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strat6v
June 23rd, 2007, 03:52 AM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/original-photo-RALLY-LANCIA-STRATOS-CHEQUERED-FLAG-1976_W0QQitemZ280125389029QQihZ018QQcategoryZ31352 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
mudhut
June 23rd, 2007, 06:34 AM
Going to show my ignorance of rallying matters here...

Is this CF2 and therefore of interest to Gary F?
chris.richard
June 23rd, 2007, 08:52 AM
He doesn't need photos - not when you can look in the garage at the real thing! Not that I'm jealous..
Chris J
June 23rd, 2007, 12:01 PM
Going to show my ignorance of rallying matters here...

Is this CF2 and therefore of interest to Gary F?

No Peter, that's CF1.
It was repaired after the Tony Pond accident in the photo and then it had another accident with a fire that finished it for good. Some of the car in that black and white photo lives on as the SEC Chequered Trophy.

I'm sure that the photo on page 73 of Nigel Trow's book is of CF1 after the second accident and the fire. The caption suggests that it was rebuilt, but that would only be true if it was a photo of the car after the first crash, which it clearly isn't.

The story of CF2 is another story, and a complex one!