Post by cdm on Apr 29, 2022 7:11:04 GMT -5
The 1950s where if you had a car and a mate and some maps you went off to do the Monte Carlo Rally.
Most of these are on a Route Bleu base, suitably weathered.
1950
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Marcel Becquart & Henri Secret
Hotchkiss 686 GS Rivera a CCCF resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
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Monte Carlo Rally 4th overall – Jose Sacron & R Pascal
Simca Gordini 8 Sport a Partwork diecast
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Alpine Rally retired – Gordon Wilkins & Mrs Wilkins
Healey Silverstone a conversion using an Auto Replicas white metal kit
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Alpine Rally 11th overall – David Price & A Wood
HRG 1100 a conversion using a Mikansue white metal kit
1951
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Jean Trevoux & Roger Crovette
Delahaye 175S a CCCF resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The real car is currently for sale 28/04/22
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Monte Carlo Rally 10th overall – Raymond Baxter & Gordon Wilkins
Jowett Jupiter a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 225th overall – Thomas Dargue & JE Hasendonck
Riley RM 2.5 a Crossway Model white metal
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Alpine Rally winner – Ian & Pat Appleyard
Jaguar XK120 a conversion using a Brumm diecast, again a car not done in modern times
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Alpine Rally retired – George Hartwell & ‘Chips’ Chipperton
Hartwell Special a conversion using a broken Somerville white metal model
One of a handful of conversions Hartwell made from a Mk2 saloon. The precursor to the Alpine
1952
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Sidney Allard, Guy Warburton & Tom Lush
Allard P1 a conversion using a white metal Auto Replicas kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The first win by a car built and designed by the driver.
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Monte Carlo Rally 2nd overall – Stirling Moss, Desmond Scannell & JA Cooper
Sunbeam Talbot Mk2 an Oxford diecast.
The front wings are white washed so that the timekeepers could identify a competing car
1953
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Maurice Gatsonides & Peter Worledge
Ford Zephyr Mk1 a Provence Moulage resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The real car was written of in an accident. The car now owned by Ford is a replica and last time I saw it was in the wrong colour and RHD!!!
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Monte Carlo Rally 45th overall - Mike Couper & Pat Fillingham
Bentley Mk7 a conversion using a Tron resin kit
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Monte Carlo Rally 49th overall – Madelaine Pochon & Irene Terray
Renault 4CV a conversion using an Eligor diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 94th overall – Arthur Meredith-Owen & Alex Pitts
Healey Tickford an Oxford diecast
1954
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Louis Chiron & Ciro Basadonna
Lancia Aurelia B20 GT a Varkit resin kit also now available from IXO.
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Monte Carlo Rally 129th overall – John Stoddart & William Stoddart
Standard Vanguard Phase 2 a Peregrine Models white metal
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Alpine Rally 10th overall (and Gold Cup winner) - Stirling Moss & John Cutts
Sunbeam Alpine a Somerville white metal model. Matrix have also just released this model.
1955
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Per Malling & Gunnar Fadum
Sunbeam Mk3 a Provence Moulage resin kit a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
A private entry beating all the works teams
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Monte Carlo Rally 96th overall – Peter Collins & Graham Whitehead
Aston Martin DB2/4 a Four Wheels white metal model
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Monte Carlo Rally 2nd overall – Georges Gillard & Roger Dugat
Panhard Dyna Z a conversion using a Partwork model
1956
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Ronnie Adams & Frank Biggar
Jaguar Mk7 an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 3rd= overall – Peter Harper, Peter Elbra & David Humphries
Sunbeam Mk3 a conversion on a Provence Moulage resin kit
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Monte Carlo Rally 57th overall – Thomas Clarke & K Baker
AC Aceca a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally retired – Peter Easton & Peter Garnier
AC Aceca a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 8th overall – Maurice Gatsonides & Marcel Bequart
Standard Vanguard Phase 3 a conversion using a Corgi Toy
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Monte Carlo Rally 223rd overall – Max Becker & Becker
Mercedes 300 SL a conversion using a White Box diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 60th overall – Sarayac & Buchet
Salmson 2300 Sport a conversion using as Partwork diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 59th overall – Nancy Mitchell & Doreen Reece
MG Magnette a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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RAC Rally winner – Lyndon Sims & Tony Ambrose
Aston Martin DB2 a conversion using a Heco resin kit
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Alpine Rally retired – Raymond Baxter & Peter Miller
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy (really could do with some modern versions of Sunbeam Rapiers, if anyone manufacturer is listening/reading!!)
