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Prynne also recently grew his collection further with two pairs of original overalls – including one of Pugh’ s – and he adds:“ There was a charity auction back in November for the late Dai Roberts and Phil’ s original race overalls came up, so I bid on them and won. Then a friend of mine had an original suit and offered it to me, so I bought that too.”
The aim is to take on the Manx Rally in May, for what is effectively a works Suzuki tribute run. If that happens, it will be a moment of pride for Prynne, who started his rally journey as a navigator at the age of 15 and was competing in various Club Stage Rallies in a Peugeot 205 around the time the Ignis was battling in the British Rally Championship.
Later, he competed in another Peugeot 205 on some National B events then, in 2021, he acquired the Ignis.“ It hadn ' t been running for 10 years, and it took about eight months to get back on the road,” he recalls.“ We got the engine running, changed the fluids, cleaned the lines and pulled all the suspension and transmission out.”
“ I also only had the four wheels it was on, so I purchased some more from Speedline, and the dampers on the car were forest dampers, so I had them converted to tarmac. We did most of it in-house at my garage business and once it was all done, we got a Motorsport UK passport, I got a navigator, and we took it on the Mewla Rally.”
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Christian Prynne has also sourced a Suzuki Team Service van and other support vehicles
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Revolution- February 2026