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matt86sx
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Re: Photo from Targa Tasmania 2004

Thu, 27 January 2005 22:15

ta22gt wrote on Wed, 26 January 2005 20:17

i think you will find that the car is the same one that neal bates ran in targa a couple of times, he was forced to retire with o'heating probs on 1 occasion the other i cant remember if he won the event or not but i know he led for most of the event

Wouldn't be surprised if that were the very same car that Bates used - same thought crossed my mind as well.

It was 1994 that Bates/Taylor were forced to retire while leading due to a holed radiator very near to the end (may have even been the last stage?). The '94 event was actually the world competition debut for the ST205 and would have been a dream start but unforunately it was not to be. They came back in 1995 and won the event proper.

As mentioned already, the driver is Ove Andersson, the man behind TTE and a rally driver himself back in the 70's. The co driver is Arne Hertz, who was a co-driver in the WRC for many years, most notably with Hannu Mikkola (1983 World Rally Champion in an Audi Quattro).

As for Giocattolo numbers, not sure how many survive (certainly one was totalled quite famously) but there were 14 built in total. I know this because I did a week of work experience at the Giocattolo factory in Caloundra in 1989 when I was in Year 12. Unforunately it was barely a week before they closed down for good.

Matt

[Updated on: Thu, 27 January 2005 22:20]

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