The Brothers de Rooy

This is something of an odd enquiry.

I have an abiding memory from my childhood of Saturday afternoon television, watching the rallycross from Lydden Hill.

The stars of the show, for me, were a pair of Ford V-6 engined Daf 55 Coupes, both bright red/orange, driven by two brothers, Jan and Harry de Rooy.

Whatever became of these two fellows? Are they still racing? Did the Dafs survive into preservation? Any of our mainland European posters have any clues about this?

I would love to know. I still remember pedalling my little bicycle down a dirt track near my home. On Saturday afternoons, I WAS that souped-up little Daf!

There's not much information I can give you, Tim.
I followed Jan de Rooy while he was in rallycross.
He and his brother are living some 25 miles from where I live, in a city called Eindhoven.
All I know is that after his rallycross experience was over, Jan de Rooy competed in the Paris-Dakar rally with a DAF truck and he even won it but I can't remember the year.
He and his brother have always been in business, so I think they went back to that.
They own a transportation company.
I don't know if they are still racing but I can't imagine it because they are older than I am.
That's all the information I can provide but I will look it up, although there's very little information to find.