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THE RUSTY RALLY 2017

3:13 AM
The ultimate motoring adventure is coming!

The Outward Bound Trust�s Rusty Rally returns in 2017 to challenge a new crop of participants to navigate their way through some of the world�s most famous driving roads in an old banger. With two firmly established routes, it has been heralded as the ultimate European adventure for the mediocre motor car.
In the Rusty Rally, entrants compete in teams of at least two, navigating Europe�s spectacular driving roads and traversing six countries in three days � in a car worth at most �500.


Two routes are offered � the �Italian Route� which will run from the 8th to the 11th of June, and the �Viking Route�, which will be held from the 14th to the 17th of September. The routes are between 800 to 1000 miles and see The Rusty Rally Headquarters relocate to a different town each evening, in which competitors will get together to swap tales of adventure.
The �Italian Route� travels through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland to finish in Italy. You�ll drive through the Black Forest, see the Rhine Falls, drive one of The Alps� highest mountain passes and finish by the Italian Lakes. The Vikings will cross France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark on their way to Sweden in a stunning and scenic adventure north.


The challenge is for a good cause as well, raising funds for The Outward Bound Trust, which contributes to bursary schemes that give disadvantaged young people a chance at life-changing education. Each team will strive to raise a target of �10,000, and all of that will go to The Outward Bound Trust�s bursaries.
For the full details and to complete an application form to enter, see The Rusty Rally�s website at www.rustyrally.org.uk and to check out some photos from previous events click here for The Italian Route and here for The Viking Route.


AUSTIN MINI TAKES ON PEKING TO PARIS MOTOR CHALLENGE

2:44 AM
This year�s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, billed as the world�s toughest endurance rally for classic and vintage cars, will feature a Mini for the first time in the event�s history.


The 1972 Austin Mini 1000 has been entered as a last minute replacement for Car 34 after Paul and Chris Hartfield�s pre-war Packard wasn�t ready in time.

Concerned for the Packard, Paul contacted Owen Turner from the Rover Centre whom he had met on last year�s Sahara Challenge, for some advice and seeing just how much work still needed to be done on the old American car, advised against taking it on the grueling 36-day 8,500mile event that journeys through some extremely difficult terrain.

Needing a car in a hurray to meat the shipping deadline, the best option was to buy the Mini Owen had prepared for himself for the 2015 Marrakesh event as well as Le Jog.

Owen explains: �The Packard needed a lot of work still doing and would not have coped with the likes of Mongolia at all in its current condition. It will be a challenge for the Mini, especially the Gobi Desert, but at least you can fix it fast and get moving again.�


The Mini 1000 has a 1300 engine and uses a 1991 body shell, sprayed in its original colour. Not bad considering it was built in two weeks.

The sixth Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, organised by the Endurance Rally Association, will begin on Sunday 12th June 2016 as 110 crews cross the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing.

Competitors will cross eleven countries including Mongolia�s Gobi Desert, Russia and Belarus before entering Europe to reach the finish line in the centre of Paris on Sunday 17th July.

More crews are taking part in the 2016 outing than ever before, with 50 cars dated pre-1942 in the Vintageant class and 60 in the Classic class dated pre-1977.

The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge begins Sunday, June 12, 2016, at the Great Wall of China outside Beijing and concludes Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Place Vend�me in the center of Paris, France.

For more details including the full route itinerary and the latest updates, visit endurorally.com.

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Peking to Paris � The Ultimate Driving Adventure (eBook edition)

The official record, and a vivid daily diary of the gruelling 40-day centenary drive from Peking to Paris. 130 intrepid drivers, in cars ranging from a 1903 Mercedes to Citro�n 2CV, race through the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia, and across Russia to Europe ... the action frozen in stunning photographs. Chapters on the 1907 and 1997 events, too. More info.

Forthcoming! ANATOMY OF THE CLASSIC MINI � The definitive guide to original components and parts interchangeability.

This book�s title sums up its purpose. Anatomy of the classic Mini is the result of years of research, and document the many variations of the same components, explaining which model and date each is for. All restorers of classic Minis (no German parts) will want this book! More info.

DRIVING IN EUROPE COMPETITION

6:07 AM
With the winter nights drawing in, memories of those long summer drives across Europe in your favourite car are probably fading away ...

At Veloce, we'd like to help you to recall some of the highlights � and maybe the not-so-good moments � from your travels abroad. Share your experiences with us (either here in the blog comments on our Facebook page) and we'll send a fabulous prize book bundle* (worth over �40!) to the reader with the best story to tell.


Here are a few questions that might jog your memory ...

1. Which country in Europe have you most enjoyed driving in, and why?
2. What is your best memory of driving on the Continent?
3. Which country in Europe did you find it most difficult to drive in, and why?
4. What is your worst memory of driving on the Continent?
5. What do you most wish you had known before you made your trip?

We'll announce the winner and publish a selection of your anecdotes in the January 2015 edition of On the Grid.

*The prize book bundle consists of Roads with a view � England's greatest views and how to find them by road, A Drive on the Wild Side � Twenty extreme driving adventures from around the world & Mini Minor to Asia Minor � There & Back.


 
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