Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...

[Peter van Es]

So I cannot attend to website issues.

Peter

Sorry, I can't attach pictures from my iPhone... There are more Pagodas than usual!

[Peter van Es]

Some pictures of Pagoda Participants of the Tulpenrally. There were 4 Pagoda's in the rally, two in the Touring class, one in Sporting and one in Expert. The 300SL Roadster is the car that won the rally overall, after 6 days of tough rallying through France.

We came 16th in our Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT, in the Sporting class. Overall over 200 cars took place in the wonderful rally.

[Peter van Es]

Some more images...

Views on the way..
The final Pagoda
My driver and Alfa Romeo next to a slightly damaged Aston Martin DB5.

[Peter van Es]

My wall of Rally Shields in the garage... Note the European Event shield at the bottom left, and the three Tulpenrally shields arranged vertically.

[MichaelB.]

That is outstanding! Keep it coming!

[ja17]

Hello Peter,

16th out of 200 cars !  Job well done !

How many kilometers on the Pagoda now?



Joe

[Iconic]

Congratulations Peter !!
Thank you for the fun pictures.

[Peter van Es]

For your enjoyment, some action photographs of the Tulpenrally of 2011, a variety of cars...

Two times a Pagoda, and a 300SL.... non Europeans, please guess what the blue car is!

[Peter van Es]

And yet another set...

The first and the last photo were taken during tests that we have one or two a day of, on a circuit or track. Lots of cars need some tender loving care during the rally... but the Mini clearly has quite a lot of Tulpenrally experience.

[Peter van Es]

Final picture, my driver and I (navigator) at the end of the rally, after the final sprint on the boardwalk at Noordwijk.

[Erik]

Hello Peter,

Congratulations with your participation on the Tulpenrally. Great !
Thanks for sharing  the pictures.

The blue car you refer to is, I guess, the Renault 8 of which over 1.300.000 were built from 1962 till 1971. The basic saloon was a 956 cc but this must be one of the rare cars that were tuned by Gordini (1300 cc, 105 hp)

Greetings,
Erik

[Peter van Es]

Erik,

since even Belgians are Europeans, your answer does not count. You would know. I was looking for non-Europeans to answer this!  

And, please note: even though so many Renault 8's were built, they are much rarer than Pagoda's nowadays.

Peter