BBC Rally Sprint 1983 part 1

Credit for the original cap. goes to angmo. This is BBC's "Rally Sprint" from year 1983. It features a production (Group N I assume) Rover SD1 with a few rally modifications including a 300 HP V8 and an MG METRO 1300 (not the Turbo version). I have extracted the best I could out of the original video file. I am a BIG rally fan so thought everyone should share in the goodness LOL. The F1 drivers are ;- Danny Sullivan, Derek Warwick, John Watson, Nigel Mansell, the Rally Drivers are ;- Jimmy McRae, Pentti Arikkala, Stig Blomqvist, and Tony Pond. I mostly uploaded this as I am a big fan of the looks of the original mini-METRO. However when I sat in a Metro Turbo recently I was shocked to find that the inside and controls and door slamming sound and smell are amost exactly the same as a Morris Minor LOL.
Sorry about it being 720p even though it's originally only SD, but Youtube removes far too much picture detail on 480p so I am finding that I need 720p just to get SD levels of picture detail...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Rally
• METRO
• BBC
• 1983

[darren2514fv]

The Rover 3500 turned out to be too heavy for rallying

[darren2514fv]

this was done on film

[Vatniekaknie]

Nigel Mansell is a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.

Excellent video... thanks for uploading! I'm a big SD1 fan; nice to see it getting put through its paces.

[FM77]

Smashing upload....thanks!!