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Walter Röhrl's rally Ford Capri RS 2600 - the legend will soon live again

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Created on October 11, 2014

Reading time 7min

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Frank Tiedemann

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Einsatz bei der Bavaria Rallye 1971

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer unterstützen das Restaurierungsprojekt

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Walter Röhrl bei der Baltic Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Walter Röhrl mit seinem Beifahrer Hannes Rothfuß bei der Olympia-Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Einsatz in der Bulgarien Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Walter Röhrl bei der Olympia-Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Walter Röhrl im Drift bei der Olympia Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - Walter Röhrl im 1971 Kleint RS Team

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - der Rallye-Capri in der Tuning Schmiede Kleint RS im Jahr 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1971) - am Start der Bulgarien Rallye 1972

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1970) - Jochi Kleint am Steuer von HH-RD-119 im Dreck beim Auto-Cross auf dem Estering bei Buxtehude 1971

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1970) - Jochi Kleint mit HH-RD-119 im Einsatz auf dem Estering bei Buxtehude im Jahr 1971

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1970) - Lorbeeren beim Auto-Cross Estering 1971 - deutlich zu erkennen der Seitenschaden, der bei der späteren Restaurierung wieder zum Vorschein kam

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - so wurde der Wagen gefunden

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - vor der Restaurierung

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - der seltene Capri wird aufgeladen

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - Arbeit im Motorraum

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - der Auszubildende Tobias Arians vor dem ausgebauten Serienmotor

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - die aufgearbeitete Hinterachse

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - die Azubis sind mit Leib und Seele dabei

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - die Lackierung entspricht wieder der damaligen Bemalung

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - ein neuer Überrollschutz ist eingearbeitet

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - Einpassung der Türe

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - fortschreitende Restaurierungsarbeiten

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung -dDer Meister und ein Lehrling: Alexander Gawronski und Tobias Arians vor ihrem Restaurationsobjekt

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - Meister und Lehrling: Alexander Gawronski und Tobias Arians an ihrem Restaurationsobjekt

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - Montieren der Lenksäule

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - Meister und Lehrling: Alexander Gawronski und Tobias Arians an ihrem Restaurationsobjekt

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - das Kennzeichen darf momentan nur temporär am Wagen bleiben

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Restaurierung - noch steht viel Arbeit bevor

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Ford Capri RS 2600 - Walter Röhrl und Christan Geistdörfer präsentieren den noch unvollständigen Wagen

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Summary

When the then still unknown Walter Röhrl set the fastest times in a Ford Capri RS 2600 at the 1972 Olympic Rally, the organizers believed it was a measurement error. Röhrl drove a Ford from the tuning company Kleint R.S. in his first rally season. One of the rare sister cars has survived and is now being restored by trainees with a difficult social background in the same way as Röhrl's car at the Olympic Rally. This article reports on the restoration project and the history of this very special Capri.

This article contains the following chapters

Walter Röhrl with a measuring error?
Burnt out and written off
First model lost ...
... and found again
Motivation for special young people
Restoration as a gap in the market and an opportunity
In good hands and with the support of rally legend Röhrl
Young people with support
Money is still missing

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was thought to have been scrapped long ago, but it is one of two originals: In the Hamburg"Autonomous Youth Workshops", trainees from difficult social backgrounds are restoring a rally legend: The car that helped Walter Röhrl make a breakthrough in his rally career was the Ford Capri RS 2600 with the registration number HH-RD 950 from the tuning company Kleint. The Hamburg-based Ernie and Jochi Kleint were something like the unofficial motorsport department of Ford Germany at the time. The Capri was actually considered to be suitable for circuit racing at best, Ford's rally model was the Escort. However, the British had secured the exclusive rights to it.

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