Jimmy Mcrae | Rallying with the Vauxhall Chevette

This wonderful archive film follows rally legend Jimmy McRae and his exploits with Dealer Team Vauxhall(DTV), driving the awesome Vauxhall Chevette. The film joins Jimmy as the season is drawing to a close with just the Bovis National rally - the final round of the Castrol Autosport Rally championship - left to go.
Featuring footage from the Mintex Rally, the Circuit of Ireland, the Welsh rally, the Scottish rally, the Manx Trophy International Championship Rally and the Ulster Rally, McRae races against many European champions and famous rally drivers including his team mate Pentti Airikkala, Hannu Mikkola, George Hill, Mike Jackson, Malcolm Wilson, David Jones and Arnie Garvick. If you're a rally nut and petrolhead at heart then you'll love watching this retro special!
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[@pjackowspa]

Back in the day early one morning, I saw two Bedford vans with a Chevette apiece on trailers heading out of Woodhall Spa towards Cadwell Park. They were tarmac testing before the Circuit of Ireland. A friend and I skipped off work and went to watch. After a few laps, Penti Arikala and Jimmy McRae returned to the pits to wait some new springs that were due to arrive. I asked McRae if he would take us round and he said yeah sure. We had to wait quite awhile, but both of us got a trip of a lifetime around the track.Arikala had a red Ferrari at the time and he’d trodden in a puddle so he put his socks and shoes on the vents on the dashboard and drove McRae sideways round the Cadwell track trying to dry his shoes and socks . I also then managed to roll my Ford Escort into a hedge at the bottom of the hill on leaving the track!

[@robair67]

Wonderful memories!!! Thanks for sharing that, sir.

[@joaovitorsilvagohl682]

Chevettes are still strong here on Brazil.

[@hbtm2951]

Nunca quis um até descobrir essa doença chamada "Rally".

[@棚からぼた餅-u4g]

ノスタルジックな映像を見る機会をくれてありがとう😉👍️🎶

[@stefgarvie6427]

Just love these video clips the chevette looks awesome

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

You must convert them all to HSRs. lol. They still make the bodykits in England. Find an old Jaguar rear axle and you're a third of the way there - sort of.

[@dr.t.]

Total respect between two drivers back in the good old days.

[@jerrythegaffer]

RIP Brooksie you were Awesome.

[@kramnam4716]

How lovely what kindness and respect with how they talked about each other

[@caeserromero3013]

The Talbot Sunbeam driver nearly stacks it at 2:28. Nice recovery, just finished sending that text in the nick of time 😂

[@robair67]

😁

[@Outamyhead]

I was given my great Granddad's 1978 Chavette after he passed away, it wasn't a bad car slightly fussy about sub zero cold starts but rust was eating that car quicker than I could get it fixed.

[@poppops62]

I had a Chevette HS back in the early 80s, engine built by blydenstein in Shepreth. Awesome rally car. Had to be sold when I got married, apparently Mrs S wanted a house to live in. Still married but wish I still had the car as well!

[@pauldashwood2897]

Anthony Smith I had one back in 93 ....great car used to go up Chelsea cruise in it ...ha great days

[@bugattieb110ss]

Selfish bitch! Lol.

[@garethowen6701]

Great little cars. I had 3 over the years. And again wish I still had any one of them now. Lol

[@TheAsa1972]

2:26 how he pulled himself out of that is good driving

[@Zerofightervi]

Bloody hell that was a hell of a save.

[@gavinivers8941]

Only he and his drycleaner will know how scared he was...lol

[@rovercoupe7104]

I have seen such terrifying driving. M.

[@andyc734]

Lucky for the cars parked at the side. Would have been bloody nasty that. 😬

[@caeserromero3013]

My old Nan had a Chevette and she drove it like that...all round Kingston and Ham....she personified the phrase: "Drive it like you've just stolen it," 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sparky337]

Great rallying with the best in the good old days !

[@mrdunns3338]

Saw many of these cars in the 70s and into the 80s when helping to run various events. Now worth a fortune, particularly anything with a works history, or driven by well known figures. Not many of them left now from that era, probably Jimmy the best known, but one or two of the auld yins pop up on an entry list north of the Eng/Sco border.

[@melvyncox3361]

Good old days!

