Nigel Hunter posts:

>Anyway, it was definitely a factory-prepped car, with the Perspex
rear windows and the large fuel tank and Recaros, a bucket for the
driver and a recliner for the lazy-assed navvy.<

You got it wrong, there, Satch! The recliner was for the DRIVER to
sleep while the TIRELESS NAVIGATOR (as in 'no sleep', not 'no round,
black rubber things') drove on the public road transport sections
between the special stages, while also navigating. The navigators
have ALWAYS been the unsung heroes.

Nigel (former unsung hero)

I KNEW somebody would rise to THAT bait! Of course, I was trained in this
madness by the infamous Rusty Link, founder of the Navigator's Union
(Slogan: "Remember, the navvy does NOT get out of the car!"). We ran
together for years before I ever saw a navigator pick up a tab at the bar.
Or the hotel. Or a gas station. Or McDonald's.

Link seduced me from ice racing into the Rally Game (I'm particularly game
after a three-day rally) by bringing the Castrol film of the London To
Sydney Marathon to an Alaska Sports Car Club meeting. That event featured,
as you will recall, the horrible removal of Bianchi's Citroen from first
place, some 90 miles from the finish, when they were T-boned by---what? A
Mini? Anyway, if I remember correctly, Bianchi, WHO WAS ASLEEP IN THE
NAVVY'S RECLINER, had his leg broken, and the damn rally was won by a
Hillman Hunter.

Or do I have things mixed up as usual?