There is so much to say about this car that visited us recently. Every once in a while a car gets brought in that has history, heritage, a story, and an icon in its own right. And thats exactly what we have here.
You would be forgiven for having a look at the pictures and thinking - Thats an ultra rare 205 T16. But you would be wrong.
So lets start with the story. And it begins with a name synomymous with 90's and 00's peugoet fanatics, Dimma. Terry Pankhurst, a legend =in our industry has always had a soft spot for the 205 T16, A passion and love that grew into Dimma, supplier of bodykits for 205's and other peugoet hatchbacks in the style of the T16, and these kits could be seen at every big car show and "cruise" of the car scene in its heyday.
Terry however took things to the next step, wanting to build his very own rally car, and ideally in the form of the legendary rally car he built his business on, the T16, Unfortunately however those are few and far between - and a risky endeavour to race/rally a very rare and expensive icon. The next logical step would be to build a car in the form of the iconic T16 - but out of another car.
What you actually see in the images, isnt a peugoet, its not even a hatchback.. or french. The car pictured is a Mitsubishi Evo IX covered in a near complete Kevlar reconstruction of the 205 T16 bodyshell. The chassis, floor plan, engine, suspension is all Evo.. 2 rally legends mashed together to make something very special.
Terry let the car go several years agao, however the new owner has taken up the mantle to use the car for what it was built to do, and he needed some new wheel to do it. Of course - there is only one brand worth concidering for high quality, strong, performance focused wheels and that's OZ Racing.
We took the measurements from the wheels fitted to estimate what offset would be required, and selected a size - finishing up with some 7x17 OZ Rally Racing wheels finished in white, and some Yokohama AD08 RS tyres for ultimate performance.
The results speak for themselves, Rally by name, Rally by nature - this stunning car now looks even more the part with our additions for both cosmetics and performance.