Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
The last rally that the works cars didn't have the roof wing and rear spoiler (as far as I know) was the 1975 Swedish Rally. (early Alitalia colour scheme)
From the end of the 1974 season to the 1975 Swedish, the cars also had an early shape of 4 lamp pod with no cover. I'm guessing it was fabricated from aluminium.
The early 4 lamp pods are bit more 'sawtooth' shaped than the later and more common fibreglass 4 lamp pods.

I've just checked:
Pinto drove a works early Alitalia car to victory on the Rallye Sicily in March 1975.
That car still had no roof wing or rear spoiler, but the new 4 lamp pod.

ERC rounds aside, I think the first world championship round where the works cars had a roof wing and rear spoiler, would be the 1975 Safari (25th - 31st March).
Yeah I have some Alitaliya 1:18 models which do not have spoilers...............with lamp pods.
And then ones with pods and spoilers.
But all my Stradale models 1:18 Black,Blue,Red,Yellow,Lt Blue,Green all have spoilers and described as 1975 road versions,so im guessing by 1975 they would have been std fitment for homologation?