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Ken and Patrick's BMC AUSTIN 1800 Rally Register as at 5th. August 2004 (c) CAR                 No                     CREW                              EVENT         YEAR     RESULT                      NOTES DJB 94 B          113          Joss / Fitzpatrick                             MONTE         1965           29th      Crashed on the mountain circuit White car. AOB 987 B       138          Wisdom / Edwards / Sprintzel           MONTE         1965           32nd      White car.                        100          Eric Brinkman / John Fitt                 MONTE         1966                     LRX 824 E                       Freeborough                              MOSS TYRES     1967           1st LRX 824 E        66          Culcheth / Syer                               ALPINE           1967          11th       1st in class LRX 824 E          5          Fall / Wood                                  DANUBE          1967           1st        Group 5 tune RBL 448 F        16          Culcheth / Wood                        ACROPOLIS         1968          10th       2nd in class SMO 256 G       51          Hopkirk / Nash / Poole            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          2nd        In Gaydon Museum SMO 255 G       61          Aaltonen / Lidden / Easter        LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          5th        Used as the Autocross car after being rallied by Evan Green as OKO 258 in                                                                                                                                                  Australia. Scrapped to make the X6 Rally car                                          ORX 663 F       64          Kingsley / Evans / Bell            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          19th       The RAF Red Arrows team - 32nd O/All at Bombay SMO 227 G      31          Green / Murray / Shepheard       LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          21st        Entered by BLMC Australia - 8th O/All at Bombay.Then Used by Ken                                                                                                                                                      Tubman 1970 World Cup Rally Australian Reg. AZN 256 SMO 974 G        4          Fall / Wood / Culcheth            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          23rd       Used by Ken Tubman as survey car on the 70 World Cup Rally and by                                                                                                                                                      John Taylor on the 1993 London Sydney as RTC 333 NKG 777 G      71          Field / Tilley / Jones               LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          28th        Entrant - Vantona Everwear Ltd - 37th O/All at Bombay VLM 128 G     17          Hamilton/Lee-Spalding/Stearns  LONDON / SYDNEY  1968           31st       The Royal Marines car,  nicknamed Dizzyac - car still exists VTC 1 G         70          Taylor / McDonnell / Wilson     LONDON / SYDNEY  1968         34rh       Entrant - Wilson's Motor Caravans Ltd - 48th O/All at Bombay - team prize MTB 150 G     77          Eaves / Vipond / Bainbridge      LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          35th       Big N Cash and Carry - 56th O/All  at Bombay - (car still exists) NAM 616 G     16          Corbett / Mabbs / Fisk             LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Entrant- D.A.Corbett- rtd  Rod through block in Yugoslavia ARA 65 G      65          White / Jeffcoat / Dunnell           LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Entrant HyMac, White Injured - fell down garage pit- yellow & black car UDM 999 G   21          Williams / Thomas / Hughes      LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Hillcrest Motor Co - Retired before Kabul  White car Black Bonnet KOC 391 E  172          Culcheth / Wood                                 MONTE          1968          24th        Group 2 tune, Single carb LOF 179 F   167          Sprintzel / Ryan                                  MONTE          1968          32nd       Group 2 tune, Single carb entered by BL Special Tuning. LOF 238 F   188          Jopp / Cave                                        MONTE          1968          38th        Group 2 tune, Single carb entered by BL Special Tuning. KOC 319 E     6          Aaltonen / Lidden                                SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke front suspension housing -  OTL ORX 662 F   14          Fall / Drews                                        SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke front suspension housing  - OTL ORX 663 F   11          Makinen / Benzimra                             SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke oil cooler - wrecked engine - retired ATG 520                  Cowan / Johnson                    SOUTHERN  CROSS     1969          1ST OVERALL   EX SMO 974G ATF 353                  Garrard                               SOUTHERN CROSS         1969          DNF BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT  EX SMO 227G OKO 258                 Green / Denny                      SOUTHERN CROSS         1969          EX SMO 225G OKO 258                 Green / Johnson                      SNOWY RALLY            1969          1st Overall    ex SMO 225G NAM 616 G 170        D.Corbett / T.Fisk                                MONTE          1969          finisher           NOB 292 F   97         Jopp / Wisdom / Cave                          MONTE          1969          23rd        Wisdom dropped off en route as he started the event with a broken leg.                                                                                                                                                        