On the 14th of January, there was the final stage of the WINTER-RAID, the winter version of the RAID-SUISSE-PARIS
http://www.raid-suisse-paris.ch/winter/home.php
on a sunny morning, 9am (why they start that early?, it was freezing cold -20°C, the start preparations took place infront of the Kempinsky Hotel
heating up the engines
Lancia - Fulvia HF Rallye Coupé (1974)
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and 3 rivals, No8 is a Alfa Romeo - Giulia Super (1969)
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the oldtimer in the starting field, :shock: Lagonda - M35 Rapide Le Mans (1934)
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according to the start list, this is a Triumph TR6
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, anybody knows the exact type ?
Lancia Stratos (1973)
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The the rally started, I went to the Julierpass and waited for the cars ...
racing the Julierpass
Renault Champs Elysées, 1961
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MG - A Mk II , 1962
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Porsche 356 A, 1955
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, one of my fav.
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chasing the Renault to get to my next picture point
Fiat - 124 Abarth, 1973 passing by
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a 1974 Triumph - Dolomite Sprint and a 1974 BMW -2002Turbo
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Lotus Elan SE (1991) and Porsche 911ST GR4 (1969) , Lagonda - M35 Rapide Le Mans in action
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BMW - 3.0 Si (1971) and Triumph - Mk II Estate FF Prototype (1072) ! and BMW - 3.0CSI (1973)
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the driver was really pushing his Porsche, what a nice sound
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finally, the Stratos came
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with some delay, a Land Rover - 88 Serie II arrived
quite a short event, but amazing to see some oldtimers driving on the winter roads
few impressions of the Julierpass, driving back to the Engadin valley
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