View Full Version : 2007 Classic Rally Season Closure
faksta
09-29-2007, 12:30 PM
This is the last classic rally event in Moscow this year. Held up today and lasted just three hours, it nevertheless included some interesting cars, tho most cars were kind of 'ordinary' for such events - 190 SL's, numerous Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, Corvettes...
I personally enjoyed the tiny BMW Isetta 300, which was driven by members of some Moscow bike club - as far as I understood, it is called Podonki (Vermins) - pretty name IMO :D . It carried numberplates with phrase written on them: 'It's a BMW'. Moreover, guys were funny a lot - they meaningly drove wrong ways sometimes to make other participants puzzled ('Hey, Rolls-Royces! We specially mixed your brains going through those railroads' - something like this said at the ceremony after the race :p ).
Pics will follow soon. Enjoy the atmosphere first...
1. Wedding cart.
2. Starting from here - the Moscow University.
EDIT: post #666 :D muhaha
faksta
09-29-2007, 12:42 PM
#1 - don't know the name, please help! It was called Morgan Austin - 1968 replica of some prewar Morgan - bull****, I think... :rolleyes: I guess it could be some American replica, but why RHD then?
faksta
09-29-2007, 12:47 PM
#2 - Chevrolet Corvette C1. Corvettes are so popular in Russia nowadays...
faksta
09-29-2007, 12:54 PM
#3 - already mentioned BMW Isetta 300.
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:01 PM
More Isetta 300.
Pic 5 - 'Vermins, Moscow'
Pic 6 - 'It's a BMW'
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:09 PM
#5 - Bentley S3 Continental. IIRC, only 7 LHD cars were made. This is one of them.
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:43 PM
#6 - Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III.
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:45 PM
More Silver Cloud III.
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:50 PM
#7 - Mercedes-Benz 280SE Automatic.
faksta
09-29-2007, 01:59 PM
#11 - Chevrolet Corvette C3 Convertible.
faksta
09-29-2007, 02:10 PM
#12 - Mercedes-Benz 300d Cabriolet.
faksta
09-29-2007, 02:13 PM
#13 - Mercedes-Benz 230SL.
faksta
09-30-2007, 12:46 AM
#14 - 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible.
faksta
09-30-2007, 12:51 AM
#15 - another Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III.
faksta
09-30-2007, 12:58 AM
#16 - 1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible (?) or 1950 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible - not sure.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:02 AM
#17 - Chevrolet Corvette C2 Convertible.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:07 AM
#18 - Jaguar XJ.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:11 AM
#19 - Moskvitch 423.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:20 AM
#20 - Mga
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:33 AM
#21 - Mercedes-Benz 280SL. Please, correct me if I'm wrong :o , but I suppose it is rather 280SL then 230 or 250.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:41 AM
#22 - Mercedes-Benz 280SE.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:43 AM
#23 - Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:46 AM
#24 - Jaguar XK140.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:51 AM
#25 - Mercedes-Benz 300SE.
faksta
09-30-2007, 01:56 AM
#26 - Mercedes-Benz 190SL Coupe.
faksta
09-30-2007, 02:12 AM
#27 - 1963 Cadillac DeVille Convertible
faksta
09-30-2007, 02:19 AM
#28 - Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster.
faksta
09-30-2007, 03:38 AM
#29 - Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster.
whiteballz
09-30-2007, 03:55 AM
Good pics, great contribution.
+1
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:06 AM
#30 - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I. Out of classification, tho - too young for the event.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:13 AM
Good pics, great contribution.
+1
Thanks, man!
#31 - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 1600.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:15 AM
More Alfa.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:18 AM
#32 - Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:19 AM
A bit more 2600 Spider.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:25 AM
#33 - 1936 Cord 810 Sedan.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:26 AM
Cord again.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:29 AM
#34 - 1951 Jaguar XK120.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:32 AM
#35 - 1961 GAZ M21 Volga.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:38 AM
#36 - 1959 Chevrolet Impala 2-Door Hardtop.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:40 AM
More Impala.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:42 AM
#37 - Chevrolet Corvette C1.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:45 AM
Corvette's convertable roof.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:47 AM
Chevrolet Corvette C3 Targa - didn't run the rally. Was present at start point.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:53 AM
1. All for one! Isetta's escort. BTW, large number of participants have been escorted, mainly by Range Rovers, Mercedes-Benz W220's and so on.
2-5. But the guy in white Mercedes-Benz 300SE preferred a brown Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III as a support car. At least, RR didn't participate, but drove immediately after the MB, tho finished much later... :confused:
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:57 AM
Bentley S2 Continental at finish point.
faksta
09-30-2007, 04:59 AM
Bentley R-Type Continental at finish.
faksta
09-30-2007, 05:02 AM
Bentley S3 waiting at finish.
faksta
09-30-2007, 05:06 AM
Bentley S1 Mulliner Saloon near to finish.
faksta
09-30-2007, 05:09 AM
Mercedes-Benz 600 W100 among Bentleys.
faksta
09-30-2007, 05:13 AM
Significant number of bikers followed the rally entrants.
faksta
09-30-2007, 05:17 AM
And the prize for a season winner - Moskvitch 402...
Timothy (in VA)
09-30-2007, 08:24 AM
#27 - 1964 Cadillac DeVille Convertible?
It's a 1963 model; '64s had a different style badge at the front of the hood and slightly smaller fins.
The car in post #2 looks to me like an Excalibur, an American neo-classic company that mated classic styling with modern running gear. They introduced their first prototype in 1963, but the one you photographed is certainly a later model. I don't know if they ever built cars with right-hand-drive though.
Great pics :).
faksta
09-30-2007, 09:32 AM
It's a 1963 model; '64s had a different style badge at the front of the hood and slightly smaller fins.
The car in post #2 looks to me like an Excalibur, an American neo-classic company that mated classic styling with modern running gear. They introduced their first prototype in 1963, but the one you photographed is certainly a later model. I don't know if they ever built cars with right-hand-drive though.
Great pics :).
Yes, I know about Excalibur, but I don't think it's one of them... but I may be wrong...
And thanks for a Caddy recognition :) will be edited.