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We had some FANTASTIC news about our recent Historic Marathon Rally Show and 1974 UDT London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally……

Jim Reddiex, who with Ken Tubman and André Welinski WON the 17000km rally in their privately entered Citroen DS23 flew in from Australia to join us on 21st April as we brought together cars, competitors and personalities from 50 years ago.

Jim is one of several characters who made long trips to be at the Reunion and if you met them and heard their incredible stories, we’ve filmed their interviews throughout the day in a special conference room within the British Motor Museum and will be producing a film of the day and releasing it online once the huge task of editing is completed.

If you didn’t manage to buy your own full-colour 52 page Programme on the day, you can still order a copy by sending your contact details to ‘[email protected]’ and we’ll do the rest! Scroll down to other Posts here for more information…..

The search continues for elusive ex-Marathon Rally Cars to build upon our exciting Members and Owners line up of wonderful cars that form the register of Historic Marathon Rally cars still in existence.

Do YOU own, or have any information that might lead to the discovery of an ex-Marathon Rally Car from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s or ’90s that isn’t yet on our register or is lying low somewhere and waiting to be found?


Please call us on 07989 075937 or e-mail us at [email protected] if you have any information that will help to reunite the car with the passionate folk at The Historic Marathon Rally Group.

Thank you!

Preparation, Preparation, Preparation.

16000 miles in just five weeks from Wembley Stadium in London, England to the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City. Just the European leg alone was more demanding than any of us who weren’t there could possibly imagine.

Ford Great Britain masterminded their assault on the 1970 World Cup Rally with such planning that every member of the Works Team, from Managers to Mechanics, Transmission Guru to Transporter Driver, was issued with a set of Confidential ‘Team Ford Instructions’ that set out who would do what, when and where.

Here’s an extract from an original 1970 Instruction book that gives a glimpse of the thought and preparation that went into Servicing and Parts logistics between London and Lisbon, from before the cars left Wembley and until they set sail for Rio de Janeiro to continue their assault on the punishing South American turf.

Our very own Bron Burrell taking on the hill at Goodwood on Thursday in the famous Puff the Magic Wagon.
Also here are several archive images and links to video interviews more articles to follow:

Puff the Magic Wagon

There is a large number of archive pages on our website covering the historic 1970 Daily Mirror London-Mexico World Cup Rally just use the left side bar search box for ‘Bron’ :>

Click on pictures to enlarge…

Lisbon – ready to depart
https://historicmarathonrallygroup.co.uk/tag/brons-story/page/11/

https://historicmarathonrallygroup.co.uk/2020/04/18/vlt-1g/ Puff history

Please pay us a visit if you are at the Lancaster Classic Car Show, at the NEC this coming weekend. Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November 2019. We have a display of cars, promoting our free World Cup Rally 50th Anniversary event at Gaydon, 19th April 2020 We are in Hall 5, Stand 228. You will be warmly welcome.

Find out more about the show on their website at https://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

We will have 4 cars on our stand including.

Landcrab – MTB 150G