AS ANOTHER YEAR OF SHOWS AND DISPLAYS COMES NEARER I HAVE LOOKED AT MY STABLE OF FOUR CLASSIC CARS – TWO CELICAS AND TWO NON TOYOTAS. AS THE YEARS ADVANCE, THINGS LIKE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE DON’T GET ANY EASIER AND MY USE OF THEM ALSO TENDS TO REDUCE. THEREFORE I FEEL IT IS TIME TO REDUCE BY AT LEAST ONE CAR. I WOULD PROPOSE TO OFFER MY 1978 CELICA TA40 RACE CAR FOR SALE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO CARS WHICH WERE RUN FOR TOYOTA (GB) LTD. IN THE 1979 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP BY HUGHES OF BEACONSFIELD AND DRIVEN BY WIN PERCY AND ALEC POOLE AND THEN IN 1980 BY MARTIN BRUNDLE. DETAILS OF IT, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE "FEATURES" SECTION OF THIS CLUB WEBSITE. IN VIEW OF THE SPECIALISED NATURE AND HISTORY OF THE CAR IT IS MY INTENTION TO ADVERTISE IT IN THE HISTORIC MOTORSPORT MAGAZINES BUT BEFORE DOING THAT I WILL OFFER IT HERE FOR A FEW WEEKS AS IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT REMAINING IN THE CLUB.
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