This Lancia Delta S4 Is A Ballet Of Brutality
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“Its a car enthusiasts collection, right,” says John Campion. “I dont have cars because I want to impress anybody. If you dont know what a rally car is, youre kinda like, ‘Thats a dirty car, there are cracks on it… But I find the passion I have for these cars goes back to the individuals who drove them.”\r
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Beginning as a “lucky” immigrant to the U.S. in 1984 with $26 in his pocket, Campion has worked hard for the last few decades and is finally able to indulge in the vehicles most meaningful to him. From a Lotus Cortina similar to the Ford Cortina his father bought new in period to World Rally Championship rally-winning group B cars, his collection is definitely filled with fog lights and Martini stickers.\r
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“I grew up in Ireland in the late-60s and early 70s, and had a fascination with all things mechanical,” he says. “My father was a mechanical kind of guy, and we grew up restoring old trors and steam engines—so once I started making a few dollars, I started purchasing cars, and went through the wholy myriad of cars and ended up where we are today, which is predominantly cars from my youth—rally cars.”\r
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He makes no mistakes in recognizing his limitations as a driver, because piloting some of the fastest all-road vehicles ever conceived takes a steel will and full committment— “I drive the car for 15 minutes, and Im exhausted…” he says to convey how amazing Group B pilots were in period.\r
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“Group B drivers were the best of the best of the best…” he says. “But its still humbling to drive the same car as these rally legends; to be able to show the cars, drive the cars, and get a wider audience for these cars.” \r
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“If you own them and dont show them, and you own them and dont drive them, and own them but dont share them…its a rich mans folly.”\r
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Drive Tastefully®\r
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Beginning as a “lucky” immigrant to the U.S. in 1984 with $26 in his pocket, Campion has worked hard for the last few decades and is finally able to indulge in the vehicles most meaningful to him. From a Lotus Cortina similar to the Ford Cortina his father bought new in period to World Rally Championship rally-winning group B cars, his collection is definitely filled with fog lights and Martini stickers.\r
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“I grew up in Ireland in the late-60s and early 70s, and had a fascination with all things mechanical,” he says. “My father was a mechanical kind of guy, and we grew up restoring old trors and steam engines—so once I started making a few dollars, I started purchasing cars, and went through the wholy myriad of cars and ended up where we are today, which is predominantly cars from my youth—rally cars.”\r
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He makes no mistakes in recognizing his limitations as a driver, because piloting some of the fastest all-road vehicles ever conceived takes a steel will and full committment— “I drive the car for 15 minutes, and Im exhausted…” he says to convey how amazing Group B pilots were in period.\r
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“Group B drivers were the best of the best of the best…” he says. “But its still humbling to drive the same car as these rally legends; to be able to show the cars, drive the cars, and get a wider audience for these cars.” \r
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“If you own them and dont show them, and you own them and dont drive them, and own them but dont share them…its a rich mans folly.”\r
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Drive Tastefully®\r
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