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Rallying Success & Failure

The BMC Competitions Department was the most successful rally team throughout the 1960's. Reproduced in this section is a range of documents regarding this most exceptional part of BMC.

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	All Set For The 1964 Monte. The BMC team for the 1964 Monte Carlo rally before the off. No one knows that the most important victory of the BMC Competition department is only days away.
	Monte Carlo Rally Celebrations 1964. The victorious drivers celebrate their victory at the Hotel des Paris after the 1964 Mpnte Carlo rally along with one or two special guests. The only driver missing is Timo mikkinen beging the question who was the photographer. Joan Cahier,Don Morley, Joachim Bonnier, Tony Ambrose, Graham Hill, Juan Fangio, Erle Morley, Paddy Hopkirk, Alec Issigonis, Stuart Turner, Henry Liddon
	All Set For The 1965 Monte-Carlo Rally. After their most successful Monte to date BMC were determined to continue where they left off. So for the 1965 Monte they accumulated their strongest ever team of drivers and a team of 6 works cars, 5 of the new 1275 versions and a lone 970. Click on the links to read the full review of this "strongest Ever" BMC team for the 1965 Monte. I wonder how they will do ;o) Page 1, Page 2.
	Mini Wins its second Monte. Monte-Carlo Rally Results 1965. Check out just how well Timo Makinen & Paul Easter did in 1965, this is a copy of the official finishers list from the 1965 event.
	Complete Team Instructions for 1966 Monte-Carlo Rally. BMC Comps. Dept. 1966. Read the entire Team orders for the ill fated 1966 Monte-Carlo Rally. Unfortunately, nowhere in the entire document does it say "Check headlights for compliance with local traffic regs"! Click picture opposite for all 12 pages.
	Official Results for 1966 Monte-Carlo Rally. 1966. The official results for the rally that turned into a farce! Provisionally, 5 of the 6 top places were taken up by a Mini 1,2,3 and two Ford Cortinas, when the official results went to press there was no sign of any of them. Was it cock up or conspiracy? Who knows! Click picture opposite for full size document.
	Raymond Baxters Final Report From The 1966 Monte. To read the original script written by a BBC reporter who competed in one of the BMC Minis that were excluded from the 1966 Monte-Carlo rally click on the image opposite.
	Letter Regarding the1966 Monte. Just to prove that in the 60's Rallying wasn't all about "Steely eyed, Coca Cola drinking Bas*ards" and meticulous planning, heres an interesting letter from Henleys one of the larger Austin franchises inviting the British competitors in the 1966 Monte to a free "Lunch" on their way OUT to that years event! Oh and while the driver and navigator were getting sloshed, those nice men from Henleys would give your car a wash! Things have certainly changed. . . . . . . . . For the worse! (click on pic opposite for full sixe image)
	An Invitation to "Lunch" Monte Carlo 1966. And heres the actual invitation. (click on pic opposite for full sixe image)
	The BMC Works Rally Team 1967. Click on the image opposite for a copy of the official 1967 BMC team photo, the original of ths is a massive 3' x 1'6", unfortunately, my copy is a bit smaller. From left to right the drivers depicted are as follows. Rauno Aaltonen, Henry Liddon, Tony Fall, Mike Wood, Paddy Hopkirk, Ron Crellin, Timo Makinen, Paul Easter, and Lars Ytterbring, Lars Persson. I am afraid the last 4 are a bit of a mystery. If you can add to this info, I would be very pleased to hear from you. I would like to thank Andrew Clark for permission to use his fathers picture.