I have been offered the Data Post RS Turbo that Rodger Sport used to own,is this a proper thing as the owner who has it now got the car through the courts when the baliffs went in,there is no ID on the car what ever and has never been registered

 

you got a picture of it it pete?

i take it its a serious one obviously.

 

Its not the white one with the RS500 intercooler frenched into the bumper??

I didnt think it was a datapost one, thought the bloke at roger sport built it himself??

 

datapost only did s1's i think as s2 didnt enter as touring cars.

that rogersports thingy is a s2 if i remember right with a dirty great thing of an intercooler hanging out of the front of it.

 

agreed - the Datapost cars were S1. Rogersports one was S2 with stickers..

 

yes its an S2,I have been offered the car i may take a look with a veiw to breaking it

 

then its not a proper one, but if its purely for breaking and its got the right bits then why the hell not

 

If i remember rightly is had no actuator, it just got to a certain Rev's and all hell let loose.
I remember someone saying it was insanly undrivable.

I did have (will look) have abit of a package on them from years back and from what i recall the body's had no ID on them.

Will go looking now Pete

 

so its not the red s1?

 

I think the Red Series one is owned by a guy called Dick Dare?

 

yep thats it pon, old guy, saw the car last year sounded absolutely awesome.

 

Dick dare??

Was that a computer game/ comic?

Sorry, dan dare

 

is this the one

 

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wasn't there a feature on the datapost car's in Rallye news a few months back?

 

ye thats dick dare there in the s1,

pete, if you break it, ill buy the cooler and management

 

Just as a matter of intererest I believe the Data Post RST was just built up from the 16i shells they ran the previous year so an original one should have an rs1600i shell id.

 

The lad who owns it now is scott williamson and it was in ralley news...

 

No Scot owns the promotional datapost car, the race car was owned by Dick dare, it now belongs to a chap called simon.

The cars were S1's they were bare shells given to Richard Longman direct from factory, he was still racing the RS16I's whilst the S1 race cars was being built.

 

pete its not tom who has it for sale is it 100% genuine its got stickers to prove.

 

Thats not what it says in the Graham Robson book I have IIRC...I'll double check tho.....

 

You could be right matt, i was trying to remeber a conversation i had with Richard longman. But i was sure that was what he said, as he raced in the 1985 Donnigton 500 in the rs16i and was interviewed and said that the turbo car wasnt quite finished, but would be at the Istel TT at silverstone for the next race.

 

if it has had anything to do with rodger its bound to be hooky thats why he fled to thai land the white 4x4 s1 he had i helped paint it many years ago now

 

Fucking hell, this is a REALLY old post.

People are being nice to Pete RS Specialists, thats how old it is!!

Only joking Pete. I love you really