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1980 Vauxhall Chevette LWB HSR Ex-Factory Works car. Group 4 specification

United Kingdom • 27 Nov 2021 • Lot 193

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This is a Vauxhall Chevette HSR, a rare homologated rally car. It was campaigned by Vauxhall-Ireland in 1981 and won the Shell Oils National Rally Championship in Ireland in 1985. The car retains its original bodyshell and has had a full mechanical rebuild 400 kilometers ago.

Condition

8

The car retains its original bodyshell and has had a full mechanical rebuild 400 kilometers ago, including the engine, gearbox and axle. The car has been recently resprayed and looks fantastic. The history file contains many invoices, its buff log book from when it was registered in Ireland in 1981, a 2018 MSA Historic Technical Passport which expires 31/12/2028 and an MSA issued Competition Car logbook from 2007.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

9B08RHY117624

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

GCE 507W

RHD/LHD:

RHD

In 1976, at the instigation of new chairman Bob Price, Vauxhall decided to increase their profile in international rallying.

They developed a rally version of the Chevette in conjunction with Blydenstein Racing, which ran Dealer Team Vauxhall, the nearest equivalent to a 'works' (manufacturer run) competition team that GM policy would allow.

In order to compete in international rallying, the car had to be homologated; for Group 4, the class the HS was to compete in, this meant building 400 production vehicles for public sale.

Vauxhall created a far more powerful Chevette variant by fitting the 2.3 litre slant-four engine, using a 16-valve cylinder head which Vauxhall was developing - though the rally cars used the Lotus 16-valve head until a rule change by the FIA banned them in 1978.

The HS became a great success as a rally car, chalking up notable wins for drivers such as Pentti Airikkala, Jimmy McRae and Tony Pond.

It was a challenge to the most successful rally car of the time...