Description
C3 OMG is one of the original 200 cars built by Austin Rover to attain Group B homologation.
Most cars were used in Rallying and later when Group B was banned, in Rallycross.
A few cars were sold as road going Clubman cars. This is one of those cars and it has therefore never been subjected to the abuse and battering that a forest rally stage inflicts on a car.
Used as a fun “Sunday Car” by its former owners it was acquired in 2005 By an enthusiast who set about a total restoration to near works specification.
Over the following 8 Years the car was stripped and rebuilt including engine, gearbox, differentials and sympathetically modified in crucial areas to make it into the ultimate road going 6R4.
A total of c£100k (between 2005 – 2012) was spent plus c1500 man hours in this painstaking project.
With road use in mind for the finished product sensible modifications were made during the restoration. Road cams rather than works spec cams were used to make the car more “driveable” and whilst this drops ultimate horsepower from 420 bhp to c 380 bhp the car is much more road friendly.
The original Lucas Micos engine management was changed to a Motec M600 with all necessary loom modifications and the Motec dash.
Since completion, the car has been lightly used for the odd car show, with a total mileage of less than 1, 000 miles. Despite this, the car has been regularly run to temperature and serviced every two years regardless of cost.
