But that’s the case with MTW 201P, a car driven by the great Roger Clark that is instantly recognisable to any rally fan with an inkling for the sport’s history.
The car’s pedigree is remarkable and, nearly 50 years since its rallying debut, has been returned to its glorious past by its current owners, Jim and Tony Hewlett.
RallySport Magazine had the pleasure of test-driving the car in New Zealand recently, both on tarmac and on gravel, and came away suitably impressed.
The Real Deal
Rallying journalist and historian, Martin Holmes, often said that a rally car’s provenance was in its registration number, not in its body shell.
His was a point well made that many works cars are re-shelled several times in their lives, with the registration plates being swapped from body shell to body shell throughout the process.
Calling a rally car an ‘original’ can be a hard thing to prove, but there’s no doubting the bloodlines of the Boreham-built Ford Escort RS1800 registered MTW 201P.
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