145 (EVO 208) - STS550 - 2.1 - LHD - Black - Current owner known (BV) - Norway

[Justin Smith]

According to FORD documents I have read I think this car was sold about March 1987 after being prepared by Gordon Spooner to Mike Greasley from Stagg Enterprises, London (is this the same person who manages Mika Salo ?) through the FORD dealer John Taylor - I also believe it was destined for Sweden but I do not know how or why this came about. This vehicle was destined to be chassis 208 (for homologation) but after returning retained chassis 145.

I was in email conversation with the owner of #010 and they said they had seen what they thought was chassis #145 in a green-yellowish colour, a rally car and they thought the owner was a danish person and in June 2004 somebody sent me images of what might be #145 when it was at Graham Hathaways.

During the summer of 2004 a couple of people sent me information on what they believed was chassis #145 but now it was in Sweden.

Carl Westberg sent me this information, "The car was ordered new from (HM) (the owner) and he was racing it in Nordic hill-climb competitions between 1986 and 1996 with great success (then it got banned). The car has some modifications like a formula 1 turbocharger and other performance up-grades. Before the F1 turbo was fitted the car produced 630 hp and 830 nm´s tourqe. Today it has well over 700 BHP. They have clocked the car 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 2.0 seconds and 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) in under 7. In a hill-climb meeting up against Stig Blomqvist´s RS200 at one point Stig had a speed of 113 km/h at the same spot Hans RS200 had a speed of 132 km/h. Today the car is road legal and has the index STS550"

He sent me an image and Carl sent me some scans from a Swedish magazine article.

In August 2005 (PL) made contact, he looks after #145 for (HM) in Sweden, and she, at that time, was for sale for 235,000 Euros.

(IS) has sent me a link showing what I think is #145 for sale still - http://www.motorsport4sale.com/10_028.asp

June 2010 - (IS) has sent me a link to what I think is #145 being advertised for sale for 230,000 Euros. http://www.rallycarsforsale.net/clas/in ... s&id=48927
If you find out anything else about this car please drop me an email and i'll update the cars entry !

In 2014 VH told me that BV had bought the car from HM in Sweden and that it was now in Norway.

justin.smith@rs200.org

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