Fiat 131 Abarth Grp 4 Rally Car by BGM Sport Ltd

Ford Escort MK2 RS1800 Restoration Timeline

Having just completed one RS1800 restoration, we have now started another RS1800 restoration for another customer. Full strip to a bare shell and full mechanical rebuild. We will share images of the progress of this project over the coming months.

Porsche 911 SC

This is another project we have in from our friends at Girardo & Co, a very famous Porsche 911 SC rally car which the team in the workshop are working on. We do enjoy having a variety of cars in!!!

Ford Focus WRC 01 V10 FMC - Restoration Timeline

This is a long term restoration.

An original Carlos Sainz car, we plan to have the car back in Monte Carlo 2001 livery where it finished 2nd overall.

We will post updates as the restoration progresses. Eventually the car will be used in demonstration events.

Lancia Delta S4 GpB - The Restoration

BGM Sport Ltd is proud to present the restoration of the iconic Lancia Delta S4 GpB rally car. Our team of expert technicians and mechanics have meticulously restored this legendary vehicle to its former glory, ensuring that every detail is authentic and true to its original specifications. From the engine to the exterior, no detail has been overlooked in this extensive restoration process. The completed project is a testament to our dedication to preserving the history and heritage of rally racing, and we are thrilled to share this masterpiece with fellow enthusiasts.

N555 BAT Subaru Impreza Restoration Timeline

N555 BAT is one of the factory 555 Prodrive cars that was originally driven by Piero Liatti during the 1996 season. The car has been owned by Ryan Champion for many years and we are now very happy to be carrying out a full restoration of this car.

Workshop Tour

We have some beautiful cars in our workshop and we thought we would take a few funky snaps.

Ex-works Dealer Team Vauxhall Bedford CF Service Van

Something a little bit different we are restoring to go with Steve Rimmer’s ex-works DTV Jimmy McRae/Bill Gwynne Vauxhall Chevette HSR. This is an original Bedford CF as used by the works DTV team and it retains all of its original features such as the full length alloy roof rack and all the internal racking. This has been a great project and we can’t wait to finish it and have it sitting with the HSR. We believe this is the only van like this in existence.

Nissan Micra Kit Car P5 NME

This little car is one of a kind, the only factory Nissan built kit car. The car was driven by Mark Higgins in Finland 1000 lakes 1997 as part of the launch of the new Nissan Micra. Geoff Jones also drove the car for Nissan on the Network Q rally GB. The car was purchased by Ian Gwynne and rebuilt and finished in 2015. This very popular little car has been used at Race Retro and the Goodwood FOS over the last few years and it was also invited to the Shelsby Walsh Hill climb. Since then it has done several demonstration events.

Looking After These Colin Mcrae Cars

These are some of the cars that Colin originally drove and we are very proud to look after these cars. Colin drove the Prodrive Rothmans Legacy in the British Rally Championship and at the start of 2019 we re-commissioned the car for the family as it had not been run for some years.

The Prodrive Sti Legacy is the car he drove to 2nd overall in Sweden 1992 and is now regularly driven by Jimmy and Alister McRae, and of course the most famous 555 Impreza, L555 BAT, the car he drove to win the World rally Championship. We carried out a full re-commission on L555 BAT in 2008 and in 2018 did a fairly extensive service on the car to keep it in good shape. The Focus is a WRC 02 M-Sport car that Colin drove whilst he was with Ford on various WRC events and indeed is the car he once crashed in Corsica. The car was rebuilt and purchased for Steve Rimmer and has been living in the USA for some years but we will receive it back here to get it ready to use at Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2019.

At the BGMsport workshop we had the unique opportunity to put all these wonderful Subaru’s together in the workshop, so it goes without saying that we had to take a few photos to share. So we have 3 Colin McRae cars, ( WRC 97 and 2 Legacy’s). We are proud to have recently recommissioned the Rothmans Legacy which is now back in Scotland. The STi Legacy is owned by Steve Rimmer and the WRC 97 car owned by Max Girardo. Richard Burns WRC P2000 car in which he won Rally GB 2000 is owned by Chris Wilson. The car is in for a full recommission and in readiness for some runs up the hill at the Festival of Speed 2019. WRC S9 2003 ex Solberg under going a full restoration is owned by Pete Racely. WRC 99 ex Kankhunen which we have just completed the restoration on. WRC 99 ex Freddie car which has not been used since 2001, fully recommissioned . And finally of course the 555 GpA car which Mark Higgins drove at the Autosport Live Action Arena January 2019. We think that we had a pretty cool gathering!

