The Classic Sale 2021 30th July - 1st August

www.silverstoneauctions.com 99 + buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20% Classic & Race Car Sale | Saturday 31st July | 2.00pm BTCC Championship- Winning ‘Group A’ ICS Rover Vitesse - Ex-Andy Rouse More Details Lot 420 Bid On Lot 420 Estimate: £140,000 - £170,000 • Prepared for the 1984 season supported by Pete Hall’s Industrial Control Services • With Andy Rouse on board, it won 7 out of the 11 rounds and was overall winner of the 1984 British Touring Car Championship • The car retains its original shell, brakes, 265 Getrag close-ratio, dog-leg gearbox, adjustable and constant velocity jointed camber axle, centre-locks, air-jacks etc. all correct • John Eales, ‘Group A’ race-spec 3.5-litre V8 with a wet sump and is period-correct with a single plenum and cast manifolds • The Rover has been kept race-ready but requires currently-dated seat and belts • It’s fitted with a non-standard aluminium fuel tank but the original 120-litre bag-tank comes with the car for authenticity • No current FIA HTP but that should be a formality, if so required • Still very much on the pace with a 1.18.1 at Donington Festival a few years ago Loud and lairy, this SD1 was probably the best known and most loved British Touring Car in the mid- 80’s. LOT 420