The Historic Marathon Rally Group presents the “London-Sydney 50”. The event celebrates 50 years of the London to Sydney Marathon Rally. The show will also remember other endurance rallies of the 60’s and 70’s.
Join us at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon on 29th July 2018 for, the London-Sydney 50, a celebration of this great motoring event and the other endurance rallies and marathons that followed in its wake through the 70’s and 80’s.
The British Motor Museum is based at Gaydon. How to get there.
This is what you will be able to see on the day – Gates open at 10.00am –
- A Display of Rally Cars from the period.
- Driver and celebrity interviews.
- Discounted entry to the British Motor Museum.
- Video, memorabilia and model displays.
- Parade of historic cars – convoy arriving at 11.00am
There had been motoring rallies and “marathons” since before the First World War, but these had been more of a “survival challenge” than an out-and-out competitive event. All this changed in November 1968 with the staging of the 10,000 mile London to Sydney Marathon. In searing hear and dust it was an unprecedented test of man and machine.
Download a flyer about the London-Sydney 50
Flyer art work by the well known artist Michael Turner
For further details contact:
Ted Taylor: tel 01594 832992 email [email protected]
Andrew Bradbury: tel 01246 415033 email [email protected]
Exhitors/Clubs Contact:
Dave Scothorn: tel 07768 758450 email [email protected]
Sponsored by British Motor Heritage Limited
Supported by these clubs:
Club Triumph: the club for all Triumphs.
Triumph 2000 2500 2.5 Register : for owners and enthusiasts of the Triumph 2000 series of six-cylinder saloons and estates.
MG Car Club: The Club for MG Owners.
the Association of Rootes Car Clubs: an association of 11 UK-based clubs catering for owners and enthusiasts of vehicles built by the Rootes Group, its predecessors and immediate successors.