Best privateer  (see pic)                  120          Major Reynolds / Staff Sgt Grant            MONTE          1969          finisher    British Army entry  started from Frankfurt LOF179 F    70          Potter / Miller                                     MONTE          1969          finisher LOF 179 F   57          Potter                                              SCOTTISH       1969          ?            Photo CCC KTU 542 C  90          Mike Offley / Rob Lyall                  GULF LONDON    1968          finisher   Group 6 Tune 1st BMC Car home ORX 663 F 110          Fall / Johnson                                 SHELL 4000       1968          8th          Rolled car on one stage. EFK 77 C    39          T.Bartlett /?                             DIMANCHE TOUR    1970          ?            Red/White roof black bonnet - Photo in CCC OOH 744 G  54          Freeborough / Cooper / Redgrave LONDON / MEXICO   1970          9th         Entrant Reg Redgrave - Best placed 1800 AZN 256     32          Tubman / Welinski / McAuley    LONDON / MEXICO   1970          11th        7th in class 3. Car is Ex SMO 227G (see pic) NOB 284 F  91          Denton / Wright / Crellin           LONDON / MEXICO   1970          18th        Entrant Woman's Magazine - All girl crew HPV 491 F  55          Mitchell / Evans / Taylor            LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF      The Royal Navy car - hit by car No 90 -  dismantled in the 1980s JOP 1 E       3          Jopp / Khan / Cave                     LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Retired in Equador with a broken gearbox. OOH 745 G  34         Penfold / Jones / McInally           LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant - Metropolitan Police, retd holed sump Rio.-In Moldsworth Museum VTC 1 G    73          Pett / Franks / Robinson             LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant - Grants of Croydon retd SA NAM 616 G 41         Price / Fletcher / Beaver              LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant-Special Motor repairs Ltd Engine blew up on Rio Prime special stage MTB 150 G 95         Cresdee / Eaves / Bainbridge       LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant R.D.Cresdee Crashed Yugoslavia - Bainbridge hurt - (car still exists) AGF 543 G  101       Woodward / Grace                     LONDON / SYDNEY   1993          70th       Entrant - Team Landcrab RTC 333    79         Taylor / Magrath                        LONDON / SYDNEY  1993          DNF       Car with AUSTRALIA on the bonnet  RTD Kalgoorlie Ex SMO 974 G KXX 89     28                                                                  SAFARI          1968           DNF       White car - Black bonnet - Benzimra motors? LMO 394 E 87                                                                AUTOCROSS   1968           ?           AGF 543 G             Pete Woodward / Bob Norkett      LONDON / MEXICO  1995         finisher           GPX 29 N  83         David Wilks / Andrew Bedingham   PEKING - PARIS    1997         finisher      Mk II Red / white roof looks like works replica on video (see pics) AOP 971 K 62        David Lucas                           CORONATION RALLY  1984        finisher      1800S Mk II -  red car black roof SMO 974G            Tim Kennon                        1953 REDEX TRIAL Re-run 2003    finisher      original 1968 London-Sydney Marathon entry (see above)                              Larry Lebel / Marcel Chichak TOTEM (TSD) RALLY Canada Nov 2003 16th (2nd in class) 1971 Mk II (owned by Larry Lebel - Canada) YED 423K              Ken Green                              MCC Centenary Trial      2003    Gold Medal   - 1800 Mk2 rally suspension otherwise standard MTB 150 G            Peter and Anne Locks          MONTE CARLO RALLY    2004    First Place   original 1968 London-Sydney Marathon and 1970 World Cup Rally (see pic)                              Darren Smith / Ken Hickey TOLL HISTORIC TASMANIA RALLY 2004 First in Class - Austin 1800 Mk I Monte Carlo Replica (see pics and story) SERVICE AND RECCY VEHICLES ORX 661 F                                                                   ACROPOLIS       1968          RECCE CAR           RMO  723            Easter/Liddon/Nash                       LONDON / SYDNEY   1968          RECCE CAR           SMO 223 G                                                           LONDON / SYDNEY   1968          SERVICE CAR           LMO 991 E          Moylan/Plummer                                 MONTE              1968          SERVICE CAR           ATG ???             Ken Tubman                                LONDON / MEXICO   1968          RECCE CAR          Ex SMO 225G Re-Registered In Australia LMO 394 E                                                                                                             RECCE CAR           EYZ 642             Liddon/Green/Murray/Shepheard      LONDON / SYDNEY   1968           RECCE CAR          For the Australian part of the route. POH 703G                                                                World Cup Rally     1970           RECCE CAR          For South American stages Variety Club and Charity Runs Geoffrey Alcock Mk II Austin 1800 - Charity Run placings: 3rd in 2001, 6th  2002, 2003, and 12th 2004 (after breaking a front windscreen after two days into the rally) (see pic) Geoff Abrahams Mk II Austin 1800 ute - Variety Bash 2004: Started on Saturday 6th August 2004 (see pic)

Help us to provide a comprehensive list and details of the Austin 1800's successes and otherwise, in Rallying - both in Australia and overseas. Who knows, one day a book may be written about it.

