The Trident Rally 1973

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Came across some old photos of my late dad racing his Ford Escort van in the The Trident Rally. IIRC, he told me it had a Lotus engine in it with (what he referred to as) a rocket gearbox.

Does anyone know anything about this rally as I cannot find anything online.

A few pics

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Great thanks for the advice.

Unfortunately, since Dad died 4 years ago, the remaining brother of the 6 siblings passed this year taking any possibility of working out where this rally was with him. I have no idea where this could have been taken.

Thanks for the info on the van, I vaguely recall him saying it was pretty unique having that engine and gearbox in a van.

I also can't quite remember how it came to an end. It was either put head on through a brick wall after hitting black ice or it was the one that rolled at one of the major race tracks. It rolled over 7 times and caught fire, he was badly burned all over his torso, lot of scarring from that.

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WOW thanks Duncan. I couldn't find anything from google, that is quite phenomenal that you found the club. I'll pop onto the links provided too and see what else I can uncover. I'll keep this thread updated for those interested.

Cheers

Edit: I need to stop referring to the escort as a van

Edited by Origin Unknown on Thursday 17th May 15:32