Here’s a great bit of video from MINI, where they stick rally legends Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen in the new MINI convertible and send them off over the Col de Turini to reminisce about driving and rallying the old Minis. Rauno doesn’t hang about either, hitting 140kph up the switchbacks, and using plenty of handbrake in the corners!
Category Archives: Inspiration
The One That Got Away…Kinda
Story by Dave Hord
Tonight I find myself sitting on the couch, trying to come to terms with a decision I made this morning. A decision that means a 1975 Opel Manta Rallye will not be joining the rest of my collection. “Cars come and go”, you might be thinking, but this was no ordinary car… Continue reading
Stirling Moss at Westwood
With the Westwood 50th Reunion coming up, I recently stumbled across this great video on YouTube featuring a lap of Westwood with Sterling Moss. Westwood Racing Circuit was Canada’s first purpose-built road race track, and was located in Coquitlam. Sadly, the track is long gone, but you can still see vintage cars in action, and bench race with the Westwood veterans at the River’s Edge Road Course in Mission, BC on July 17-19, 2009. See you there!