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From Brägger's rally diary from the seventies - two fearless daredevils

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Created on November 9, 2012

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Archiv Bernhard Brägger

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Innocenti Mini Cooper (1975) - Die Kampfspuren am Cooper sind unübersehbar

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Rallye-Impressionen - Karl Ludwig Locher:Ueli Krebs zwei Draufgänger aus der Schweizer-Rallyeszene in den Siebziger-Jahren

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Innocenti Mini Cooper (1975) - Locher/Krebs an der Coppa di Liburna 1975. 2. Rang hinter Wintsch/Imholz auf Opel Ascona

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Innocenti Mini Cooper (1975) - Locher/Krebs waren beim Rallye di Lugano 1975 (Lauf zur Europameisterschaft) sehr schnell - nur ein Porsche Carrera und ein Fiat Abarth 124 waren noch schneller

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Opel Kadett GT/E (1976) - der Gruppe-4-Kadett von Locher:Krebs am Rallye 333 Minuti in Oberitalien

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Opel Kadett GT/E (1976) - Locher/Krebs bei der Coppa Liburna im Jahr 1976

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Opel Kadett GT/E (1976) - gerade drei Tage alt war der serienmässige Kadett - hier auf der Schotterstrecke „Marmorosa“ zu sehen - 15. Gesamtrang von 191 Gestarteten

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Rallye-Impressionen - Die erste Seite des „Gebetbuchs“ für den 15 km langen Passo di Cuvignone

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Summary

In the 1970s, two rallies were very popular with Italian and Swiss rally drivers: the Rallye di Lugano and the Coppa Liburna. In his rally diary, Bernhard Brägger reports in five episodes on events, opponents and vehicles from this hot rally era of the seventies. In the fourth episode, he tells the story of how the two Swiss drivers Locher and Krebs, with underpowered vehicles, beat the big names and how a standard road Cadet seemingly became a Group 4 rally car overnight.

This article contains the following chapters

You can't rally with a hole in the cylinder block
Conversion at the campsite

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In the 1970s, a team from the Emmental made its own extraordinary history on the Swiss rally scene: Karl Ludwig Locher ("Schärlu") and Ueli Krebs. They competed in many places with different cars - including the 1975 Rallye di Lugano in an Innocenti Mini Cooper and the 1976 Coppa Liburna in an Opel Kadett. The Mini came from Locher's personal Cooper forge in Walkringen, while the Group 4 Opel was built by Wolf-Tuning in Lachen and financed by the "Opel dealer team". But this Opel had to be pushed aside after just a few kilometers of training with a hole in the engine block. And yet the two daredevils made it to the finish line. The only question is how?

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