RDR Developments

Motorsport Rally Car Preparation, Restoration & Consultancy



RDR Developments was founded by former World Rally Team crew chief Don Woolfield, as he left the climes of factory WRC teams and pursued his passion of restoring classic and modern rally and race cars under his own roof.

As a car builder for Toyota Team Europe in the early 90s, which included 3 world titles with Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol. Don built the majority of Auriols 1994 championship winning Toyota Celicas. After this, he worked with Toyota at Le Mans in 1998 & 99.

Following the Le Mans project, Don went on to become the proprietor of a Toyota specialist mechanical maintenance & repair business in Australia, before working as a Mitsubishi Evo specialist at a rally and race prep shop over there.

2016 season saw Don take a move to Germany as a No.1 mechanic on the Hyundai World Rally Team i20, which swiftly led to Don being promoted to workshop foreman/crew chief for 2017 and developing the latest spec of World Rally Car for the team.

After 3 years at Hyundai, Don called time on a career of globetrotting and has settled in Herefordshire UK, where a new chapter started.  Having been in the UK for 5 years & done various projects the last one being a 1954 Land Rover Series 1 Station Wagon which rolled out of the workshop beginning of June, 24 with one very happy customer who was well impressed.

RDR is relocating back to Australia, where we will be based in Melbourne and the next chapter begins.








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Rally/Race Car Preparation

We prepare cars for motorsport events, to include rebuilds, setup, procurement and installation of new parts and repair.

Rally/Race Car Restoration

We also specialise in the restoration of classic rally and race cars, for historic events or tours, including the sub assembly and restoration of period parts.

Team Consultancy Services

With years of experience at the top level of the sport, I can assist with helping your operation to run smoothly and efficiently to deliver the best results possible.

Hyundai i20 WRC

Hyundai i20 WRC

We run this i20 WRC on event for Gary Le Coadou. This car is an ex-Paddon and Sordo car from 2015. Looking forward to running this in 2021 with the team. We’ve been working with Gary on reliability and car setup in readiness for this season.

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Toyota Celica ST185

Toyota Celica ST185

This ST185 belongs to a good friend of mine, the WRC Co-Driver Nicky Grist. This has been a very in depth re-prep to bring it up to the standard it’s in today.

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Toyota ST185 Group A

Toyota ST185 Group A

We have been maintaining & keeping to optimum performance. This car has won a lot of British Rallies, including Goodwood Members Meeting.

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Group 2 Porsche 911

Group 2 Porsche 911

A new Challenge for Historic Rallying with a Porsche 911

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6

My own Evo 6! Owned it for years, now it’s undergone the RDR treatment and is faster than ever!

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Toyota ST165

Toyota ST165

Car that we have been developing over the past 2 years which has a lot of Rallying History.

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Toyota ST165 - Hill Climb Car

Toyota ST165 - Hill Climb Car

Another car that we have been working on to get the optimum performance out of for Hill Climbing.

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Land Rover Series 1 Station Wagon 1954

Land Rover Series 1 Station Wagon 1954

We took this project on as we wanted to do a classic. A challenge it was & learnt some old school techniques on cars in the 50's.

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