Ken Green and Patrick Farrell's BMC AUSTIN 1800 Rally Register (c)

Help us to provide a comprehensive list and details of the Austin 1800's successes and otherwise, in Rallying - both in Australia and overseas. Who knows, one day a book may be written about it.

Ken and Patrick's BMC AUSTIN 1800 Rally Register as at 5th. August 2004 (c) CAR                 No                     CREW                              EVENT         YEAR     RESULT                      NOTES DJB 94 B          113          Joss / Fitzpatrick                             MONTE         1965           29th      Crashed on the mountain circuit White car. AOB 987 B       138          Wisdom / Edwards / Sprintzel           MONTE         1965           32nd      White car.                        100          Eric Brinkman / John Fitt                 MONTE         1966                     LRX 824 E                       Freeborough                              MOSS TYRES     1967           1st LRX 824 E        66          Culcheth / Syer                               ALPINE           1967          11th       1st in class LRX 824 E          5          Fall / Wood                                  DANUBE          1967           1st        Group 5 tune RBL 448 F        16          Culcheth / Wood                        ACROPOLIS         1968          10th       2nd in class SMO 256 G       51          Hopkirk / Nash / Poole            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          2nd        In Gaydon Museum SMO 255 G       61          Aaltonen / Lidden / Easter        LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          5th        Used as the Autocross car after being rallied by Evan Green as OKO 258 in                                                                                                                                                  Australia. Scrapped to make the X6 Rally car                                          ORX 663 F       64          Kingsley / Evans / Bell            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          19th       The RAF Red Arrows team - 32nd O/All at Bombay SMO 227 G      31          Green / Murray / Shepheard       LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          21st        Entered by BLMC Australia - 8th O/All at Bombay.Then Used by Ken                                                                                                                                                      Tubman 1970 World Cup Rally Australian Reg. AZN 256 SMO 974 G        4          Fall / Wood / Culcheth            LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          23rd       Used by Ken Tubman as survey car on the 70 World Cup Rally and by                                                                                                                                                      John Taylor on the 1993 London Sydney as RTC 333 NKG 777 G      71          Field / Tilley / Jones               LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          28th        Entrant - Vantona Everwear Ltd - 37th O/All at Bombay VLM 128 G     17          Hamilton/Lee-Spalding/Stearns  LONDON / SYDNEY  1968           31st       The Royal Marines car,  nicknamed Dizzyac - car still exists VTC 1 G         70          Taylor / McDonnell / Wilson     LONDON / SYDNEY  1968         34rh       Entrant - Wilson's Motor Caravans Ltd - 48th O/All at Bombay - team prize MTB 150 G     77          Eaves / Vipond / Bainbridge      LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          35th       Big N Cash and Carry - 56th O/All  at Bombay - (car still exists) NAM 616 G     16          Corbett / Mabbs / Fisk             LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Entrant- D.A.Corbett- rtd  Rod through block in Yugoslavia ARA 65 G      65          White / Jeffcoat / Dunnell           LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Entrant HyMac, White Injured - fell down garage pit- yellow & black car UDM 999 G   21          Williams / Thomas / Hughes      LONDON / SYDNEY  1968          DNF       Hillcrest Motor Co - Retired before Kabul  White car Black Bonnet KOC 391 E  172          Culcheth / Wood                                 MONTE          1968          24th        Group 2 tune, Single carb LOF 179 F   167          Sprintzel / Ryan                                  MONTE          1968          32nd       Group 2 tune, Single carb entered by BL Special Tuning. LOF 238 F   188          Jopp / Cave                                        MONTE          1968          38th        Group 2 tune, Single carb entered by BL Special Tuning. KOC 319 E     6          Aaltonen / Lidden                                SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke front suspension housing -  OTL ORX 662 F   14          Fall / Drews                                        SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke front suspension housing  - OTL ORX 663 F   11          Makinen / Benzimra                             SAFARI          1968          DNF       Broke oil cooler - wrecked engine - retired ATG 520                  Cowan / Johnson                    SOUTHERN  CROSS     1969          1ST OVERALL   EX SMO 974G ATF 353                  Garrard                               SOUTHERN CROSS         1969          DNF BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT  EX SMO 227G OKO 258                 Green / Denny                      SOUTHERN CROSS         1969          EX SMO 225G OKO 258                 Green / Johnson                      SNOWY RALLY            1969          1st Overall    ex SMO 225G NAM 616 G 170        D.Corbett / T.Fisk                                MONTE          1969          finisher           NOB 292 F   97         Jopp / Wisdom / Cave                          MONTE          1969          23rd        Wisdom dropped off en route as he started the event with a broken leg.                                                                                                                                                        