Rally Sweden 2015

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BEING THE LAST STAGE HERE,FOR THE 'HISTORICS' MOST OF THE DRIVERS WERE PUSHING HARD....

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SOME WERE GETTING 'AIR'.......SOME MORE THAN OTHERS

THE OLD VOLVO'S STILL GOING REMARKABLY WELL....

BUT NO MATCH,FOR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.....

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IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE OLD TR7 V8 MAKE IT TO THE FINISH......ALONG WITH THE 'ASCONA' AND THE 'FINNISH' V4

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FROM UP HIGH,ON THE STAGE,WE COULD SEE DOWN ONTO THE 'SERVICE AREA'.....AND THE HISTORIC 'CREWS',AS THEY GOT BACK...

WAITING FOR THE LAST OF THE 'SAABS' TOP PASS OVER THE YUMP,WE TREKKED DOWNHILL,TO INVESTIGATE....

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NOT SEEING THE 'WHITE 99EMS',COME THROUGH THE FINAL STAGE,WE FOUND IT BEING LOADED UP ON THE TRAILER,IN THE SERVICE PARK....

BEING INQUISTIVE,WE ASKED THE QUESTION...?

THE ALTERNATOR HAD GIVEN UP,JUST A FEW STAGES BEFORE THE END OF THE RALLY...

BUT THE 'CREW' WERE STILL UPBEAT,AND THANKFUL AT LEAST THE '99EMS' WAS STILL IN ONE PIECE...

THEY WERE ALSO CURIOUS,AS WHERE WE WERE FROM...?

IT WASN'T LONG,BEFORE THEY HAD THE BONNET OPEN,AND WE WERE SWAPPING STORIES ABOUT,EACH OTHER'S 99.....

IN FACT,THIS CAR,IS 'OLA STROMBERGS'....EX-WORKS ' 99 EMS'

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EVEN ORIGINAL 'MINILITE' ALLOYS,BEND IN THE SNOW


NOTE 'MODIFEID' ALLOY PEDAL BOX,BATTERY SUNK INTO BULKHEAD,MODIFIED' REAR ENGINE MOUNT(TO CYL.HEAD) TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD

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JOB SATISFACTION....

NOTE 'EXTRA' TRAVEL,MODIFIED SUSPENSION 'DRIVESHAFT TUNNELS',AND THE COOLING DUCTS TO THE FRONT BRAKES.....

THE 99EMS WAS RUNNING,STANDARD 'FRONT HANDBRAKE' TYPE CALIPERS,WITH SOLID DISCS....

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AFTER WE HAD 'INTERROGATED' THE 'CREW' OF THE '99 EMS',WE HAD A GOOD WANDER AROUND THE SERVICE PARK.....YOU NEVER KNOW,JUST WHAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BRING ALONG,EVEN IF IT WAS NOT COMPETING.....

THIS LOVELY TOYOTA COROLLA,WORKS LIVERY BORE THE CREW 'HANNU MIKKOLA-ARNE HERTZ' ON THE WING....

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FURTHER DOWN THE 'RUNWAY',AT THE 'SERVICE PARK,WE WERE ACCOSTED,BY A LOVELY YOUNG LADY,ENFORCING 'FREE COFFEE' AND 'HOMEMADE' BISCUITS UPON US......

AFTER A MORNING IN THE FOREST,THIS WAS MOST WELCOME,AS IT WAS COMPLIMENTARY......

ALONG WITH SOME 'FREE' GIFTS......

'PRACTICAL' ONES OF COURSE,THIS IS SWEDEN...

SO SOME 'DAYGLO' JACKETS AND 'ICE SCRAPERS; WERE GLEEFULLY HAD !!

HOWEVER,I WAS A LITTLE MORE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY? THE YOUNG LADY WAS PROMOTING..?

'ELECTRIC VEHICLES' USED THROUGH OUT 'VARMLAND',AND THE 'NEW' TOYOTA,WITH 'HYDROGEN FUEL CELL' WHICH IS ONLY JUST BEING INTRODUCED IN 'NORWAY'......

VERY INTERESTING STUFF....!!

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'YAMAHA' WERE ALSO THERE,IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE MY 'LAD' HAD TALKED HIS WAY INTO A TEST DRIVE......

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THE 'WRC' WAS STILL OF COURSE ,RUNNING'FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS......

'HELICOPTERS',BUZZED ABOVE.....

AS THE SUN,BEGAN TO SINK.....

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NOW,IF THE PHOTO'S ARE NOT REALLY DOING IT FOR YOU........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8fqyhkn5H0

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AND HERE IS HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfJbf8DHGM

[Krister K]

Great pics sonett and Birdie! :)

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AND HERE IS HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfJbf8DHGM

The driving is always amazing but i have to say that watching that video felt like I was just watching the same car over and over again. The body styles just seem to mirror each other completely these days.