John Duffin's Transformer

This car started out as an un-finished Project purchased from another club member in December 1994. It is believed to be the first kit sold by Transformer cars (now Hawk Cars), ordered after viewing the original prototype at the Stoneleigh Show in 1986.

The car was completed and made it onto the road in February 1997. The current specification is fairly standard comprising Stradale body, Standard 2.0l Lancia Twin Cam with Twin 45's , "Road" suspension with anti-roll bars, uprated front arms, but the rear is still on a Beta subframe with fabricated "HPR" rear arms and hub carriers.

With many  replicas being painted in either Alitalia or Chardonnet colours, It was decided UK representation was needed. A trip to the Chequered Flag Garage yielded Graham Warner's phone number and he helped enormously by lending his personal photographic archive. The main problem in working up the scheme was that the car never seemed to run in the same colours twice and sometimes they changed during an event!

Eventually the paintwork was completed, and the photo was taken in March 1997 at the Start Ramp of the 1997 Mintex Rally, 21 years to the day when the original car won it's first International Rally in the UK. .