My class mates and I Built this (very Yellow) Davrian the predecessor to the Darrian as our class project for college. What do ye think, Shiny?
Any Darrian/Davrian Fans tipping around in here.
Im also going working for Tim Duffee for the summer building ye old Darrians yahoo..

http://public.fotki.com/speedy/2007-events/raceretro/img1803.html

Good luck to ya Paul when you go to work on the Darrians
Its a car I have always loved and if you get the chance buy yourself a copy of Davrian to Darrian book, its an excellent read.

Aye, I`m A Big Darrian Fan,

There are some fine examples around, John Daltons 2.5 T90 GTR Is class!:D

The Davrian you built there looks good,

Did you know that they were made in Northern Ireland for a short time and called the Corry Cultra? A local guy called Will Corry bought the rights to make the Davrian and intended to made a mid-engined rallycar in Ballynahinch, using an XR2 engine and gearbox. They ran in a few rallies with (from memory) Adrian Boyd and Brian Nelson driving.

Originally posted by stephenpotts
Did you know that they were made in Northern Ireland for a short time and called the Corry Cultra? A local guy called Will Corry bought the rights to make the Davrian and intended to made a mid-engined rallycar in Ballynahinch, using an XR2 engine and gearbox. They ran in a few rallies with (from memory) Adrian Boyd and Brian Nelson driving.

Aye,

I was talking about this with a mate the other day,

Apparently the problem was that because they were running on Ford Fiesta running gear, it was very prone to breaking shafts etc.

Wasn`t as pretty as a Darrian tho,

Anyone got any pics?

I`ll see if I can find any,

This is the inside of the original sales brochure. The cover is an A3 pic and I will scan it when I have a minute. I have seen a couple of the factory cars, they look great.


http://www.photo-services.com/corry3.jpg
http://www.photo-services.com/corry4.jpg

Been away all weekend and only catching up on the forums now, that was a nice looking Davrian at the show, only spotted it as the stand was being dismantled on the Sunday evening.
2 friends of mine have done alot of business with Tim in the last couple of years, one has rebuilt a Davrian Imp for racing and Hillclimbs while his brother has built a Darrian for rallying.

Paul your a lucky guy getting to go working with Tim, hope you enjoy it, will you be out on any of the rallys with him looking after either JD's 2.5 GTR or James Hoeseasons V6 engined beast (formally a V8).

Originally posted by m.lowe
Good luck to ya Paul when you go to work on the Darrians
Its a car I have always loved and if you get the chance buy yourself a copy of Davrian to Darrian book, its an excellent read.
Im starting work in after Donegal in june.
Ya its an excelent book Ive actually read it thanks for the tip though.

Originally posted by Rallyboi
Aye, I`m A Big Darrian Fan,

There are some fine examples around, John Daltons 2.5 T90 GTR Is class!:D

The Davrian you built there looks good,
Sound thanks for that. Ya Daltons one is a fine example, James Stafford from Waterford has a shiny new one 2litre millington.. lovely.

Originally posted by stephenpotts
Did you know that they were made in Northern Ireland for a short time and called the Corry Cultra? A local guy called Will Corry bought the rights to make the Davrian and intended to made a mid-engined rallycar in Ballynahinch, using an XR2 engine and gearbox. They ran in a few rallies with (from memory) Adrian Boyd and Brian Nelson driving.
I read about the Cultra alright but didn't know she was built up that part of the world.. mighty.

Originally posted by peespeed
Been away all weekend and only catching up on the forums now, that was a nice looking Davrian at the show, only spotted it as the stand was being dismantled on the Sunday evening.
2 friends of mine have done alot of business with Tim in the last couple of years, one has rebuilt a Davrian Imp for racing and Hillclimbs while his brother has built a Darrian for rallying.

Paul your a lucky guy getting to go working with Tim, hope you enjoy it, will you be out on any of the rallys with him looking after either JD's 2.5 GTR or James Hoeseasons V6 engined beast (formally a V8).
I no pineapple I cant wait to start. Do you have any photos of either of those cars, twill be savage experience altogether. Ill be out on any event I possibly can, Im a wild man for attending them anyways.
Im not sure if Dalton is doing Donegal or not but Ill be keeping a close eye on the suitation.
Are the Davrian and Darrian in Ireland, its a rare thing to see a Davrian on the hills, do you no what mk she is?

Originally posted by stephenpotts
Did you know that they were made in Northern Ireland for a short time and called the Corry Cultra? A local guy called Will Corry bought the rights to make the Davrian and intended to made a mid-engined rallycar in Ballynahinch, using an XR2 engine and gearbox. They ran in a few rallies with (from memory) Adrian Boyd and Brian Nelson driving.

These 2 are from Ballycastle forest in 1984, with I think Brian Nelson driving. The car ran 00 in the Sunday of the Circuit that year also.


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These 2 are from Ballycastle forest in 1984, with I think Brian Nelson driving. The car ran 00 in the Sunday of the Circuit that year also.


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Thats a rare photo indeed lad.
Lovely stuff, pineapple tis a savage lookin yolk!

The Corry Cultra had a little bit of success in the UK forest, you see the two bulges in the roof, this was to raise the roof slightly so you could wear a helmet inside the car, very little clearance inside. On the press photo for the rally car on one side the door did not actually fit properly so someone had to lean against it to make it look alright. Up until MK8 most were imp powered, some switched to ford power but the mainstay was Imp. If you read Marchs issue of Car sport you will see a pic on one in a field beside a Clan in co Galway, this is a MK8 hillclimb car. Huge following for these cars in Japan, not many people rally the MK5. But it would make a good post historic car.
Mr Cullens, Davrian Imp, is a good example of early Davrians, the MK8 in the field in Galway is a very good example of one of the last margues before the Darrian came along.

[Edited on 2-5-07 by clan1]