RE: Harris on the Mille Miglia: PH Liveblog

[g3org3y]

Fantuzzi said:

I loved watching Metcalfe in his Ferrari a couple of years ago doing it, it was about 20minutes long, great video.

His attempt with a vintage Alfa is on Youtube (Evo diaries), also well worth a watch.

[willy wombat]

Glad to see that Chris is human afterall when he blogged "too ruined last night to blog". I have not done the MM proper but I have done the Ferrari Tribute to the Mille Miglia and at the end of each day, facing about 3 hours sleep before another 15 hours behind the wheel, the last thing I could have considered doing is blogging!

[iva cosworth]

As there isn't any other Mille Miglia threads going i will post my pics here.

Bit by bit due to Photobucket anomalies.

So more later as and when everything "clicks" properly

[iva cosworth]

[willy wombat]

Ah - Maranello in the rain. Good pix.

[toppstuff]

Excellent stuff.

I reckon a lot of people will look at these and just see a lot of old cars. But in reality some of these old machines are amazing in the flesh. Some of them are a real challenge to drive. And some of them are surprisingly quick.

As Mr Harris is learning, classic car rallies can be immensely gruelling and there are times when the speeds involved are genuinely surprising.

[iva cosworth]

willy wombat said:

Ah - Maranello in the rain. Good pix.

That was not Maranello,it's a village called Voghiera between Verona and Ferrara..

Or Voghera or i don't remember

[FER4L]

Awesome (and bonkers that this is getting less than a tenth of the comments as the private plate debate!)

[FER4L]

Awesome (and bonkers that this is getting less than a tenth of the comments as the private plate debate!)

[Enricogto]

iva cosworth said:

That was not Maranello,it's a village called Voghiera between Verona and Ferrara..

Or Voghera or i don't remember

Correct Voghiera, Voghera is near Milan!
Ps beautiful pics!

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[iva cosworth]

Thanks to the positive comments so far....

Will keep posting till i run out or you tell me to stop..



This is David Coulthard's car for the weekend.^^^^

[jazzybee]

toppstuff said:

classic car rallies can be immensely gruelling and there are times when the speeds involved are genuinely surprising.

I got back last night and will get my pics up later tonight. I caught the cars leaving the start in Brescia, then based myself in Maranello - plan was to drive down with them from Ferrara to San Morino on day 2 (but over slept), then drive down to Siena day 3 and catch the cars coming through the old town but left (I thought) way to late to make it so I stopped on the SR2 by Sambuca to take pics of the first couple of hundred cars before continuing down the SR2 to Siena (the wife wanted to go again).

I was genuinely shocked at how fast and committed the cars were being driven. I saw some horrible near misses at the junction I was standing by here. One with cars three abreast overtaking with an old t35 Bugatti overtaking them all and a car comes off the motorway not realising, and crosses the junction - god only knows how the Bugatti avoided the car but I did let out a huge scream.

[iva cosworth]

[iva cosworth]

jazzybee said:

I was genuinely shocked at how fast and committed the cars were being driven.

I followed some of the cars at silly o clock after Verona [which i got hopelessly lost in]

and the Carabinieri just stood by and watched as we all were doubling the posted limits.

I think that some thought i was part of the event in the retro look Fiat...

[iva cosworth]

[iva cosworth]

[john2443]

f1ten said:

lucky git Monkey. well done oh and dont bend it!
another bucket list item for me... one day i will get there. The hard part is getting a nice old classic that is eligible.

If you're serious I know of a Healey Westland for sale (assuming it hasn't sold already) that's done the MM twice in recent years, and once or twice in the 40s.

Won't be cheap though!

[irocfan]

no idea what this is but have to say it does look like a kiddies peddle-car

[Vocal Minority]

Some extraordinary metal.

Wibble, wibble, wibble.

Or as the Italians would say 'molto wibbley'

Insanely jealous.

[iva cosworth]

irocfan said:

no idea what this is but have to say it does look like a kiddies peddle-car

Yes,it was quite funny seeing 2 grown men approaching in some of the tiny race cars..