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[Thundersports]

In the first South African race Christian Danner and Andrea De Cesaris competed under the Team Unipart Banner and carried unipart logos on the rear wing.

Ah I thought you mean't the Masters series for Historic F1 cars.

[arttidesco]

You have to feel a bit sorry for the two at the back forced to run the works Princess. No wonder nobody remembers who they were....;)

Could that be because they were driving the Wolseley without a model name ?

[arttidesco]

I think that in questions about any sponsorships, Guy Edwards name must come up at some point.

He appears to have successfully approached more sponsors than most :-)

[Pullman99]

Could that be because they were driving the Wolseley without a model name?

Hi Ralph!

Great pic of the Abingdon squad in all its Unipart liveried glory. But I think that the Service car is actually a Morris. The 18/22 series cars retained separate Austin, Morris, and Wolseley identities until rebadged as the Princess with the end of the Wolseley in 1975. But that is definitely a Morris grille.

Leyland 18/22 series info

Edited by Pullman99, 26 November 2010 - 06:39.

[arttidesco]

Hi Ralph!

Great pic of the Abingdon squad in all its Unipart liveried glory. But I think that the Service car is actually a Morris. The 18/22 series cars retained separate Austin, Morris, and Wolseley identities until rebadged as the Princess with the end of the Wolseley in 1975. But that is definitely a Morris grille.

Leyland 18/22 series info

Howdy Ian,

You might be right, looks like the Morris was available with a Wolseley option nose !

I wonder how I could possibly have forgotten that ?

Just to claffify 'Brimen' posted the fab pic of the Unipart Team

[Gregor Marshall]

I cant remember the exact details but Unipart sponsored Jordan in Formula one in 1991 (their first season) in some way but I don't remember the car wearing any logos.
I have a photo at home somewhere of me sitting in a 191 at the GP in Unipart's huge hospitality tent - they always had one on the inside of Copse every season.
It's possible that it was a one-off for the British GP at Silverstone but there was definitely a link.
Anyone any ideas??

[arttidesco]

Gregor could it be you were so well looked after your memory is out by a year or two ?

Thanks to Chicane F1 I discovered Eddie carried discreet Unipart logo's in '93 and '94 :-)

[Brimen]

Might be a bit "Off Topic",
but is there anyone out there who have other photos of the Unipart Support bus ??
The one in the back of the pic..

http://www.flickr.co...57608734124638/

Many thanks
"icecold" NORWAY

[Gregor Marshall]

Gregor could it be you were so well looked after your memory is out by a year or two ?

Thanks to Chicane F1 I discovered Eddie carried discreet Unipart logo's in '93 and '94 :-)

Hi Art - good find and maybe, I'll see if I can dig the photo out and try and age myself!!
My Mother and Step-Father used to be invited every year by the Marketing Director of Unipart (Partick/Paddy somtheing, his surname escapes me at the moment), as his wife had gone to school with my Mother - it used to work really well as my Father would go to the GP on the Friday and Saturday and we would all go on the Sunday - families huh!!

Edited by Gregor Marshall, 27 November 2010 - 16:27.

[arttidesco]

Sounds like a dandy way to go to the races en Famille Gregor :-)

[Giraffe]

Stumbled across this bit of artwork during my research for the Sid Taylor book today. Must have come from Mo Nunn's office at some point.


By giraffe138 at 2010-11-29

[Kevan]

Tony Pond in the Rover on a very short (for him) RAC Rally in 1984.

The number plate on the car sums it up really

Unipart sponsored quite a few Rover rally appearances in 1984 in the UK and Europe- a few examples:

Marc Duez, 1984 Circuit of Ardennes
http://www.autosport...tachmentid=3305

Colin Malkin, 1984 Circuit of Ireland
http://i234.photobuc...ColinMalkin.jpg

Tony Pond, 1984 Manx
http://i234.photobuc...-8-TonyPond.jpg

Computervision later took over as the main sponsor for Austin Rover's rally programme (the last of the Rover SD1 campaign and the 6R4), though Unipart did sponsor a Metro for Harri Toivonen in 1986
http://type74.ddo.jp...02/img_9550.jpg

Edited by Kevan, 29 November 2010 - 22:34.

[Kevan]

Anyone remember the 1980's Lamborghini Group C project that never got off the ground? I'd forgotten that Unipart sponsored that one...

http://www.s10366202...rghiniqvxp1.php

[tyrrellp346wheels]

Great finds Kevan, never heard of the Lamborghini Grp C project

[2128]

Great finds Kevan, never heard of the Lamborghini Grp C project

Hi everyone,making my debut on here so I thought I would begin with a rarity.Osterreichring DRM 1980,Schnitzer test driver Willi Siller ran a Group 5 BMW 320 backed by Unipart.I am currently making a model of this car,if only I had photos of it other than the single picture on the kit instructions! Anyone? Thanks in advance,Ian.

[arttidesco]

Anyone remember the 1980's Lamborghini Group C project that never got off the ground? I'd forgotten that Unipart sponsored that one...

http://www.s10366202...rghiniqvxp1.php

Great find of one I had forgotten about, another Tiff Needle Unipart connection :-)

[Altitude]

Unipart sposorship was carried by both Tyrrells in 1988, with the logos on the nose, and on the side of the cars between the front wheels and the sidepods. (Sorry, havnt got any pictures I can post).

