 2005. The car is currently having some work done to him including being put back to Marlboro colours initially, the first livery the car ran after conversion to Deltona. Eventually the car will return to it's black & gold HF Grifone colours.
My second Delta, Abarth SE050, ex-Didier Auriol 1992 Deltona (Evolution) was raced three times in the WRC in 1992, winning twice, at the 1000 Lakes Rally & Australia. Finished 10th at Catalunya a result that effectively ending Auriol's chance of winning his first WRC. The car won 2 of the six races Auriol won in 92, a world record at the time that stood for another 13 years until Loeb beat it. The car was then run by Jolly Club in 1993 and driven mainly by Dario Cerrato continuing in Martini colours. After that it raced in Hungary for a time winning multiple races before being acquired by a private collector who continued to race it non-competitively until 1998. More recently the car has been at Shelsey Walsh hillclimb and on display at the FoS.
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superkarl said:
We’re you expecting a Vauxhall corsa?
‘Delta’
Therein, 2 deltas
Nope, I was expecting a flying triangle.‘Delta’
Therein, 2 deltas
edit to add: A Vulcan bomber would have been about the only way the thread could have been cooler, in fairness. Well done OP.
Edited by Kitchski on Friday 10th November 09:49
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