 The yellow car was jointly sponsored by the Ford Motor Company and Southern Suns hotel group, and later in the blue colours of Kreepy Krauly (South Africa).After leaving Ford because of a disagreement, "Supervan" had a short stint in the Datsun 160Y and Datsun Stanza, teamed up with U.K. rally ace Tony Pond around 1980.But van der Merwe always complained that his lanky body did not fit into the smaller Japanese cars.