Well, WRC website helps and YouTube!
The Alpine was a success back in the early 70's even taking the 1973 FIA championship. The Lancia Stratos HF was a car that some would say set the standrads of rally cars. It competed against the best, Mini Coopers, Escorts, Alpines, Abarths etc. It has won many championships in the 70's, taking 3 championships back to back from 1974 to 1976 but it's less power and the abnoxious but satisfying tone it gave out was a bit too much for the regulations and with the 037 and the S4, Lancia had better plans. Of course Audi in 1980 also changed the rally world with their 2.1L five cylinder and the Quattro system and the Stratos was a thing of the past. Here's a video that shows the Statos
I always loved the Nissan rally cars, the sound, the look and I've always wanted to build one of those kits, I can't wait for you to start yours.
Hope that helped.