As one of only 7 examples imported to S.Africa the Peugeot Club of SA was not terribly impressed with us producing a fully blown rally car out of it, however it was generally agreed it was better prepared than the 70’s factory effort. Nick Brittan’s “you’ve done this before haven’t you” comment really made the day though. The event went very smoothly though an unfortunate off road excursion on day 1 saw us drop to the back, due to bent suspension and arriving at parc ferme in the early hours of the morning. Determined driving and total reliability saw us slowly climb back up the scoreboard, giving the same class BDA escorts a run for their money (not bad considering that the motor was designed as a reliable plodder and not a racer…) though a fairly bad under steer problem – a result of not enough testing as well as poor alignment – also meant that we were a little off the escorts pace. Then – Murphy’s Law - the only failure on the event – a loose exhaust – occurred on the day the service van had ground to a halt some 300km behind and left the crew stranded missing 2 more stages. The rest of the event was a cakewalk but we were no longer in contention and finished 19^th. Revised spring rates and a lots of attention post event have made this a very quick and nimble car that will easily survive many more endurance races as well as being completely reliable and competitive.