1979 Birmingham Uni Rally - Robert Grounds & Peter Joel

[ian65]

Mazda RX7 series 1 - 1979 Birmingham University November Rally




Mazda RX-7 - 1979 Birmingham University Rally - Robert Grounds & Peter Joel. Finished 14th.

This car was the earliest known RX7 to arrive in the UK. It was shipped from the US ( who got the RX7 a year before the UK) by British Leyland for evaluation against their sports car, the TR7. Robert Grounds then bought the car from BL.

[Chud]

It's laughable to think that the execs at BL sat around a table after a drive in the SA and thought "yup, we done ourselves proud - the TR7 is a worthy competitor". Probably the same wisdom that blessed us with the Princess, Maxi and Allegro.

Wonder where the british car industry went wrong eh.