How did I miss this?

I'm sure that many others here, more knowledgeable than I am, are already aware of this. It's a surprisingly appropriate commemorative rally which, in 1958, was originally aimed at cars of less than 500cc; of course, a Fiat 500 was the winner back then. It was originally run virtually non-stop over four days, covering almost 2000 miles. I think the re-run this year, (which was specially targeted at micro-cars), was slightly more sedate, being spread over eleven days, but it would still have been a major challenge and one that I will be looking out for in the future.
I came across it on Facebook on the Fiat 500 Club of Ireland page; it seems that maybe one of their member's cars was involved?

http://www.classicrallypress.co.uk/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/Fiat500Ire...oY9tsrNlctheEJNjgB4M30z9ETPrY&fref=nf&__xts__

fiat500 said:

How did I miss this?

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Easy ...
you were too busy testing Murph around the UK...
and when not doing so gallivanting round the Highlands...

That would be a walk in the park for you Peter.

Bigvtwin996 said:

Easy ...
you were too busy testing Murph around the UK...
and when not doing so gallivanting round the Highlands...

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...but now we need to up our game and take on bigger challenges. The company that arranges this tour has one planned for microcars in The Pyrenees in late 2020.....not sure I can wait that long nor pay extra for the privilege.

I've met the man mentioned in this write up, with his self-restored Heinkel bubble car. He also lives (or did when I met him) in The Highlands of Scotland. A man after my own heart.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/cl...iving-200cc-classic-toughest-mountain-passes/

Wait isn't murf running a 650?! Have to pop the original one back in!



What a great story - a little 13 year old in the navigator's seat
(*hatches plans to do same with daughter in 4 years)


Looks like a beautiful route, not sure I'd have much luck seeing the road ahead with all those mountains and other cool cars about

I've already checked with the organisers for the Pyrenees in 2020 and 650 would be ok.

fiat500 said:

I've already checked with the organisers for the Pyrenees in 2020 and 650 would be ok.

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..... I'm not saying I'm doing it though.

fiat500 said:

..... I'm not saying I'm doing it though.

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... just checking... in case

Any takers? Plenty of time to prepare.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four...hmimQQnqv6AR4h-au904epb1DIKNezHxlKllstA4YdtzM

Who else is up for doing this sort of thing? Unfortunately this Giardiniera had a broken exhaust and a broken gearstick; it amazes me how these things seem to get sorted (seemingly) so easily on these long distance rallies.

https://webshop.fiat500126.com/en/s...oS_gYyzVZpBzdbLwV27l920E63cJzp81iKqIL0GQnbpho

Haha I do love the welded metal rod gear lever job. All these repairs we dwell over for ages and they get it done in 20 mins!

I have all the information about this now and although I would love to do the rally it's a bit beyond the budget I could justify. At around £2,000 per person, with your costs of getting there and back and other incidental costs to find, and there being a requirement to have a navigator in any case, we've roughly worked out that we could fund a more low-key, independent tour of Europe for a couple of months for the same amount of dosh.

Nice to have a challenging route worked out for me, involving access to some unusual places and to be in the company of like-minded nutters carrying fancy rally decals and badges, but I'm probably going to have to give it a miss.