i scanned these pics i got with the kaliber rep shown what it was in its previous incarnations

before these pics it was supposed to have come to ireland as a groupa rallycar ,but this hasnt being confirmed yet and have no evidence of this

so the history starts here as a thundersaloon,again owner or history unknown at this point




after this it was turned into a rallycross car and raced by phil collard



then into this by steve fitz




and now

 

Cool pics

Excuse my ignorance though, who is Steve Fitz?

 

Cool car.

 

a member on here chop


cheers glenn

 

Well done James.
Phil and I got together and I asked him for those pics,im glad Paul passed them on , we couldn't recall who the driver was when it was Circuit raced but i'd be very happy to know if anyone has any ideas ?

 

thanks tony


and thanks again tony and everyone else who passed them on with the car ,as its the only way of trying to get to the bottom of its history,which is proving elusive

hopefully with these pics out on the web now ,it may jog someones memory tony

and its vin tag


which survived a 150 mile trip hanging out from under the bonnet and slam panel,


i couldnt believe it when we unloaded the truck annd found it hanging on by the skin of its teeth

 

tony have you any idea of the dates of these pics mate?

 

Do you know what the VIN tag says

 

Thats is one sweet car mate

 

its half dutch half belgium marco ?

go ahead and translate as google translater is a bit confusing mate

 

cheers steve ,hopefully when its rebuilt it should be cool

 

It actually is Dutch as they also speak Dutch in Belgium where the car was manufactured

There's 2 words I can't see what they're, maybe you can spell them.

With attachments

Under floor protection

3rd line it can't read the 2 words

Last line says Deliver after primer

 

this line marco/

onder bodembescherming

 

No the 2 words beneath that

 

this marco


matten s??ler

 

Yes, figured it out I think

With attachments under floor protection floor mats.

Sealer after primer.

 

cheers marco

now you can decode the ford vin part lol

 

Mid to late nineties I guess, I saw phil try to rally cross it at Lydden a few time in early noughties I reckon .

 

Im scared to think what else you have tucked away James lol

 

Cool car James.
And @ Marco, nice translation

 

I remember popping into my pals garage a few years ago for an MOT and this was up on the ramps just finishing it's MOT.

Nice car

 

Nice looking car

 

cheers tony ,i think i will stick it up on ten tenths to see if it jogs any memories

just rs500 no.1 john

cheers mate


cheers mate

 

You still goin to use it for track days etc

 

The mats probably refer to the sound deadening pads inside the car on the floorpan and the sealer means the seam sealer around the panel joints. This is how the group N spec shells were built, where as the group A ones were basically panels welded together and that was it, for lightness and to allow them to be seam and stitch welded later on.

 

 

Damn that's an old pic. It's actually taken at the back of what used to be the F1 pits at Spa-Francochamps, before they knocked them down and rebuilt them to the current ones.

We'd been over there with Steve (Fitz) and a load of other cossies doing a 2 day trackday....

Happy days!!

 

thats cool matt,their are a few other pics from spa i think mate


have you any you could add matt?

 

Real potent car there

 

maybe mate ,if it had a engine lol

 

Another Cossie of yours doing nowt James

 

pete ,i couldnt have said it any better myself mate

 

Top man Marco.....Cool info there.

 

I envy you James , very nice my man to be sure to be sure

 

I like that fela looks great

 

Love this car James, Cant wait to see it on your mantle piece!!

 

cheers ross i think

thanks simon

cheers mate ,but i dont follow the mantle piece bit rich lol?

 

do you mean i wont use it rich

 

Orniment mate.

 

Same as mine