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Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk (born Belfast, April 14 1933) is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland. Alongside Henry Liddon he won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S car number 37, license plate/registration tag 33 EJB. They remain the only all British crew to have won the event.

He was elected as a life member of the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1967, and is also president of the Historic Rally Car Register, and a patron of disability charity WheelPower.

Paddy Hopkirk is also a brand of automotive accessories (for example, roof bars) named for the successful racing driver. Paddy Hopkirk products are currently made by JAC Products^[1].

Bibliography

Paddy Hopkirk and T R Entwistle, The Longest Drive of All: Paddy Hopkirk's story of the London-Sydney motor rally (1969), G.Chapman, 48pp, ISBN 0-225-48860-4
Bill Price and Paddy Hopkirk, The Paddy Hopkirk Story: A Dash of the Irish (2005), J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 176pp, ISBN 1-844-25110-1

^ JAC Products Web Site showing Paddy Hopkirk Limited, UK and Mont Blanc Industri AB, Sweden

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[1] JAC Products Web Site showing Paddy Hopkirk Limited, UK and Mont Blanc Industri AB, Sweden

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 '''Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk''' (born [[Belfast]], [[April 14]] [[1933]]) is a former [[rally driver]] from [[Northern Ireland]].
-Alongside Henry Liddon he won the [[1964]] [[Monte Carlo Rally]] in a [[Mini Cooper|Mini Cooper S]], registration  number 33 EJB. They remain the only all British crew to have won the event.
+Alongside Henry Liddon he won the [[1964]] [[Monte Carlo Rally]] in a [[Mini Cooper|Mini Cooper S]] car number 37, license plate/registration tag 33 EJB. They remain the only all British crew to have won the event.
 He was elected as a life member of the [[British Racing Drivers' Club]] in 1967, and is also president of the Historic Rally Car Register, and a patron of disability charity [[WheelPower]].