Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Peter van Es on May 03, 2011, 06:40:28

Title: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 03, 2011, 06:40:28

So I cannot attend to website issues.

Peter

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

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 08, 2011, 13:34:36

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.

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 08, 2011, 13:38:27

Some more images...

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

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 08, 2011, 13:39:59

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

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Post by: MichaelB. on May 08, 2011, 13:43:32

That is outstanding! Keep it coming!

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: ja17 on May 09, 2011, 01:29:16

Hello Peter,

16th out of 200 cars !  Job well done !

How many kilometers on the Pagoda now?



Joe

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Iconic on May 09, 2011, 02:05:21

Congratulations Peter !!
Thank you for the fun pictures.

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Post by: Peter van Es on May 12, 2011, 12:52:11

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!

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 12, 2011, 12:56:12

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.

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Post by: Peter van Es on May 12, 2011, 12:58:49

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

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Post by: Erik on May 19, 2011, 20:49:53

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

Title: Re: Webmaster off on Tulpenrallye this week...
Post by: Peter van Es on May 19, 2011, 21:39:55

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