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Alpine Rally ?? overall – Peter Harper & David Humphrey
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy
1957
Monte Carlo Rally cancelled due to the Suez fuel crisis
1958
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Monte Carlo Rally – Jacques Feret & Guy Monraisse
Renault Dauphine an IXO diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 5th overall – Peter Harper & Peter Elbra
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy
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RAC Rally overall finish unknown – Edward Lewis & Denis Pratt
Lotus X1 a conversion using a Partwork diecast.
This was supposedly the ex Le Mans XAR 11 car. However, five other Lotus X1s appeared with the same number plate.
…..this car was then entered on the 1958 RAC Rally in a ploy to satisfy the Le Mans organisers to allow participation in the 1958 race, in that the Lotus was indeed a car made for the road. Car number 139 driven by Edward Lewis & Denis Pratt was a car least suited to the rigours of the RAC Rally, but it did do quite well on the race track sections. According to the Autosport report they struggled onto the finish in spite of holing the sump and a collision with a truck in the north east of England. A photo appears on page 366 of Autosport 21/3/58 and on page 21 of Autocar’s 50 Years of the RAC Rally magazine.
1959
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Paul Coltelloni & P Alexandre & C Derosiers
Citroen DS19 a Vitesse diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 10th overall – Pat Moss & Ann Wisdom
Austin A40 a Vanguard diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally retired – Svend Jensen & Max Westphall
Studebaker Golden Hawk a conversion on a Corgi Toy
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Monte Carlo Rally 164th overall – Jean-Louis Chavy & Raymond Meignen
Vespa 400 a Norev diecast
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RAC Rally winner – Gerry Burgess & Croft-Pearson
Ford Zephyr Mk2 a conversion using a Corgi Toy
Most of these are on a Route Bleu base, suitably weathered.
1950
DSCN1344 aa
Monte Carlo Rally winner – Marcel Becquart & Henri Secret
Hotchkiss 686 GS Rivera a CCCF resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
DSCN1328 aa
Monte Carlo Rally 4th overall – Jose Sacron & R Pascal
Simca Gordini 8 Sport a Partwork diecast
DSCN1316 aa
Alpine Rally retired – Gordon Wilkins & Mrs Wilkins
Healey Silverstone a conversion using an Auto Replicas white metal kit
DSCN1317 aa
Alpine Rally 11th overall – David Price & A Wood
HRG 1100 a conversion using a Mikansue white metal kit
1951
DSCN1341 aa
Monte Carlo Rally winner – Jean Trevoux & Roger Crovette
Delahaye 175S a CCCF resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The real car is currently for sale 28/04/22
DSCN1315 aa
Monte Carlo Rally 10th overall – Raymond Baxter & Gordon Wilkins
Jowett Jupiter a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
DSCN1335 aa
Monte Carlo Rally 225th overall – Thomas Dargue & JE Hasendonck
Riley RM 2.5 a Crossway Model white metal
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Alpine Rally winner – Ian & Pat Appleyard
Jaguar XK120 a conversion using a Brumm diecast, again a car not done in modern times
DSCN1308 aa
Alpine Rally retired – George Hartwell & ‘Chips’ Chipperton
Hartwell Special a conversion using a broken Somerville white metal model
One of a handful of conversions Hartwell made from a Mk2 saloon. The precursor to the Alpine
1952
DSCN1342 aa
Monte Carlo Rally winner – Sidney Allard, Guy Warburton & Tom Lush
Allard P1 a conversion using a white metal Auto Replicas kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The first win by a car built and designed by the driver.
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Monte Carlo Rally 2nd overall – Stirling Moss, Desmond Scannell & JA Cooper
Sunbeam Talbot Mk2 an Oxford diecast.
The front wings are white washed so that the timekeepers could identify a competing car
1953
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Maurice Gatsonides & Peter Worledge
Ford Zephyr Mk1 a Provence Moulage resin kit, a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
The real car was written of in an accident. The car now owned by Ford is a replica and last time I saw it was in the wrong colour and RHD!!!
