A couple of photos posted on the BMC Competitions Dept facebook page.
Pat Moss had an off during a Rally.
Information from a Peter Scott " This, I believe, is SMO 746 and on the 11.4 km Solutude race track near Stuttgart on the 1960 Lyons-Charbonnieres Rally. It was driver only with the cars starting at 5 second intervals. Pat had caught and passed all the cars in her class including a number of Porsches and this was the Glemseck, a long open hairpin and the last corner before the finish. She lost control and hit the barrier of railway sleepers, one of which went through where the passenger would have been. The car then rolled. Pat was trapped but future husband Erik Carlsson was watching from the finish line cafe and rushed to the car, ripped off the sidescreen, and pulled Pat out, little the worse for wear. Apparently a brandy, supplied by the Mercedes team, ensured full recovery. "
Must have a look in the Bill Price book " The BMC/BL Competitions Dept " history to find out more.
Photos posted by Sal Paul
Is this [ this is ] how it looked in later life photo from Joe Armour's archives
The Book
a bit more on the story - apparently there are details in Pat Moss' own book which I do not have.
This from Tom Coulthard - " Bill Price relates that though this car was SMO 746 it carried SMO 745’s plates (the 5 is just visible in the front shot); 745, the car identified in the entry, had been in an accident just before the rally, so the mechanics did an all-nighter to prepare 746 in its place and swap identities. Both cars were repaired, 745 for Pat Moss to drive on the Geneva Rally the following month (April), 746 for John Gott on the Alpine in June. "
