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Originally Posted by chunterer
1985 in Thunderloons
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I don't recall if Whizzo was still involved by the time I saw it (and I seem to have lost the race programme), but I think the 240RS in Thundersaloons might have been around for at least couple of seasons- I'm sure the only time I saw it was at Silverstone, at one of those GM Dealers-sponsored Thundersaloon meetings, which would have been 1986 or even 87
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Originally Posted by davyboy
. There were a lot of these in Ireland and as can be seen from above, many/most of them had Northern Ireland registration plates. .
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That's a thought- as you say, most of the UK-based 240s (and a few of the European ones) seem to have had Northern Ireland, or occasionally Isle of Man, registrations. There were only a handful with 'mainland' plates as I remember- I noticed Terry Kaby in PVV646Y in one of those RallyRetro pics:
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...rRally1985.jpg
I suspect there was presumably some kind of tax or Type Approval reason for them not being registered on the mainland? (In a similar vein, didn't a lot of the David Sutton Audi UK Quattros have IoM plates?)