RE: Pic Of The Week: Peking-Paris VW

RE: Pic Of The Week: Peking-Paris VW

Friday 19th November 2010

Pic Of The Week: Peking-Paris VW

Crossed-up cabrio action shot shows there's life in one old, er, Beetle...


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First run in 1907, the first-ever trans-Continental motor-rally between Peking and Paris remains an epic challenge to this day. (Albeit there was a bit of a break between the first one and the second in 1997 when the event was reinstated.)

Still, it’s been going strong ever since, and the 2010 challenge has just been completed by a mixed bunch of competitors that includes this ‘crossed-up’ cabriolet entered by Garrick L. Staples and Robert McClements who finished the event (11th overall, and 7th in class) in Paris earlier this week.

The picture was taken – not in Paris, obviously – by photographer Gerard Brown, and we’re sharing it today because Garlick ‘really, really likes it’. (We have to pander to him, otherwise he sulks.)

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Fetchez la vache

5,568 posts

213 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Love it. The bug usually finds so little love on PH, and here it is as POTW biggrin
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vintageracer01

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873 posts

174 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Here we go!

Quite a daring driving style in a Beetle Convertible for such a distance from Peking to Paris!

Thx for the fantastic picture!

soad

32,828 posts

175 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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That looks pretty much fantastic! thumbup

MartinM

494 posts

206 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Superb

R66STU

273 posts

175 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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when you think about it this is a good car for such a journey.. they can be fixed with plasters and the engine still keeps going. If it breaks down its normally quite straight forward to find the issue.

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Fantastic pic!

Oddball RS

1,757 posts

217 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Aaargghhhh my eyes its a Beetle..................

Stu R

21,410 posts

214 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Stunning pic, epic cars. Top work PH thumbup

CliveM

525 posts

184 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Stu R said:
Stunning pic, epic cars. Top work PH thumbup
^^^

JJ78

68 posts

185 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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he's not hanging about is he!!??

Rumblestripe

2,916 posts

161 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Loving it! Go on son!

dalla

260 posts

211 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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I think that is the most awesome thing i have ever seen.

RacingPete

8,845 posts

203 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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What do you mean he was parked on that gravel bank, his engine is kicking out dusty smoke and there was a strong cross-wind? smile

Great pic!

ceriw

1,117 posts

204 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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only 9/10 for style chutzpah and effort.
now if they had the roof down they'd be real yorkies.

ESDavey

700 posts

218 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Typical owner of a German convertable ... roof up on a sunny afternoon. If its not raining, get it down or give it to someone how appreciates open top motoring !

Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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I'd like to see a new Beetle (and a typical new Beetle owner) attempt that. Brilliant driving in a car renowned for its awful handling - perhaps that's where it excels, I've heard it's at its best on sand with the right tyres (hence all those beach buggies and sand-rails).

TobesH

550 posts

206 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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Fantastic! Looks like the piccie was taken in 1962.

K17LER

491 posts

185 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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I've done a couple of rallies in Beetle, through deserts, mud-slides, rock falls, river crossings, you name it. They make great endurance rally cars, not just for their simplicity but for their ability make even the sternest border guard smile smile Air-cooled was a big advantage when driving through 50 degree heat in the Middle East, no air-con wasn't!

Here we are at Mount Everest






and in Pakistan




Iran


and my first Beetle, in the Sahara desert, even in standard form they are great off-roaders!


in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco






There are full write ups of the trips in the my garage section of my profile if anyones interested.



Edited by K17LER on Friday 19th November 16:49

Dr G

15,159 posts

241 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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And they haven't surfaced the road since!

Wet, night taxi ride with a truly suicidial cabby was both the scariest and most thrilling passenger ride of my life laugh

Davi

17,153 posts

219 months

Friday 19th November 2010
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numpty said:
and we’re sharing it today because Garlick ‘really, really likes it


well, at least there is one person there with taste then...