Welcome to this latest instalment of the Lancashire Automobile Clubs very own Mike Wood – his rallying years – this time Mike looks at the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally where he navigated for Tony Fall in the works Datsun 240Z – A large part of the film looks at the recce & behind the scenes, an interesting insight into rallying in the 70’s!
Thanks again to Mike & thanks for watching.
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We thought you might like to see some pictures from the Dinner Dance. You never know you might be in there somewhere.
Welcome back in this video LAC member Nigel Bentley shares his memories & footage of the LAC 3 Day Scottish Highland Classic Car Tours. Many thanks to Nigel for allowing us to use his photographs & videos.
Organised by Mike Raven the Highland 3 Day was actually nearer to five days with an initial run up to Scotland for the start. The route went from hotel to hotel all round Scotland taking in some of the finest roads on the way. Many entrants dressed up for the occaision all adding to the fun. To add to Mike’s challenge he managed to find a new route every year quite some task.
If you are enjoying these videos and have any pictures or videos from LAC events and would like to show them to a wider audience please contact Jeff Chambers who will be very happy to incorporate your pictures into future videos.
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Welcome back to the latest episode in the LAC’s very own Mike Wood – his rallying years on film, this time Mike looks back at the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally where Mike was part of the Leyland Motors works Rally Team, this time Mike was part of the Recce Team running ahead of the Rally & reporting back. Enjoy a slice of history all filmed by Mike himself……………
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Welcome back, as the entries open for the 2024 Fellsman Classic Car Tour we thought you might like a quick look back over some recent years of the event. Jeff Cahmbers has once again put together this short video with all photographs kindly supplied by one of our members, Nigel Bentley.
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Remember the lockdown when nothing happened?
Well the LAC managed to run a COVID compliant event in the midst of all the restrictions. We were event checked out by the local council and given the thumbs up.
The event was based on an earlier event from the early 1950’s when the Lancashire Automobile Club organised a number of 12 car rallies and navigational events. One event known as the Rally of the Bridges was organised by Bill Turner (later President of the LAC).
Thanks to the long memory of Mike Wood and other inputs we recreated the Rally of the bridges which essentially required the entrants to navigate their way over most of the canal bridges between Preston and Lancaster in both directions.
Current regulations did not allow this as ‘double’ road usage is not permitted. The route therefore replicated the original in that it crossed most of the canal bridges but in order to have a return route incorporated as many rail, motorway and river bridges as possible on the return leg, we hope enjoy this bit of LAC history.
Many thanks to Jeff for putting together this video and to Mike Wood for providing many of the photos.
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Welcome to the next instalment in the LAC’s very own Mike Wood – his life in rallying this time Mike looks back at The Alpine Rally, also known by its official name Coupe des Alpes, a rally competition based in Marseille and held from 1932 to 1971. In the 1950s and the 1960s, it was among the most prestigious rallies in the world and featured an international route, consisting of famous mountain passes in Europe.
These videos were films taken by Mike mainly during the reccee and during free time on the event. Obviously whilst out on the event itself Mike’s attention would have been elsewhere co-driving the car.
It wasn’t the most succesful of events for the Ford Team with Roger Clark, Jean-Francois, Ove Andersson and Mike and Hannu all retiring. In all of the 61 starters 41 were to retire.
Worth mentioning that Mike has just celebrated his 90th birthday – many happy returns Mike.
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Many of you may have entered this event and thanks to Mike Wood and ChrisLee, who took the photos, together with Jeff Chambers, who produced this video, you have a chance to relive memories.
Others may now be the proud owners of some of these fantastic cars.
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In this the latest instalment of the LAC’s very own Mike Wood’s Rallying Years we have the privilege of looking back at Mike’s film of the 1969 Acropolis Rally one of the toughest rallies at the time, unfortunately Mike & Hannu Mikkola had to retire with driveshaft failure , sit back & enjoy a slice of history………….
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