I know that maybe this thread about a car such a Peugeot 307 WRC probably does't fit here, but since the subject is about history (and we all should remember that the first WRC car raced 10 years ago
), I've decided to ask anyway. I'm trying to do something about the WRC cars (that off course I will share with you all) and I'm starting with the Peugeot 307 WRC.
I know that 16 cars were made (so Peugeot said), and I have all the registration plates of them, but I have also some questions:
last year 10 (or 11) of the 14 remaining cars (2 were destroyed by fire) were sold to private owners as follows:
4 to Bozian Racing (probably one more)
3 to BSA Team
3 (or maybe 2) for other customers
So, according to my records:
Bozian Racing used this cars:
962 PRV 75
274 PWX 75
952 PRV 75
471 PWL 75
and latter aded one more to Giggi Gali, 468 PWL 75.
then, latter in the year some of the cars received new registration plates:
99 AKF 69
102 AKF 69
423 AMM 69
The first question is, which cars changed plates? And which chassis were those cars?
BSA Team used: (chassis number 4, 6 and 9)
3048 YQ 74
3052 YQ 74
5198 YQ 74
which in all cases were new plates. I supose 3052 YQ 74 was 984 PPQ 75 before, but I can't prove it.
They also raced 954 PRV 75 (Burri at Monte Carlo) which received after that, one of the new plates.
The questions are, what were the ancient plates and which chassis belonged to which plate?
Astra Racing used 268 PWX 75 at Monte Carlo for Gardemeister, then the car was sold to the Canary Islands to Claudio Alvarez (MASBAR Racing), and raced by himself and David Garcia at Rallies and Hillclimbs. The new registration palte become S 9546 BBM, and the car was painted blue. The chassis number is #12, so I have no questions here.
Car 270 PWX 75 , was sold by BSA in the beguinning of the year to the Spanish Basque Country to be raced by Santi Artetxe. The ancient works paint was keeped, the registry plate changed to 7518 OWX, and it was Chassis #14 (used by Gronholm at the RAC Rally 2005). So no questions here also.
Jean-Marie Cuoq won the French Gravel Rally Championship with 6564 MY 70 which I presume was 967 PRV 75, but have no sure. The car was painted white, and was used this year at the Monte Carlo Rally, this time painted silver.
The remaining cars were:
970 PPQ 75
966 PPQ 75
976 PPQ 75
994 PTA 75
966 PRV 75
This ones were keeped by Peugeot Sport except the two that were destroyed by fire:
66 PYK 75 (destroyed by fire at the Australian Rally 2005)
and another one unknown to me.
I'm looking for the chassis numbers of them all.
Sorry if this is a bit confusing.
I can post here who raced which car from 2004 to 2006, but I will do it latter.
thank in advance.
