Tuesday 28 April 2015

Home now Molly Porsche completes another rally :) Next ?

Home in the UK now after the most amazing rally around Iceland, we would like to thank the Historic Endurance Rally Organisation for putting on such a fun and competitive rally.
HERO have run the Icelandic Saga twice before, this gives them great knowledge as to what roads/tracks are good for Historic rally cars. They also had help and local knowledge from the Icelandic Motorsport Club, all of which made a fantastic route, taking in truly wild and remote areas plus all the usual slightly safer tourist beauty spots.
We have been lucky enough to drive Molly Porsche around some the most stunning scenery in the world, we think Iceland is probably at the top of that list. If you get the chance go.

The weather did play a big part in the enjoyment of the event, cold, clear blue skies and a bit of snow for good measure.
Icelandic weather can change very quickly. The weather forecast for Sunday (the day after the rally finished ) was over 112 mph winds, sand storms, snow storms with drifting snow, basically don't drive unless you have to.
Boy oh boy were we lucky :)


There were 34 cars on the rally ranging from a 1933 Talbot 105 Vanden Plas Tourer through to a 1981 Ford Escort XR3.
Only one car did not make it and that was a TR6 with a cracked sump.
The rally mechanics did a great job keeping all the cars going. The gravel roads were a bit bumpy but nothing like we have seen in South America and Africa.
Molly Porsche did amazingly well. The only attention she needed was to get the dust out of the distributor, even I can manage that bit of mechanicing.
Thanks to Gantspeed Engineering for preparing her so well, again.
This rally was just over 2000 kilometres. This takes Molly Porsche's total rally distance up to approx 47,000 kilometres.
Next year we are driving all across the USA some 16,500 kilometres not bad for a 1958 Porsche 356A.

We have loved our time in Iceland and thoroughly enjoyed the company of the other competitors on the Historic Endurance Rally Organisation Icelandic Saga.
Thank you very much.

PS
Dear HERO can you take the SAGA bit out of the title, I am getting a lot of stick from friends saying we are going on SAGA holidays :)
Porsche 356A in Iceland rally
One of the timed sections, Molly Porsche kicking up the dust :)

Rally Porsche 356A
Doesn't get much better, travelling along by the fiords in Iceland in Molly Porsche 

Team Canard Fire Duck, not needed on this trip.


1958 356A porsche
Molly Porsche on another timed section.


Porsche 356A on HERO rally of Iceland
One man built this church in memory to his wife. Hopefully Julie will not expect the same.

View from a Porsche 356A
Lava field and the beautiful skies of Iceland.

How much fun can you have on a rally. Thanks HERO rallies

This waterfall freezes over in winter, it was pretty close today :) 

Simply stunning. Thanks Iceland.




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