Rally cars do not make history every day but one that did hit the headlines was the Escort RS1600 that won the East African Safari Rally in 1972. For 20 years, the Safari had been won by drivers from within the East African community and this was despite all attempts by the European rally hierarchy to change that. Acknowledged as the World's Toughest Rally, the Safari had attracted works teams and works drivers right through the 1960s. They had often...
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