UK TV request - 850 BTCC
Good afternoon everyone,
I hope you are all keeping safe and well. My name is Sarah and I work for North One, a television production company in Birmingham. I am working on a new series for Channel 4 all about iconic vehicles from around the world. I am trying to locate a Volvo 850 Estate BTCC car and wondered if any members knew where I might be able to track one down? Forgive my ignorance, but would private individuals ever have been able to purchase these ? If anyone knows anyone who now owns one of knows who would be best to contact I'd be really grateful for any information. Many thanks, Sarah |
Hi Sarah,
At that time the Volvo UK Touring Car Racing Team was operated by TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing). The company did used to retain and keep a collection of most of the vehicles that they competed with, but sadly following a failed attempt to conquer F1 in the late 1990's, the company went bankrupt in 2002 and all of it's assets were auctioned off including most of the car collection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Walkinshaw_Racing However there is a Swedish chap who has been buying some of them back, you might be able to track him down. I don't know him personally, I came to know about him when I was Googling myself a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkvIQuNGs6k You might also get a few more hits of you post in the "Volvo and General Motoring" thread in the generic pages of this forum. |
Hi Tannaton,
Thank you very much for your reply and detail, its greatly appreciated. Will have a look into this. Very best |
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