Ronald Sidney ‘Ron’ Tauranac is a name known in motor racing circles for his achievement and developments in the field of designing competitive single seater racing cars.

He is perhaps most well-known for the design and construction of the triple-world champion Jack Brabham’s cars. Tauranac’s Brabham cars, built by his company Motor Racing Developments (MRD) in Weybridge Surrey, dominated Formula Junior, Formula 1 and Formula 3 during the 1960s, and won the Formula 1 Constructors Championship in 1966 and 1967 with the Repco Brabham BT19 and BT20.

In 1974, Ron embarked on the production of a new Ralt model, which was a Formula 3 car. Within a year of inception, the RT1 started to win races and Larry Perkins took the European Formula 3 Championship in 1975. Ralt prospered and fulfilled orders from all over the world, and its car amassed a growing tally of Formula 2 and Formula 3 titles in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Ralt’s website shows that their 1986 Super Vee car was designated the RT5 and that only six similar cars were built for that season. Ralt also constructed F3, F3000 and Formula Atlantic cars for the 1986 season.

With an aluminum monocoque, the Ralt is paired with a water-cooled, Bertils-built VW engine measuring 1,800-cc with a five-speed Hewland Mark IX transaxle. Rack-and-pinion steering, BBS wheels, fire bottle, competition seatbelts and Goodyear racing tires are part of the package. Also included are a spare engine, plus many spare parts that features wheels and extra gears. HSR stickers on the rollbar indicate that the Ralt has run with this group.