The 1980's provided some fantastic Touring Car racing as the manufacturer teams put serious effort and money in trying to win races with their Group A spec cars built to a very high standard with serious budgets to match.

The 'Jolly Club' in Bergamo, Italy was a highly respected private race team owned and run by Sr Imberti who had enjoyed great success running Lancia 037's and Integrale's in the WRC. They also raced many Alfa Romeo's and even a Ferrari F40.

However, in 1987 they asked famed German team "Eggenberger Racing" to build this car which is a Ford factory spec Sierra RS 500 Touring Car to contest the 1987 and 1988 European and World Touring Car Championship.

Competing in a comprehensive European schedule - the races in which the car took part are listed on the car's original FIA logbook which is still present with the car today (please see below). Unusually the car was put in to secure heated long term storage by the team at the end of the 1988 season. As a result the car is now hugely original with all the correct period Group A parts and specification.

Acquired direct from the team by our vendor in 2012, he then set about rebuilding the engine through Oppliger (it is a very rare small core plug block) and the gearbox ready for competition use once more. This recommissioning also consisted of a new turbo, new brakes and a rebuilt differential. At the same time the bodywork was tidied up and the paintwork refreshed where necessary. Now the car is ready to race in the new Supertouring series run by enthusiasts Jonny Westbrook and Dave Jarman here in the UK or in Patrick Peter's new Touring Car series in Europe.

A great opportunity for the serious Touring car enthusiast that has had just a 5 lap shakedown since a full rebuild.