Where Did The Old Saloon Cars Go?

[Steve Holmes]

Just spent some time last night looking through Frank de Jongs incredible ETCC website. Frank has collected an amazing amount of info on the ETCC, and other International Touring Car championships.

http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/index.html

Looking through the pics on the site, I was wondering where all these cars are now, and why there doesn't seem to be a Hitstoric Touring Car class in Europe and Britain for these cars? The period I am talking about is that up to the mid seventies.

There are just masses of them. Capri RS2600, and RS3100, Escort TC, RS1600, BMW 2002, CS 2800, CSL 3.0, Opel Commodore, Manta, Alfa GTAM, GTA, Hilman Imp, Camaro, Cuda, Mustang, Falcon, Porsche 911, NSU, Fiat etc etc etc. The teams, Zakpeed, Alpina, Autodelta, Broadspeed, Schnitzer, Koln, etc. I could go on and on.

Where are they all now? A series for these cars would be fascinating. But the cars themselves seem to have vanished. Adding them up from the mid sixties to the mid seventies, car numbers which competed in the European and British Touring Car races would roll into their hundreds, possibly thousands. I'll set the ball rolling. One Willment Escort TC, a works 1972 Capri RS2600, works 1973 RS2600, works 1974 RS3100, are all based in New Zealand. 10/10ths contributor Camaroz owns the Frank Gardner '67 Camaro.

Where are the rest of them?

[Dutch chap]

Some, but by far not all, are still racing. Have a look at:

www.youngtimertrophy.nl

and

www.youngtimertrophy.de

[Steve Wilkinson]

There was great excitment at Aintree when a Ford Falcon and a Mini set about the three PARADE laps as if it were a Round of the Saloon Car Championship!
The HSCC over in Britain are organising races for these cars and it is fun with a capital F!

[Peter Mallett]

The ex FAMI team Capri RS 2600 raced at Spa this year. It entered the British Sports and Saloons race and the FIA Touring Cars race which now caters for early 70's Group 2 machinery.