[arttidesco]

Pic of Julian Bailey (?) in the Unipart Tyrrell here :-)

[tyrrellp346wheels]

Its Jonathen Palmer I think

[arttidesco]

Its Jonathen Palmer I think

I don't recall Jonathan's helmet having so much white on it, but I believe you t346w :-)

[Kevan]

Unipart sponsorship was seen in rallycross as well- one of the last projects of the old BL Motorsport department at Abingdon in 1980/1 was 'Project Metro- a rallycross Metro built by Safety Devices for Trevor Reeves.

IIRC it was the first Metro used in rallycross, and was first seen in public at the 1980 Motor Show, with a competition debut at Lydden the following season, in a silver/red/blue Unipart livery

http://farm4.static....cbce597.jpg?v=0

[2128]

Unipart sponsorship was seen in rallycross as well- one of the last projects of the old BL Motorsport department at Abingdon in 1980/1 was 'Project Metro- a rallycross Metro built by Safety Devices for Trevor Reeves.

IIRC it was the first Metro used in rallycross, and was first seen in public at the 1980 Motor Show, with a competition debut at Lydden the following season, in a silver/red/blue Unipart livery

http://farm4.static....cbce597.jpg?v=0

Obviously the excitement at making my debut in post #65 caused a bit of brain fade as the car I was describing ran at the Salzburgring DRM round not at the Osterreichring! Aplogies,Ian.

[arttidesco]

Obviously the excitement at making my debut in post #65 caused a bit of brain fade as the car I was describing ran at the Salzburgring DRM round not at the Osterreichring! Aplogies,Ian.

Welcome to TNF 2128

[arttidesco]

Completely forgotten that Roy Bakers little Tiga GC285 carried Unipart sponsorship at Brands 1K in 1985, but when I saw it I remembered this thread

Does that make me a TNF addict ?

IIRC the Tiga had a spin right in front of a couple of C1 cars that were in a hurry at Clearways / Clark Curve, but not in front of the Lancia's which had their own moment elsewhere, does any body else remember the Tiga incident ?

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by BRG
Weren't there Unipart-liveried Mini racers? No details, I am afraid, just (probably faulty) memory!

Maybe you read this issue?



And no, the leading Mini of Paul Gulson is not out of proportion, I simply didn't remove the magazine from the binder to take the photo.



And Wagons... (post 37)... it's Lakis Manticas.

[arttidesco]

Another Unipart Land Rover Philip Young and Christopher Bruce Paris Dakar 1986 .

[Graham Gauld]

The real rare one was the Unipart sponsored Spice-Lamboarghini that ran once at Kyalami.

[arttidesco]

The real rare one was the Unipart sponsored Spice-Lamboarghini that ran once at Kyalami.

[Mallory Dan]

Completely forgotten that Roy Bakers little Tiga GC285 carried Unipart sponsorship at Brands 1K in 1985, but when I saw it I remembered this thread

Does that make me a TNF addict ?

IIRC the Tiga had a spin right in front of a couple of C1 cars that were in a hurry at Clearways / Clark Curve, but not in front of the Lancia's which had their own moment elsewhere, does any body else remember the Tiga incident ?

I think you may be referring to 1988 Ralph. One of the Baker Tigas, the Pink Panther, spun in front of the lead Sauber Merc/Jaguar battle for the lead. Massive incident, it put one Sauber out, and severely delayed the other IIRC. Very spectacular, and amazing that no-one was hurt, driver or spectator. The Tiga carried on after repairs, though it looked a real mess after. A shame cos it spolied the race. I think the Tiga driver was a Yank, one of Roy's rent-a drivers, Stephen Hynes or similar?

[Phil Rainford]

I think you may be referring to 1988 Ralph. One of the Baker Tigas, the Pink Panther, spun in front of the lead Sauber Merc/Jaguar battle for the lead. Massive incident, it put one Sauber out, and severely delayed the other IIRC. Very spectacular, and amazing that no-one was hurt, driver or spectator. The Tiga carried on after repairs, though it looked a real mess after. A shame cos it spolied the race. I think the Tiga driver was a Yank, one of Roy's rent-a drivers, Stephen Hynes or similar?

Well remembered Dan


PAR

[arttidesco]

I think you may be referring to 1988 Ralph.

Your quite correct Dan, little grey cells way out of shape on that one ! Thanks for the evidence Phil

[Lee Nicolle]

The Australian connection
http://www.motorspor...alia-1978-1981/
Here is the Jaguar XJ220
http://www.racingspo...3-06-20-051.jpg
The TR7/TR8
http://www.tr7-tr8.c...ils.php?album=9
The Dolomite Sprint
http://forum.triumph...p...f=7&t=14075
I seem to recall that they sponsored a Dolomite Sprint for Brian Culcheth on one of the Tours of Britain.
Rover
http://www.philstott...oversd1v8s.html

That article has a major flaw,, it says that John used the F5000 P76 based engine in the Jag. Untrue it was a Jag V12 engine. A car I have raced against myself.

[fausto]

Tim Lee-Davey Tiga got some Unipart (Supreme) money for his Tiga GC86 1986 WEC campaign http://www.racingspo...6-06-01-020.jpg

[arttidesco]

Tim Lee-Davey Tiga got some Unipart (Supreme) money for his Tiga GC86 1986 WEC campaign http://www.racingspo...6-06-01-020.jpg

Oh la la ! Unipart Supreme Engine Oil and Penthouse a well lubricated combination