340 Rallying - it's all over !!!

We completed around 1050 miles of this year's 1100 mile Lombard Rally.

The only problem we encountered prior to the last day was the sumpguard coming detached after every other stage.

The first stage of the last day was through Malcolm Wilson's famous Greystoke forest.

We completed it without a problem but at the next stage, Lowther Park, we were not allowed to start as we were leaking petrol and oil.

We waited for a service crew to turn up, but after a long wait we decided to drive to a service crew in Brough instead.

They dropped the petrol tank and filled the hole, it looked as though we had hit something very hard and sharp in Greystoke forest - I mentioned the leaking oil from the diff, but as this was minimal (and a common problem with 340's) it was decided that nothing needed to be done.

On our way to the finish in Blackpool the reason for the minimal leak from the diff became apparent - we had already lost all of the oil !! the car ground to a halt on the hard shoulder of the M6, our rally was over.

I now have a 340 that I am about to scrap, anyone interested in the roll cage before I stick it on E-Bay ???