1973: RABAT To CASABLANCA - A Rally Adventure | Wheelbase | Classic Motorsport | BBC Archive
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- "A real rally, if it's to mean anything, has got to be an adventure."
Michael Frostick covers the 16th International Rally of Morocco, the roughest rally of the year, raced over 2,800 miles of fast, dangerous desert, in all manner of terrain.
Competitors featured include Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé in their Alpine-Renault A110 1800, Rauno Aaltonen and John Davenport in the Fiat Abarth 124, Shekhar Mehta and Geraint Phillips driving a Datsun 240Z, Bob Neyret and Jacques Terramorsi in the Citroën DS 23, Pierre Pagani and Jean-Claude Refuveille in a Volkswagen K 70, Richard Bochnicek and Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer in another Citroën DS 23, Björn Waldegård and Fergus Sager in their Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye, Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial in another Alpine-Renault, and a host of teams driving works Peugeot 504s - namely Hannu Mikkola and Atso Aho, Tony Fall and Mike Wood, and Timo Mäkinen and Henry Liddon.
Clip taken from Wheelbase, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 29 May 1973.
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Great stuff from the archives in amazing quality, it's surprising how good those old footages look when digitized properly
Brilliant clip - loved the humour - thank you
DS!
Never to be repeated.
This was a nice long piece! A rally must be an adventure, a cross-country drive, a marathon, a rally-raid. It was the time when the DS can do as a rally car! Paris-Dakar Rally was/is probably the most well-known. Silk Way Rally was Europe to China, and Camel Trophy was more an off-road adventure. It seems these long rallies have somewhat lost their appeal.
I do hope 1 day the Dakar rally returns to Africa
Fantastic journalism
"I think I can go further and say that it is an aquired taste" 😂
Disappointed that British Leyland didn't enter. Imagine an Austin Allegro Group B turbo with added nitrous! Or a supercharged Riley Elf kitted out in full Dakar spec. Luxury!
British Leyland? This was a car rally not a walking tour.
@@stephenspence1192 Funny that the first ever winner of the Dakar rally was a British Leyland Range Rover
@@AdamTheMan1993 Yes Leyland were not that bad. I just could not resist a cheap shot
The demise of our car industry is very sad indeed.
I am old enought to remember when the vast majority of cars on the road were British made and designed. It is a great shame.
I'd rather do without an unscheduled rapid disassembly thanks (and that would be a risk for any 1970s engine with twin charging in competition over long distance)
Would much prefer this sort of racing to Formula 1 any day of the week. Does any rallying tv coverage still exist ? Remembering some of those names of the drivers from Grandstand
Yes, but it's worth ten.
All right, all right.
No, no, no, no.
It's not worth ten.
You're supposed to argue.
"Ten for that? You must be mad."
Solidarity Brother
“Wont haggle” 🤣🤣
@@CricketEnglandand sisters!
I wonder how many people will immediately catch the reference
17 and I won't take a penny less, or strike me dead !
Something from a previous age.
No-one would consider a long rally from Portugal to Morocco to Germany. All that distance and no fee paying onlookers?
Unfortunately, a rally today is a short, profitable event, one that sells plenty of merchandise.
I think living in the seventies was preferable to what we have in 2024.
(3:35)🐍: Charming..!
Matt Berry really sounds like he has pulled inspiration from the gent presenting this video.
A lot of BBC presenters talked like this in those days. It was just the style!
It’s interesting to me that a modern Toyota Camry from Hertz would be faster than any of those cars and a Hell of a lot more reliable. I’m going to rent one and race it! I’m definitely paying extra for the insurance waiver! 😁
After all, hire cars have the best handling ever - Enjoy your trip!
@@dieselfan7406 Thanks! 🚗💨
Oh man, I would have done this gladly back then.
The reporter does nothing but whinge about the food and heat and salesmen haha.
(British humor?)
Yes.
@@wills2552 Nice
I’m not sure, I’m British but he seems like just a miserable prick…
presenter has such an irritating accent.