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WRC madness!

May 10, 2010

Not quite retro nor classic, but I had a chance to scope out Rally NZ on the weekend. Cheaped out this year and didn’t go to any of the paying stages – but the Domain super special stage was a good enough approximation, albeit rather dark…

this Olympus E-30 continues to impress with its ability to perform reasonably well even in crap low light conditions. And don’t get me started on the merits of the “trashy” 40-150mm kit lens that came with my old E-500. (I like it, actually)

check out the flickr collection here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turbo16vdohc/collections/72157623897542871/

otherwise there’s a selection of photos for quick perusal after the jump!

Rally NZ - 9th May (by decypher the code)

Rally NZ 2010 winner: Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford Focus WRC

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The WRC buzz continues with another classic snap from the archives. Three days until Rally NZ shakedown!

Lancia Delta Integrale, piloted by Didier Auriol in the 1989 Rally Monte Carlo

with thanks to ForoCompeticion forums

Finally!  I apologise for the massive delay but getting through the renaming of 380 files and the deleting of many more took a lot longer than I anticipated, that being, I had to have many breaks to stop stoving my own head in with a shovel or similar.  HOWEVER!  it’s done now.  So enjoy..

Subtle Red, White & Blue.

Thankfully my girlfriend had a friend who lived on the second level of a building of the main street where the street parade took place, which meant I could get a decent amount of photographs without too many people getting in the way and that they were of a better angle (for the most part) than they could have been from shots taken on level par with the cars themselves…  (more…)

Sorry folks, I’ve been working on it but it’s a painfully slow task to label all these damn photographs, I’ve taken some shortcuts but I should be done with the lot tomorrow, in the meantime, here’s a quick preview;

Saturday Show

Friday Street Parade

-Michael

You may recall the post a few months back about a chap (Glomerus) in the Ukraine that had discovered, purchased, salvaged and begun restoration on a PC110 (4cylinder Skyline).  Glomerus is one of many Japanese car enthusiasts in the Ukraine and as the title of this entry suggests, they got together as many do across the globe to share their passion and enjoyment of the cars.

You don’t get a more fitting flagship than a chrome-laden Cedric with a Japanese Imperial ‘Rising Sun’ flag.  It seems the majority of the earlier cars at the meet, late 70′s and early 80′s were predominantly the domain of Nissan, whereas the slightly newer cars mid to late 80′s were more largely represented by Toyota.   A few more shots and some Gallery links after the jump;  (more…)