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No. 1. The 1956 Porsche 550A of Ricci and Stoesser. The River Loire in the background.
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Every year I like to follow the first day of the Tour Auto with its beautiful old fast cars going through the north-centre of France where I live. This year the Tour Auto was delayed from late April to early September due to the Covid19 crisis. This also meant less access to spectators this year and thus I was unable to see the cars on a special stage or at Magny-Cours. Thus I decided to stick in one spot and make sure I saw most of the cars pass through. This spot ended up being Gien a nice town on the river Loire. Actually, this was perfect for the regularity cars as they are not trying to go fast but just achieve an exact time on each stage of the rally.
For this post I have chosen my favourite twenty regularity cars that I took photos of on the day, set against the beautiful backdrop of Gien. For information, there were about 87 regularity cars that took part in this historic rally. It is a shame that so many spectators stop watching when all of the competition entries have been past because there are some real gems amongst theses regularity cars. A example is the superb Porsche 550A above.
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No. 2. One of a number of Porsche 906s on the rally this year. This is the 1966 version of the model that is often referred to either as the 906 or Carrera 6. It had the French crew of Peculier and Sauvonnet.
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No. 3. A 1971 Ferrari 246 GT with the bridge over the Loire at Gien for a backdrop. This car had an Italian crew of Brunori and Torlasco.
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No. 4. The 1973 Fiat 124 Abarth of Guenin and Pintenat.
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No. 5. Continuing the Italian theme, the 1968 Fiat Moretti 850 Sportiva of Thomas de Chesse.
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No. 6. A lovely 1964 Volvo 122S crewed by Codron and Castioni.
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No. 7. A 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta crewed by the Breitmayers.
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No. 8. 1970 Porsche 914/6 GT with the Anastasios as crew.
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| No. 9. The 1971 BMW 2002 Ti of the Lacombes. |
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No. 10. The Martins in their beautiful Porsche 356 C
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No. 11. The 1956 Mercedes 300SL of Mellinger and Gelmini traverses Gien.
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No. 12. A 1959 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato follows the path of the River Loire.
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No. 13. A 1962 Lotus Elite S2 in Gien crewed by Paret and Salvi.
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No. 14. Menicucci and Imbert in a 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale.
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No. 15. The 1973 Jide 1600 of Allagnon and Michel.
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No. 16. The Jardels in a 1959 Porsche 356 A Coupé 1600S.
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No. 17. The 1968 Triumph GT6 of the Delfosses.
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No. 18. The 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600F of the Jays.
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No. 19. The 1975 Saab Rallye 1700S of Eriksson and Siesling.
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John Etherton asserts his copyright to all of the photos on this blogpost. However, you may post the photos elsewhere on the web as long as you credit the photographer, John Etherton, and this blog post, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com and provide a link to this page.
John Etherton affirme son droit d'auteur à l'ensemble des photos sur ce billet de blog. Cependant, vous pouvez poster des photos ailleurs sur le web aussi longtemps que vous créditez le photographe, John Etherton, et ce blog, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com et fournissez un lien vers cette page.
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No. 20. The 1970 Alpine A110 1600S of Peculier and Sauvonnet.
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