10 Facts About Tony Fall

Tony Fall began his rallying career as a club rally driver in a Mini.

Tony Fall was considerably better than his peers and was spotted by the BMC team; this led to a drive in their works team alongside Paddy Hopkirk, Timo Makinen and Rauno Aaltonen.

Tony Fall worked as Salesman for Appleyards Bradford, a BMC dealership which sold Austin and Morris Mini Coopers.

Tony Fall gained permission from Appleyards to use one of their Cooper 'S' demonstrator cars AAK 500C to use as his rally car in the 1965 season.

Tony Fall accepted and became one of the most celebrated BMC Works drivers.

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Tony Fall drove a Leyland 1800, with co-driver Denis Johnson, in the 1968 Canadian Shell 4000 Rally, which ran from Calgary to Halifax, finishing 7th overall.

Tony Fall drove for British Leyland Cars in an Austin 1800 in the 1968 London to Sydney Rally.

Tony Fall won the famous Peruvian Rally "Caminos del Inca", in 1969, driving a Ford Escort.

Tony Fall became responsible for restoring and maintaining ex Opel competition cars and they built a small number of fully re-commissioned classics Opels using the Opel GT model, cars being from California and an Opel GT purchased by Fall from an Opel Dealership during the 1982 San Remo Rally.

Tony Fall died after a heart attack on 1 December 2007 while a member of the organisation team of the East African Safari Classic Rally in his hotel room at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Tanzania, leaving his wife Pat and two sons from a previous marriage.