[@MikeDuffy-fp4zy]

Brilliant to watch back then, sadly I don't think we really knew what we were watching was so very good. Exceptional cars, drivers and days!. There was a buzz on the Ilse of Man when the International Rally Circus arrived, nothing like that now, shame really. This years Roger Albert Clark does seem to have caused a strange stirring though, or is it just in me?

[@TheLRider]

I was there ha, ha. And many other years as well; absolutely fabulous rally. Love the IOM..

[@deancrisp3596]

How did he save that Talbot with it's arse bouncing around in the air amazing control

[@gerrymontgomery9964]

Amazing car the chevette ,I remember at the circuit of Ireland rally when Pentti Arrikilla, in the chevette, and Ari Vatinen in the escort, I think Ari won the rally by less than five seconds

[@twincamGT]

My god that sunbeam was lucky they never wiped out they were flat out he held it so well. it would not have been pretty if he left the road

[@rickydub6950]

Amazing footage, thanks for posting 👍🙂

[@madmaniacloony]

I'm just going to go that wee bit faster, brilliant!

[@sardengineering]

❤️ forever a satisfied customer 🙏🏼

[@georgejacob3162]

2:11. Russell's Escort GVX489T is still taxed and MOT'd!

[@greenbunnyinabongo7299]

How about the corvette

[@elbecko7969]

I've never fully understood the appeal of the Golf GTi, especially when there were hairy-chested, snarling, big-bollocked, dirty, nasty rwd cars like these

[@newforestroadwarrior]

No idea what you mean by that in relation to this video, as there isn't a Golf anywhere in it.

[@elbecko7969]

@@newforestroadwarrior Wtf?? These cars are forerunners to the "hot hatch", so there's the connection. There were musclecars before the Pontiac GTO, so those that came before the GTO deserve to be footnotes at the very least. There's no GTO in this video either, but it doesn't stop me mentioning it, along with pop socks, sandwiches, Tony Green and plywood figurines.

[@andrewbrough457]

Absolutely

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@elbecko7969 and flumps. Flumps deserve a mention!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@elbecko7969 With regard to the Golf Gti. Even the Sunbeam Ti or the Toyota starlet were preferable.

[@Марк.Фетнов]

And on the country lanes of Britain, the Chevette vs Escort battle went on until rust took over... and ended the game.

[@twinpipe5991]

For a few minutes there, I lost myself in normality.

[@SimonWallwork]

I had an HS. HMS109S where are you now?

[@thetreblerebel]

The Chevette looks very mean in Rally spec..

[@roberttaylor1801]

A time when it was skill of the driver and machines that won rallies rather than tech and money

[@BobyTomara]

💪😉

[@toon9359]

No no Colin that’s not right you do it like this

[@rovercoupe7104]

Looks scary. M.

[@NigelRCharman]

Does anyone know why the chevettes and escorts had such soft rear suspension?

[@Stray1One]

I had 3 chevettes

[@sporkfindus4777]

Gentlemen

[@harshithsadhana7475]

more like this bro, do you have ferrari f40 stuff

[@dukevideo]

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[@harshithsadhana7475]

@@dukevideo thanks mate

[@danross8565]

Will this be released on DVD please

[@steveluckhurst2350]

looking at the watermark, I'm inclined to believe that it was, but a long time ago!

[@MrAaronb400]

Someone made a comment once saying a golf r would be quicker than a group b rwd and i know this isnt even group b. Not quite sure what planet that person was on but a golf r wouldn't be anywhere near with the weight difference and even the modern advances It has.

[@caeserromero3013]

I liked that song he did in '74 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nabXdmt_Zbmeaac

[@thetreblerebel]

You mean a Chevy Chevette?? Lol

[@WowHaru_]

the chevette has a long names around the world Like Chevy Chevette Chevrolet Chevette (On Brazil) Vauxhaull Chevette (On Australia) Opel Kadett C (Europe) GMC Chevette (Argentina) Opel K130 Isuzu Gemini (Japan) Isuzu Chevette and ETC...

[@hybridShinx]

European GM and FORD cars are always better

[@elbecko7969]

And the Sunbeam is Chrysler's European offering, hence the Mopar sponsorship

[@donswier]

As an American, I can confirm😄. Look up "Grosse Pointe Myopians"