London to Sydney 1968 Rally

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dave1800
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London to Sydney 1968 Rally May 17, 2015 8:18:56 GMT

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Post by dave1800 on May 17, 2015 8:18:56 GMT

Just found this video while hiding from the 40C heat that's making life difficult to do anything outside. It follows Colin Taylor's rally to Sydney as a private entrant. There's some interesting driving around the 24 minute mark and a change of rear suspension unit in 20 minutes after some possibly over enthusiastic speeding on rough surfaces.

I have a DVD of the excellent official Castrol archive of the rally but I've not found that freely available yet.

1968 Rally

David

Last Edit: May 17, 2015 23:47:50 GMT by dave1800

andrewa
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London to Sydney 1968 Rally Jun 12, 2015 12:54:28 GMT

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Post by andrewa on Jun 12, 2015 12:54:28 GMT

Love it - thanks for posting this. The version I did in 2004 was organised by Nick Brittan who did the original LtoS in a Lotus Cortina. Basically same route through Europe and Turkey then airlift to India (over the fighting bits) and then a longer route in Oz. Event also picked up a lot of the special stages from famous rallies eg. bits of the Acropolis rally in Greece, Mille Miglia in Italy etc all sorted out by local car clubs on the way.
Cheers
Andrew