Help with history of this classic

[foggyvolki]

 

This is my dads MKI BDG FIA hommologated race car, the plate is GNO476H and we have all of the documentation to prove its an authentic GNO car, does anyone know of its history? GNO475H was used in the RAC rally, it was built by AVO @ Ford as a rally car and then used by a reporter in the rally. We know that AVO used my dads car for something but we arent entirely sure what? Any info would be great. We bought the car nearly 3 years ago and it had been converted from a race car to a sprint/hillclimber, J.S. Motorsport then built it into what you see above which is a fully homologated FIA race car which my Dad competes in around Europe but it was initially built for the FIA European Historic Touring car Championship however this season he's just doing one off's in it. The car was recently bright greeny/yellow then was white and had big aftermarket arches and really wide rims. however to get it to FIA spec its now all as the original Race cars were with everything genuine. Anyway any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Who knows you might even win a for your troubles

[Slik 50]

The enquiry is complete

 

The vehicle details for GNO 476H are:

 

Date of Liability 12 06 2004

Date of First Registration 15 05 1970

Year of Manufacture Not Available

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1975CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour WHITE

Vehicle Type Approval null

The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.

 

 

Site last updated: 13/04/2007

[Vista]

You might want to put this on the AVO board too, some of its members worked for the AVO plant and might be able to help.

 

Looks nice, I take it it's never used on the road from the date of expiry of the last tax disk?

[foggyvolki]

Well from time to time, lol nah it doesn't go on the road ever as the motor has to be rebuilt every 10 hours so it wouldn't be practical unfortunately. Thanx for the info, where did you get that from? I've posted on the AVO board in the past which is how I got the newspaper clipping of GNO475H in the RAC rally but unfortunately that was all I got told but I will have a go again in the hope maybe someone else will see it who recognises it.

Thanx again for that

[Rick]

its a good lookin car thats for sure

[misterstevie]

I may well be one of the previous owners of this car, it was either GNO 476H or GNO 467H that I owned

[Vista]

20 minutes ago, misterstevie said:

I may well be one of the previous owners of this car, it was either GNO 476H or GNO 467H that I owned

I doubt the OP is going to see your reply as he hasn't logged in since 2016.

[Stevo72]

GNO476H  was rallied by Ian Stansfield from Rochdale. He was a member of Highmoor Motor club.