Vauxhall Chevette Hsr Rally Car

This Vauxhall Chevette HSR Rally Car is an original factory-built car and still in period condition, It was restored in 2014 by BGMsport. Originally built for Jimmy McRae who drove the car on various British Championship events. The car was also driven by Ian’s father Bill Gwynne who drove the car in the 1981 Motoring News rally championship. Terry Kaby then drove the car on a number of British Championship events.

When the car was found it had been stored for many years. The car was in a very poor condition, but totally original, since its restoration it has been used at many events and driven again by Jimmy McRae it was also driven by his son Alistair at Race Retro 2018. In 2019 the car was put in to Bill Gwynne livery from 1981 in honour of Ian’s father Bill after he passed away.

Triumph TR7 V8

We purchased this car and once rebuilt it, sold it to our Kenya customer for him to compete in the Balkans Rally in Bulgaria 2017. Really good strong and reliable car and great fun to drive.

Rover Sd1 Gp2 Race Car

This Rover SD1 Gp2 race car has been restored to current historic regulations. Originally built by David Price Racing for Paddy and Michael O'Sullivan and was raced in South Africa. The car was raced in Peter Auto Historic Touring car class, proved to be very fast!

MG Metro 6R4 GpB Homologation Car

Full re-commission on mechanicals, the car had not been run for over 20 years and only had 170 miles on the clock. The car lived in the Williams F1 museum for many years and formed part of their collection.

Genuine RS2000 Xpack

Looking back on the re-build of this beautiful RS2000 xpack - It was stripped down to a bare shell and completely restored including the body and all mechanicals. Simply stunning.

Ford RS1700 T Rally Car

This car was a prototype RWD car designed by Ford Motor Company in The early 80'S to compete in Group B rallying. We believe that only 18 were built and of those only 5 EXIST TODAY, one being owned by Malcolm Wilson. Plagued with problems during its development, Ford changed its plans for its production and instead started work on an all-wheel-drive model, in effect this car forced the design and rethink of how to compete against the Audi Quattro’s and resulted in the development of the famous RS200. BGMsport NOW HAVE rebuilt one of the CARS .

The car performed beautifully and now has exactly 400 BHP!! What an incredible machine to have had the pleasure of restoring and be able to drive. Such a shame development stopped in early days. It will now sit proudly in Steve’s RS collection and has been invited to many events not only as a show car but also to be driven on demonstration event recently it was driven by Alistair McRae who gave a big thumbs up!

Ford RS200 S

We have just completed the conversion of this lovely RS200 S from RHD to LHD and given it a thorough service, another job done for Girardo & Co. The technicians at the BGMsport workshop have done a cracking job as normal.

Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB4 Comp Car

Fully restored mechanically and body. The car was raced last in the early 80’s and had not been run until we completed the restoration in 2012 and it has done many race and Tour events since then.

Ferrari 308 GTB Michelotto Group B

Here we have this wonderfully original Michelotto 308 GpB rally car that we recently restored and was driven in period by Bjorn Waldegard. The car has now undergone a full mechanical rebuild and body restoration for Steven Read in the USA. The car has been used on the Tour Auto and Modena Cento Ore.

Audi Quattro Sport

One of the few original Sport’s built for GpB homologation and we were delighted to receive this car after Kriton Lendoudis purchased it. We did a full re-commission on the car as it had not been used for many, many years.

1978 Ferrari 308 GTB Group B

This very special Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car was driven by Antonio Zanini, who was a dominant force in Spanish rallying in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was nine-time Spanish Rally Champion. Zanini did a deal with Ferrari agent Fernando Serena and specialist tuners Michelotto to prepare the car for competition use. Unfortunately the cars debut was delayed until late in the 1984 season when it won its maiden event convincingly.

The car only competed on one other event in 1984. During the 1985 Rally Catalunya, the 308 driven by Claudio Caba competed with a revised livery and was sponsored by Spanish Jeans manufacturer Cimarron. This livery was made rather famous when Scalextric used it for one of its most popular slot cars of the 1980s. He was lying 5th overall before retiring after going off the road. After the Catalonian rally, the car returned to Serena in Barcelona and was never used in competition again.

After only three events, it was set aside and retained by Francesco Serena. The car was sold during the late 1980s to a Spanish businessman and collector, who kept the car until 2009, at which point he sold it. Ferrari Classiche have also certified this Ferrari as a vehicle of historic interest and is now in the process of receiving a full refurbishment at BGMsport for the new owner. The car has since been used in several events.

1968 Maserati Ghibili

This beautiful 1968 Maserati Ghibili came to our workshop as a right hand drive car, converted for previous owner Britt Ekland to drive around London in the 70's. The car has now been returned to it's original left hand drive specification and back on the road.

A Triumph TR7 V8

This was a pair of cars we built for father and son teamFrank and Carl “Flash” Tundo for the East African Safari rally 3 years ago. Bothcars finished and last year Flash finished joint first overall.