The five cars of Fernie

James Nixon caught up with Doug Fernie who, along with Hilary Evans, managed to bring 5 rally cars to Rally Retro Festival in 2020.

Doug talks about presenting 2 Datsun 1600’s in the livery of the Datsun 1-2 victory in the 1970 East African Safari.  There is also a SAAB from the 60’s, a Quattro from the 80’s and going right back to the days of the REDeX Round Australia Trials of the 1950’s with a Peugeot 203, number 48 as a tribute to the winning car of Ken Tubman in 1953.

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Video: Galant VR4 at Rally Retro Festival

Rally Retro’s James Nixon gets Australian Rally Champions Ed Ordynski and Ross Dunkerton talking about the ground breaking Mitsubishi Galant VR4.

The car’s owner, motorsport photographer extraordinaire Stuart Bowes introduces the car – the first one built by Ralliart for Rally Australia.

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