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£146,250
1981 Toyota Celica RA63
Silverstone Auctions • United Kingdom • 26 Aug 2022
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This is a meticulously restored 1981 Toyota Celica RA63 2000GT, chassis TC3, the first Celica to win a WRC event. Originally rallied by Toyota Team Europe, it retains many original parts and comes with spares, offering a unique opportunity to own a piece of rallying history.
Condition
8
The car has been restored, with any corrosion rectified, and resprayed in its original livery. The vendor has also contacted TTE in Germany about the car and received a certificate of origin showing the car as TC3, the first Celica in the world to win a WRC event.
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Transmission:
[Transmission]
Chassis No:
JT1CBTA6006000151
Odometer:
15,085 km
Reg Number:
VGX 629X
RHD/LHD:
[RHD/LHD]
During the Eighties, the World Rally Championship activities of Toyota Team Europe (TTE) continued to be as selective as they had been in the previous decade.
The team’s calendar was largely dependent on national marketing requirements, plus the suitability of each event to the RA40 Celica 2000 GT that the team was campaigning in the top Group 4 category.
The first couple of years were frustrating for Toyota as the naturally-aspirated Celica struggled to compete against a new generation of turbocharged rally cars that had started to emerge.
Swedish manufacturer Saab was the first to adopt forced induction, winning its home rally in 1978 using a turbocharged front-wheel drive car, and Renault had won the 1981 Monte Carlo Rally using a turbocharged super-mini converted to rear-wheel drive.
Most dramatic of all, however, Audi had started winning rallies with its new turbocharged four-wheel drive model.
At WRC level, there was little that Toyota could do to become immediately competit...
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