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WELSH RALLY 1976 9 MAY 1976
We drove up to Wales to start the latest adventure in my friend Garry’s 1967 Silver Sand 96V4. This was one of the hottest May’s that I had watched this rally at the time, some of you older readers may remember the summer of 1976 at least in England as being Hot. This however brought some other challenges while watching, for example the dusty stages. That year, the rally was dominated by two drivers, Ari Vatanen and local crowd favorite Russell Brookes. Unfortunately for the Saab fans, in this rally, the Saab crews had problems and did not finish the race.
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We took a picture of Stig’s Silver 99 EMS at the start, we never got any more pictures as he retired early in the rally. We were really disappointed that we never got to see Stig on any of the stages. At least we got to see some 96 V4’s. I can’t remember who drove the other two 96 V4’s Car 79 and 86, or whether they finished.
ADVENTURE AFTER THE RALLY
On the last day of the Rally, Garry wanted to drive straight home that evening. We were both very tired, after a few days of “sleeping” in the front seats of the car (the 96’s front seats aren’t that good for sleeping, especially for Garry being 6.6ft,