Best privateer  (see pic)                  120          Major Reynolds / Staff Sgt Grant            MONTE          1969          finisher    British Army entry  started from Frankfurt LOF179 F    70          Potter / Miller                                     MONTE          1969          finisher LOF 179 F   57          Potter                                              SCOTTISH       1969          ?            Photo CCC KTU 542 C  90          Mike Offley / Rob Lyall                  GULF LONDON    1968          finisher   Group 6 Tune 1st BMC Car home ORX 663 F 110          Fall / Johnson                                 SHELL 4000       1968          8th          Rolled car on one stage. EFK 77 C    39          T.Bartlett /?                             DIMANCHE TOUR    1970          ?            Red/White roof black bonnet - Photo in CCC OOH 744 G  54          Freeborough / Cooper / Redgrave LONDON / MEXICO   1970          9th         Entrant Reg Redgrave - Best placed 1800 AZN 256     32          Tubman / Welinski / McAuley    LONDON / MEXICO   1970          11th        7th in class 3. Car is Ex SMO 227G (see pic) NOB 284 F  91          Denton / Wright / Crellin           LONDON / MEXICO   1970          18th        Entrant Woman's Magazine - All girl crew HPV 491 F  55          Mitchell / Evans / Taylor            LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF      The Royal Navy car - hit by car No 90 -  dismantled in the 1980s JOP 1 E       3          Jopp / Khan / Cave                     LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Retired in Equador with a broken gearbox. OOH 745 G  34         Penfold / Jones / McInally           LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant - Metropolitan Police, retd holed sump Rio.-In Moldsworth Museum VTC 1 G    73          Pett / Franks / Robinson             LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant - Grants of Croydon retd SA NAM 616 G 41         Price / Fletcher / Beaver              LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant-Special Motor repairs Ltd Engine blew up on Rio Prime special stage MTB 150 G 95         Cresdee / Eaves / Bainbridge       LONDON / MEXICO   1970          DNF       Entrant R.D.Cresdee Crashed Yugoslavia - Bainbridge hurt - (car still exists) AGF 543 G  101       Woodward / Grace                     LONDON / SYDNEY   1993          70th       Entrant - Team Landcrab RTC 333    79         Taylor / Magrath                        LONDON / SYDNEY  1993          DNF       Car with AUSTRALIA on the bonnet  RTD Kalgoorlie Ex SMO 974 G KXX 89     28                                                                  SAFARI          1968           DNF       White car - Black bonnet - Benzimra motors? LMO 394 E 87                                                                AUTOCROSS   1968           ?           AGF 543 G             Pete Woodward / Bob Norkett      LONDON / MEXICO  1995         finisher           GPX 29 N  83         David Wilks / Andrew Bedingham   PEKING - PARIS    1997         finisher      Mk II Red / white roof looks like works replica on video (see pics) AOP 971 K 62        David Lucas                           CORONATION RALLY  1984        finisher      1800S Mk II -  red car black roof SMO 974G            Tim Kennon                        1953 REDEX TRIAL Re-run 2003    finisher      original 1968 London-Sydney Marathon entry (see above)                              Larry Lebel / Marcel Chichak TOTEM (TSD) RALLY Canada Nov 2003 16th (2nd in class) 1971 Mk II (owned by Larry Lebel - Canada) YED 423K              Ken Green                              MCC Centenary Trial      2003    Gold Medal   - 1800 Mk2 rally suspension otherwise standard MTB 150 G            Peter and Anne Locks          MONTE CARLO RALLY    2004    First Place   original 1968 London-Sydney Marathon and 1970 World Cup Rally (see pic)                              Darren Smith / Ken Hickey TOLL HISTORIC TASMANIA RALLY 2004 First in Class - Austin 1800 Mk I Monte Carlo Replica (see pics and story) SERVICE AND RECCY VEHICLES ORX 661 F                                                                   ACROPOLIS       1968          RECCE CAR           RMO  723            Easter/Liddon/Nash                       LONDON / SYDNEY   1968          RECCE CAR           SMO 223 G                                                           LONDON / SYDNEY   1968          SERVICE CAR           LMO 991 E          Moylan/Plummer                                 MONTE              1968          SERVICE CAR           ATG ???             Ken Tubman                                LONDON / MEXICO   1968          RECCE CAR          Ex SMO 225G Re-Registered In Australia LMO 394 E                                                                                                             RECCE CAR           EYZ 642             Liddon/Green/Murray/Shepheard      LONDON / SYDNEY   1968           RECCE CAR          For the Australian part of the route. POH 703G                                                                World Cup Rally     1970           RECCE CAR          For South American stages Variety Club and Charity Runs Geoffrey Alcock Mk II Austin 1800 - Charity Run placings: 3rd in 2001, 6th  2002, 2003, and 12th 2004 (after breaking a front windscreen after two days into the rally) (see pic) Geoff Abrahams Mk II Austin 1800 ute - Variety Bash 2004: Started on Saturday 6th August 2004 (see pic)

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