DSCN1325 aa
Monte Carlo Rally 45th overall - Mike Couper & Pat Fillingham
Bentley Mk7 a conversion using a Tron resin kit
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Monte Carlo Rally 49th overall – Madelaine Pochon & Irene Terray
Renault 4CV a conversion using an Eligor diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 94th overall – Arthur Meredith-Owen & Alex Pitts
Healey Tickford an Oxford diecast
1954
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Louis Chiron & Ciro Basadonna
Lancia Aurelia B20 GT a Varkit resin kit also now available from IXO.
DSCN1337 aa
Monte Carlo Rally 129th overall – John Stoddart & William Stoddart
Standard Vanguard Phase 2 a Peregrine Models white metal
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Alpine Rally 10th overall (and Gold Cup winner) - Stirling Moss & John Cutts
Sunbeam Alpine a Somerville white metal model. Matrix have also just released this model.
1955
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Per Malling & Gunnar Fadum
Sunbeam Mk3 a Provence Moulage resin kit a car not yet covered by a modern diecast.
A private entry beating all the works teams
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Monte Carlo Rally 96th overall – Peter Collins & Graham Whitehead
Aston Martin DB2/4 a Four Wheels white metal model
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Monte Carlo Rally 2nd overall – Georges Gillard & Roger Dugat
Panhard Dyna Z a conversion using a Partwork model
1956
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Ronnie Adams & Frank Biggar
Jaguar Mk7 an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 3rd= overall – Peter Harper, Peter Elbra & David Humphries
Sunbeam Mk3 a conversion on a Provence Moulage resin kit
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Monte Carlo Rally 57th overall – Thomas Clarke & K Baker
AC Aceca a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally retired – Peter Easton & Peter Garnier
AC Aceca a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 8th overall – Maurice Gatsonides & Marcel Bequart
Standard Vanguard Phase 3 a conversion using a Corgi Toy
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Monte Carlo Rally 223rd overall – Max Becker & Becker
Mercedes 300 SL a conversion using a White Box diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 60th overall – Sarayac & Buchet
Salmson 2300 Sport a conversion using as Partwork diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 59th overall – Nancy Mitchell & Doreen Reece
MG Magnette a conversion using an Oxford Diecast
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RAC Rally winner – Lyndon Sims & Tony Ambrose
Aston Martin DB2 a conversion using a Heco resin kit
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Alpine Rally retired – Raymond Baxter & Peter Miller
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy (really could do with some modern versions of Sunbeam Rapiers, if anyone manufacturer is listening/reading!!)
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Alpine Rally ?? overall – Peter Harper & David Humphrey
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy
1957
Monte Carlo Rally cancelled due to the Suez fuel crisis
1958
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Monte Carlo Rally – Jacques Feret & Guy Monraisse
Renault Dauphine an IXO diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 5th overall – Peter Harper & Peter Elbra
Sunbeam Rapier a conversion using a Dinky Toy
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RAC Rally overall finish unknown – Edward Lewis & Denis Pratt
Lotus X1 a conversion using a Partwork diecast.
This was supposedly the ex Le Mans XAR 11 car. However, five other Lotus X1s appeared with the same number plate.
…..this car was then entered on the 1958 RAC Rally in a ploy to satisfy the Le Mans organisers to allow participation in the 1958 race, in that the Lotus was indeed a car made for the road. Car number 139 driven by Edward Lewis & Denis Pratt was a car least suited to the rigours of the RAC Rally, but it did do quite well on the race track sections. According to the Autosport report they struggled onto the finish in spite of holing the sump and a collision with a truck in the north east of England. A photo appears on page 366 of Autosport 21/3/58 and on page 21 of Autocar’s 50 Years of the RAC Rally magazine.
1959
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Monte Carlo Rally winner – Paul Coltelloni & P Alexandre & C Derosiers
Citroen DS19 a Vitesse diecast
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Monte Carlo Rally 10th overall – Pat Moss & Ann Wisdom
Austin A40 a Vanguard diecast
DSCN1330 aa
Monte Carlo Rally retired – Svend Jensen & Max Westphall
Studebaker Golden Hawk a conversion on a Corgi Toy
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Monte Carlo Rally 164th overall – Jean-Louis Chavy & Raymond Meignen
Vespa 400 a Norev diecast
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RAC Rally winner – Gerry Burgess & Croft-Pearson
Ford Zephyr Mk2 a conversion using a Corgi Toy