50 years ago Lock Down Relief part 2

Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 1970 Road Book 4 cover
Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 1970 Road Book 4 cover

Following our efforts do do something to celebrate and remember the start of the 1970 World Cup Rally, we feel it is only right to do the same for the finish on the 27 May.

Mexico City, May 27th 1970
Mexico City, May 27th 1970


What we would like is photographs, stories, anything you like about the finish of the event and maybe what happened next.  You can either send to us by email at   [email protected]

or post to our facebook group

17 May 1970 WCR progress report

Austin Maxi car 74
Austin Maxi car 74

The target time to get from La Paz in Boliva to Buenaventura in Peru a distance of 1150 miles was 25 hours. The required average speed was 46mph

This section of the World Cup Rally took place between May 17th and 21st 1970. There were two Primes 14 and 15. A total of 13,450 road miles would be completed by the end of this section.